[Vision2020] Parking Downtown Moscow

[Mark Solomon]

I'm assuming that he pulled it because he was specifically asking for 
rezone to CBD which is the only zone that does not have an off-street 
parking requirement, a likely factor in his decision to ask for that 
specific zoning designation.

m.

At 10:04 AM -0700 6/27/06, Bill London wrote:
>N-
>I just do not get it.
>Why did Beebe pull his development when asked about off-street parking?
>what is the big deal?
>Off-street parking places are regularly included within urban developments.
>P&Z was right to bring it up.
>Why would a developer quit in a huff over that issue?
>BL
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nils Peterson" <nils_peterson at wsu.edu>
>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 6:32 AM
>Subject: [Vision2020] Parking Downtown Moscow
>
>
>>  A couple weeks ago or so, Rick Beebe pulled a rezone application for the
>>  south end of downtown -- the issue that came to a head in P&Z was related
>to
>>  parking. Shortly after Murph wrote an editorial along the lines that we
>>  can'd use parking as a weapon to bludgeon would-be development downtown.
>>
>>  But I just lost a few hours sleep over the issue (blame hot weather for
>>  sleeping with the windows open and listening to the Jake brakes on trucks
>>  coming in from Troy.)
>>
>>  Lets take parking as a serious issue. Lets take the abandoned (or
>>  abandoning) area along the railroads as a real issue, and think about
>>  NewCities recommendation to grow inward (ie the railroad lands).
>>
>>  How can we think about parking, and about the changes in that area of
>>  downtown? How can they help one another? How are they not connected?
>>
>>
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