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<DIV><SPAN class=926202818-20052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>Rose,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=926202818-20052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>I interpret the Code as trying to be a tool for community development; it
allows what is positive and dis-allows the negative. Within the text of
the Code there is room for interpretation and if the wording of the
Code is found to be flawed (prohibits what is positive and allows the
negative) a mechanism for over-riding the "strict text" of the Code and
acknowledging the "intent" of the Code needs to be utilized. If this
mechanism is not utilized then the flawed Code (in-place) will be used (law of
the land) until the text becomes revised. This places the implementation
and interpretation of positive development as a function of document-adoption
timing rather than as a function of a document w/general concepts that is open
to flexible interpretation that is appropriate for the time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=926202818-20052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=926202818-20052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>My perception of current NSA / Co-op zoning issues is that they have very
little to do with the intent of the Code, but are focused more on interpreting
the "strict text" of the Code. I venture the vast majority of Moscow's
citizens would agree that both entities are appropriate land uses. They
both have greater positive impacts on the community, as a whole, than
negative. There is potential for both entities to be disruptive if grown
too large, but I do not see the legal wranglings as solutions to resolve
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=926202818-20052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>these issues. It is mostly - sniping, a waste of time & energy,
and destructive to the community. If there are concerns for the evolution
of Moscow, then those issues should be specifically
addressed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=926202818-20052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=926202818-20052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>One could also look at the current situation being very much the same
situation I describe: maybe the Code is general in concept and it's the
citizenry that is flexing its interpretation; one that is appropriate and of the
time. I don't know the best way, but I don't think this is the most
effective path to get Moscow where it wants to be. Time will reveal an
answer - either through city council or court action - of what the Code
means. I just don't perceive this process as a worthwhile method of
community development. Whether it is the community relying on a Code that
needs this type of process for interpretation or the Code relying on the
community for interpretation the current process is in a very sorry
state.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=926202818-20052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>Mark</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=926202818-20052005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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> DonaldH675@aol.com
[mailto:DonaldH675@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:32
PM<BR><B>To:</B> FCS@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Letter to Paul
Kimmel<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Georgia color=#000000
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<DIV>Hi Mark:</DIV>
<DIV>Could you clarify what you mean by:</DIV>
<DIV>"Unfortunately, there are citizens that are using the current ordinance
as a weapon of community destruction and because it is in-place, it is the
"law of the land."</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Rose</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Verdana size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">"One
cannot level one's moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are just
too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between doing
something and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan<BR></FONT><FONT
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