[Vision2020] Guests or Tenants?

[Joe Campbell]

Isn't Keely talking about folks who are visiting for a month or so, not folks who are intending to attend and then graduate from some local four-year school? I would not classify putting someone up for a month or so as housing or feeding someone "for compensation on a weekly or longer basis." It doesn't say housing or feeding "for a week or more."

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Joe Campbell

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Wrong, as usual. City code quite clearly defines boarding house's as 
12. Boarding House.

A building occupied by its owner in which not more than six (6) roomers, lodgersand/or boarders are housed or fed for compensation on a weekly or longer basis. Ord. 2006-11, 08/07/06)With this in mind, I fail to see how  the situation that Ms. Mix is suggesting, and the previous boarding house issue that you have decried with such vigor in the not so distant past, is any different -- aside from the players, of  course. It  seems that you would hold  Ms. Mix and friends to a different  standard than certain "others" that you do not hold in the same high regard.  I can't for the life of me see how it could be inappropriate for Dale to suggest that some small measure of consistency enter into the equation.

gc
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Hansen 
  To: 'g. crabtree' ; 'Vision 2020' 
  Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 8:10 AM
  Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Guests or Tenants?


  Applying the quotation marks (") to my statement was merely meant to serve as my distinction of the two concepts, not to reflect any specific legal boundary, ok?

   

  Although the city code does not (in writing) define a "boarding house", a session (not that long ago) of the city council verbally defined "boarding houses".  I could dig through my repository of audio files of City Council sessions, but I would consider that to be time and effort poorly spent as I am certain that you can recall these sessions on your own.

   

  And lastly, Comb-Over's inappropriateness was apparent in his implication at:

   

  "I'm sure that everyone she recommends will have their conditional use permits thru the City, approved and paid for - just like every other international student's host family in Moscow has."

   

  Enough said.

   

  Tom Hansen

  Moscow, Idaho

  Intolerista Sergeant-at-Arms

   "Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit."
  - Edward R. Murrow

   


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  From: g. crabtree [mailto:jampot at adelphia.net] 
  Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:02 AM
  To: Tom Hansen; Vision 2020
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Guests or Tenants?

   

   

  After having glanced at the Moscow city code definition of a boarding house, could you please explain how providing accommodations to guests for a couple of weeks for compensation fails to meet the afore mentioned definition? Just exactly where in the code does it distinguish between  a "resident guest" and a "resident tenant"? And lastly, why would it be "inappropriate commentary" to discuss this type of topic on Dale's personal blog and yet be just ducky for you to do the same on your own web site, to which you thoughtfully provided a link, not to mention here on the V?

   

  gc