[Vision2020] City Council's selective compassion

[Kit Craine]

The land occupied by the high school was rezoned from R-4 (highest 
density residential) to GB (General Business) in March of 2003 to allow 
rezoning of  the county courthouse for its proposed addition (which 
didn’t happen because the bond levy failed). Part of that process was a 
development agreement that allowed schools as a use by right in that 
particular GB zone.

Kit Craine

On Dec 13, 2005, at 4:01 PM, Matt Decker wrote:

> Tom-
>
> Just wondering, what is the High school zoned as?
>
>
>> From: "Tom Hansen" <idahotom at hotmail.com>
>> To: jampot at adelphia.net, thansen at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] City Council's selective compassion
>> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:11:05 -0800
>>
>> Golly gee, Gee -
>>
>> I have responded to your query, straight forward and honestly.
>>
>> How many times must I ask a simple question before I receive a 
>> straight answer?
>>
>> Is it fair and equitable for City Council to require NSA's neighbors 
>> to provide parking for an illegal non-commercial use, when the 
>> depletion of those parking stalls will result in those businesses 
>> losing sales?
>>
>> Waiting . . .
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net>
>>> To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>,        "Moscow Vision 2020" 
>>> <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] City Council's selective compassion
>>> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:44:25 -0800
>>>
>>> Wrong business proposal, lightning.
>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>>> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>> Cc: <jampot at adelphia.net>; <joanopyr at moscow.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:22 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] City Council's selective compassion
>>>
>>>
>>> Gee Crabtree -
>>>
>>> No disruption at all, and I didn't overlook the line from your 
>>> communiqu.
>>> In fact, I affirmed it: "Dan Mack could have done whatever he wanted 
>>> with
>>> his property." However, you overlooked that Mack predicated his 
>>> subsequent
>>> actions, i.e. eviction and demolition, on the proposed blueprint 
>>> that he
>>> showed to P&Z and City Council, which they could have denied.
>>>
>>> It is conceivable that Mack would have razed the trailer park just 
>>> for the
>>> hell of it, if City Council did not grant him approval. It's a free 
>>> country,
>>> and there are no laws against being a jackass. "No Clue" Farris 
>>> proves this.
>>>
>>> But it is equally conceivable that City Council could have said, 
>>> "No, Mr.
>>> Mack, we do not grant you approval," and, given this scenario, poor 
>>> Dan Mack
>>> wouldn't have gone to the Daily News asking people to feel sorry for 
>>> him
>>> because he had to move all that trash off his property.
>>>
>>> To answer your question, yes, Mack proposed a change in scope to his 
>>> legal
>>> use. And to reiterate the point that you have not conceded, City 
>>> Council had
>>> no obligation to grant Mack approval of his enlarged scope that 
>>> would result
>>> in hardship on his tenants, just as City Council has no obligation 
>>> to amend
>>> the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Code to accommodate NSA's 
>>> habitual
>>> violations.
>>>
>>> Now, I answered your question, but you have not answered mine. Is it 
>>> fair
>>> and equitable for City Council to require NSA's neighbors to provide 
>>> parking
>>> for an illegal non-commercial use, when the depletion of those 
>>> parking
>>> stalls will result in those businesses losing sales?
>>>
>>> Here, let me simplify if for you. Is it fair and equitable of City 
>>> Council
>>> to punish NSA' neighbors in order to remedy NSA's third zoning 
>>> violation?
>>>
>>> Take care, Moscow.
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>
>>> "I think one of the best ways to support education is to make 
>>> successful
>>> private schools like Logos prosper through tax exemption."
>>>
>>> - Donovan Arnold (July 11, 2005)
>>
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