[Vision2020] FW: Moscow Ice Rink

[Chris Storhok]

Visionaries,
My question to all of you is how in the heck does this happen:
>
>
> BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Moscow issues cease-and-desist order for ice
rink
> County has until Jan. 25 to reach agreement on use permit
>
> Staff report
>
> Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - Page Updated at 05:41:27 PM
>
> The city of Moscow has issued a cease-and-desist order for the Moscow
> Rotary Veteran's Memorial Pavilion ice rink at the Latah County
> Fairgrounds.
>
> A letter signed by City Attorney Randy Fife outlining the order was
> presented to county commissioners during their Wednesday meeting.
>
> The ice rink will be forced to close Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. unless county
> commissioners can reach an agreement with the city. Commissioners have
> scheduled a public meeting for 2:30 p.m. Friday to discuss the
situation.
>
> The city recently notified Latah County it was in violation of its
special
> use permit to operate the ice rink and the Latah County Fairgrounds
because
> it had not defined its parking area around the facility and failed to
pave
> the rink's parking lot by the specified date.
>
> The ice rink operates under a special use permit in the R3, or duplex
zone.
>
> The county had until Sept. 30 to complete the paving project under
> stipulations of the special use permit it signed in October 2005.
>
> The county has sought permanent status for the fairgrounds for years.
Every
> two to five years it must reapply for a special use permit to keep the
> grounds open.
>
> The county has put down more gravel in the parking lot and plans to
install
> parking bumpers to show the city it is serious about meeting the
special
> use permit requirements.
>
> Moscow Mayor Nancy Chaney said Fife signed the cease-and-desist order
> Wednesday afternoon.
>
> "I think it's in keeping with enforcing the city's laws. It did not
slam
> the door for possibilities of the ice rink," she said. "This is a
wake-up
> call and I hope for the best."
>
> Chaney said the previous warnings had not resulted in compliance by
the
> county.
>
> "I am hopeful that a workable, mutually agreeable solution may be the
end
> result," she said.
>
> The City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to try to organize a meeting with
Latah
> County and Palouse Ice Rink Association officials to work toward a
> solution.
>
> Chaney said the meeting is still being planned, but a time has not
been
> set.
>
> County commissioners Jack Nelson and Tom Stroschein declined comment
on
the
> matter Wednesday evening. Both said they hadn't had a chance to read
> through the cease-and-desist order.
>
>
Chris S.
N.P. AK