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<DIV><SPAN class=152261504-16052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>I too have not engaged in this conversation, because I have been out
of town over the weekend. As the lone dissenting vote on the BOA for this
issue, I felt Joel had exercised reasonable judgement in his ruling. In
addition, I also feel there is significant ambiguity of the issue that it
really needs to be clarified and resolved by City Council action (and no matter
how the BOA vote turned out, it would most likely go on to City
Council.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=152261504-16052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>The struggle I had the whole evening is what consitituted "similar public
or private institutions." </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=152261504-16052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff size=2>I felt
that because of the grouping of "schools, commercial schools and educational
institutions" in other areas of the code, there was evidence of
similarity. As well as the explicit exclusion of potentially construed
similar entities under the definition of "educational institutions." Also
the code does allow the Zoning Administrator to make judgement to determine if
specific uses meet the indended meaning of the listed
uses.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=152261504-16052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>No matter how a regulation is worded, there will always be areas of
ambiguity and the <U>process</U> will take care of those issues. No single
entity has the right answer until the process is exhausted. One
significant issue raised at the BOA hearing that is an important consideration
for future zoning revisions, is that maybe educational institutions should be
listed as conditional uses. This gives the BOA latitude to place
reasonable restrictions on such uses (such as limiting the student/staff/faculty
population, or the building s.f. to a size that reasonably fits the CBD,
etc.) It also opens the whole process to public input at an earlier stage
than what we just went through.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=152261504-16052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>No zoning ordinance should remain static and without challenge. It
should be a living document that is current with the times. I've stated in
this forum before that I do not believe the current zoning ordinace model to be
appropriate for our time. It is decades old, exclusive, punitive, mostly
prescriptive, and lacking flexibilty in discretion for specific
situations. I do not like it and will continue to help seek improvements
being made to it. It will never happen quickly nor correctly enough, but
significant forward change needs to happen or else we'll continue to have
periodic hearings and struggle over issues that move us forward at
glacial rapidity.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=152261504-16052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=152261504-16052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>If the interest shown at the last hearing was applied to zoning
revisions, we'd be lightyears ahead. There needs to be interested and
efficient effort to move Moscow forward, and not continue a struggle towards
refrain. Open meetings, discretionary action and available review are
modes towards a progressive process. I hope we can get
there.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=152261504-16052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>Mark</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2><IMG style="WIDTH: 226px; HEIGHT: 100px" alt=""
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NOSEND="1"><BR></FONT><SMALL><SMALL><FONT size=2><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Mark Seman</SPAN>, Architect<BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Heather Seman</SPAN>, Landscape
Architect<BR><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT></SMALL><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: bradley hand itc"><SMALL><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>1404 East 'F' Street Moscow, Idaho 83843<BR><STRONG>v</STRONG>
208-883-3276 / <STRONG>f </STRONG>208-883-0112</FONT></SMALL></FONT></SMALL></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>DonaldH675@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 14, 2005 10:27
PM<BR><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] State
of Idaho and NSA<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Georgia
color=#000000 size=3>
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<P>Visionaries:</P>
<P>I have really, really tried not to engage in this conversation - after
all, there is only room for one know-it-all at a time on V2020. So,
move over Donovan and while you are moving please read the paragraphs
below. The first one deals with city code. The second one,
easily found on the NSA website, outlines the role of the State of Idaho in
so far as NSA is concerned. You will note upon comparison of the
requirements of Moscow zoning code and the acknowledgement of the State of
Idaho that NSA is indeed recognized as an institution of higher learning,
that you have, yet again seized the wrong end of the stick.</P>
<P><STRONG><U>Paragraph 1</U></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>City of Moscow - Title 4 - Zoning Code</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Sec. 11-9. Definitions. . . .<BR></STRONG>47. <EM>Institution,
Educational. </EM>A college or university supported by public or private
funds, tuitions, contributions or endowments, <STRONG>giving advanced
academic instructions as approved by the State Board of Education</STRONG>
<FONT size=4><U>or </U></FONT>by a recognized accrediting agency, excluding
preschool, elementary and junior or senior high schools, and trade and
commercial schools; including fraternity and sorority houses.
(<STRONG>emphasis added)</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><U>Paragraph 2</U></STRONG></P>
<H1><FONT size=3>Authorization by the State of Idaho</FONT></H1>
<P><I>Updated 13 October 2004</I></P>
<P>Prior to the 2003-2004 academic year, the College registered with the <A
href="http://www.idahoboardofed.org/">State Board of Education</A> as a
non-accredited postsecondary institution, as required by law. The Idaho
State Board of Education's Chief Academic Officer then issued the College a
<I>"Certificate of Approval"</I> which stated,<I> "<STRONG>This is to
certify that New St. Andrews College is approved by the Idaho State Board of
Education to offer courses in Idaho." </STRONG></I><STRONG>The<I>
"Certificate of Approval"</I> was issued for each calendar year, effective
July 1 through June 30.<BR></STRONG><A
href="http://www.nsa.edu/mission/authorization.html">http://www.nsa.edu/mission/authorization.html</A></P>
<P>This issue is really a no-brainer, and one of the undisputed facts of the
case - </P>
<P>Rose Huskey</P></BLOCKQUOTE><!-- InstanceEndEditable --><!-- InstanceBeginRepeat name="13R" --><!-- InstanceBeginRepeatEntry --></DIV>
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too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between doing
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