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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Eric, et al,<?xml:namespace prefix
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Below the line is the complete
text of Section 3.5 of the city zoning ordinance (some bolding
added).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">As I read it, a use is either
specifically permitted or permitted by conditional use permit.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If it is not listed as one or the other
of these, then the use is considered non-permitted.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">However, there is some ambiguity
in the ordinance phrasing:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"Commercial schools, churches, synagogues, mosques,
governmental offices, libraries, museums, art galleries, police and fire
stations, and similar public or private institutions."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">In the above language what does
"similar" mean?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How "similar" is
"similar"?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Is a four year '<?xml:namespace
prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Classical</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Christian</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>' "similar" to a commercial school
like a barber, beauty, massage, or computer tech school?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is it "similar" to a church, mosque,
library, fire station, etc.?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">It seems to me from the grandiose
hype NSA puts out about itself and previous remarks made by Ben Merkle, NSA
would feel egregiously insulted to be compared to our local beauty school or our
massage school.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In fact this might
well be a case where NSA’s over-inflated, self-aggrandizing hype will prove to
be embarrassing and expensive.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">This case will be interesting not
only for the law involved, but for the creepy-crawlies about city operations and
the CCC that could be ejected in the sunshine of public scrutiny should the case
be pursued vigorously.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Wayne</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">[The above opinions are the
opinions of a layperson and not intended to be deemed as legal counsel in any
way.] <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">__________ <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Sec.
3-5. Central Business Zoning<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>District (CB).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">A:
Intent:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The principal purpose of the CB Zoning
District is to provide a location for groups of compatible commercial uses
having the common characteristic of not involving more than incidental and
minimal assembly, fabrication or storage of commodities; for example,
enterprises dispensing retail commodities, and those providing professional and
personal services to the individual.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The CB Zoning District is the most intensive commercial Zoning District.
To promote pedestrian use, unbroken, street-level, commercial frontage is
encouraged in this Zoning District.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">B.
Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">1. Retail sales enterprises, excluding firms
selling bulky items, such as building materials, mobile homes, trailers, boats
and heavy equipment. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">2. Professional, financial, business and medical
offices, and any enterprise rendering professional or personal services.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">3. Repair shops for commodities, such as household
appliances, bicycles, and shoes. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">4. Eating and drinking establishments catering
primarily to on-premise consumers; entertainment, dancing and recreation
establishments, including restaurants, bars, theaters, video arcades, dance
halls and physical fitness centers. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">5. Printing and publishing houses, including
newspaper publishing. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">6. Lodges, private clubs, and fraternal societies.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG><FONT size=4>7. Commercial schools,
churches, synagogues, mosques, governmental offices, libraries, museums, art
galleries, police and fire stations, and similar public or private
institutions.</FONT></STRONG> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">8. Residential uses, provided that dwellings
located on the ground floor are located behind commercial uses in a manner that
they will not interrupt commercial frontage. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">9. Public utility installations relating directly
to local distribution of services, including switching and transmission
stations, but not including warehouses and service yards. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">10. Publicly and privately owned and operated
off-street parking facilities if open to the public; however, any such area
shall not be used as a sales or storage area for mobile homes, trailers, boats
or heavy-duty equipment. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">11. Drive-up windows associated with financial
institutions. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">C.
Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Family day care facility.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">D. Conditional Uses:</B>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">1. Hotels and motels. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">2. Mortuaries. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">3. Drive-up windows other than those permitted
under Code Section 4- 3-5(B)(11). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">4. Automobile sales. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">5. Establishments providing prepared food primarily
for take-out or delivery. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">6. Gasoline service stations and car washes. These
uses shall be subject to detailed review of traffic access and circulation
plans. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">7. Group day care facility, small day care
facility, or large day care facility. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">E.
Limitations On Uses:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">1. All products made incident to a permitted use
which are manufactured, fabricated, processed or treated on the premises shall
be sold primarily on the premises. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">2. Operations conducted on the premises shall not
constitute a nuisance beyond the property lines by reason of smoke, fumes, odor,
steam, gasses, vibration, noise, hazards, or other causes.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">3. Permitted uses in the CB Zoning District are not
subject to the off-street parking schedule of Code Section 4-6- 5; however, all
other provisions of Code Section 4-6-5 shall apply. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">F.
Minimum <st1:place w:st="on">Lot</st1:place> Requirements:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> None specified. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">G.
Minimum Yard Requirements:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> None
specified. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">H.
Required Open Space: <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">None specified. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I.
Maximum Height of Structures:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>sixtyfive (65) feet.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">J.
Signs:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Pursuant to the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> Sign Code.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">K.
Fences:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">1. No fence shall exceed a height of six (6) feet,
except fences located on school grounds or in public parks.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">2. Barbed wire fences or other fences constructed
in a manner that may be hazardous to persons or animals are prohibited.
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