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Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the <a href="http://vision2020.moscow.com/" target="_blank">Vision2020.Moscow.com</a> forum without the express written permission of the author.*****</div></span></span></font></font></span></div><div><span><span>------------------------------------</span></span></div><div><span><span>This month a local Moscow business operator insisted in an in-person discussion that when New Saint Andrews first opened for business they already had a "waiver" regarding the Central Business District zoning code restrictions on educational </span></span></div><div>institutions. I told them I understood this to not be the case... I checked for verification of their claim, and as far as I have determined, NSA did not have a "waiver" or a conditional use permit (CUP) granted till 2005, when they had opened in, I believe it was, 2002 or 2003? </div><div><br></div><div>I am bringing this subject up to Vision2020 especially now, because in today's Moscow Pullman Daily News an article addressed this issue and a pending survey regarding granting of any future CUPs for educational institutions. </div><div>The article suggests (my interpretation) further expansion of NSA in the CBD could be blocked. Also, that among the four CUPs issued sine 2005, three were for NSA expansion, the other for, and I quote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">"University of Idaho WWAMI Medical Education Program in the new Gritman Medical Center Medical Office Building on South Main Street. The program can house up to 40 students on the third floor of the building."</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Another Moscow Pullman Daily News article, and a Vision2020 post from Bill London, both from 2005, relevant to these issues, is copied-in lower down.<span><span><br><br></span></span></div><span><span><div class="gmail_quote" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://dnews.com/local/moscow-seeks-input-on-colleges-downtown/article_e70db706-8fa2-5833-b381-ef28b2ab370f.html" target="_blank">http://dnews.com/local/moscow-seeks-input-on-colleges-downtown/article_e70db706-8fa2-5833-b381-ef28b2ab370f.html</a><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Moscow seeks input on colleges downtown <h2 class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subhead"><span>Moscow to survey property owners, some residents</span> </h2><span><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-meta"><ul class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-list-inline"><li><span class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-tnt-byline">By Garrett Cabeza, Daily News staff writer</span></li> <li><font color="#304779"> Sep 18, 2018 <span class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-text-muted">Updated </span>9 hrs ago</font></li></ul></div><font color="#304779"><span><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-preview"><p>Property owners in Moscow's Central Business Zoning District and some residents will receive a survey from the city in the coming weeks asking for their opinions on allowing more educational institutions in downtown Moscow.</p></div><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-preview"><p>After more than 30 minutes of deliberation Monday night at City Hall of whether the draft survey should be amended in certain areas, the Moscow City Council authorized city staff to disperse the survey to residents. City Supervisor Gary Riedner said he estimated the survey will be distributed in the next two to three weeks.</p></div><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-preview"><p>In 2005, the City Council changed the city's zoning code to allow public and private colleges and universities within the CBZD - or downtown Moscow - with a conditional use permit.</p></div></span><span><span><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-only"><p>The city has issued four CUPs for public and private colleges and universities in the CBZD in the 13 years since the amendment.</p></div><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-only"><p>New Saint Andrews College on South Main Street was among those issued a CUP. The terms allow for the school to have up to 200 full-time students. The conditions included 42 additional off-street parking spaces and 60 linear feet of street level commercial space open to the public.</p></div><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-only"><p>The NSA parking lot on South Jackson Street was the second CUP the city approved for an educational use downtown. NSA purchased the lot to meet the off-street parking condition for its downtown college.</p></div><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-only"><p>Last year, the city approved a CUP for NSA to expand into the former Cadillac Jack's building on North Main Street. The permit allows for up to 300 full-time equivalent students but the school needs to provide 47 off-street parking spaces within a quarter mile of the CJ's building.</p></div><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-only"><p>The city granted the fourth CUP last year for the University of Idaho WWAMI Medical Education Program in the new Gritman Medical Center Medical Office Building on South Main Street. The program can house up to 40 students on the third floor of the building.</p></div><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-only"><p>The survey says if the City Council decides colleges and universities should no longer be allowed in the CBZD, the existing permitted public and private schools would be allowed to continue to operate but would be prohibited from any further expansion beyond what is currently permitted by the existing CUP conditions.</p></div><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-only"><p>The survey includes background on educational institutions within the district, the CUP process and the four CUPs approved in the district since 2005.</p><span><span><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-only"><p>In other business, the council approved:</p></div><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-only"><ul><li>A low bid of $49,877 from McCall's Classic Construction of Lewiston for the Itani Park concrete slab and pathway project.</li><li>Financial assistance for Sojourners' Alliance in the amount of $7,000 to help purchase and install security systems at Sojourners' facilities.</li><li>A check for $4,216.13 was presented to Family Promise of the Palouse. The proceeds came from the fourth annual Mayor's Golf Tournament, which took place last month at the University of Idaho Golf Course.</li></ul></div><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-only"><hr></div><div class="gmail-m_-3651781858670203668gmail-subscriber-only"><p><strong>Garrett Cabeza</strong> can be reached at (208) 883-4631, or by email to <a><strong><font color="#0645ad">gcabeza@dnews.com</font></strong></a>.<span><span><br></span></span></p></div></span><p>----------------------------------------------------</p><p>Daily News, January 22, 2005 <u><u></u></u></p><h2 style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Complaint alleges New St. Andrews not permitted downtown by city code<u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></u></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><u> <u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><address style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Alexis Bacharach<u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></address><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br>A complaint was filed with the city of Moscow on Friday requesting operations at New St. Andrews College be discontinued in the downtown business district. <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Attorney Mike Curley, who represents plaintiffs Joseph Hansen, Dustin Bauer and Charles Nolan, said Moscow code prohibits public and private colleges in the central business zone. <b>The private Christian college purchased the former Verizon building in 2002 and moved into the facility in 2003</b>. It is located at 405 S. Main St., on Friendship Square. <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">"I suppose some people realized the operation of a college in the central business district was illegal and they wanted to stop it," Curley said about his clients' motivations in filing the complaint. "I expect the zoning administrator, as requested in the complaint, will investigate and take some action." <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Greg Dickison, attorney for New St. Andrews, said the complaint is baseless. <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">"The college is not doing anything illegal," he said. "The college has been in touch with the city since it opened up there. To say we're violating the zoning code is absolutely silly." <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Hansen, a former student at New St. Andrews, said he has nothing against the school but believes its use is prohibited downtown. <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">"I want (New St. Andrews) to stay in Moscow. I was a student there for two years, and I like (New St. Andrews) very much," he said. "It's just not supposed be in the central business zone." <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Moscow Community Development Director and Zoning Administrator Joel Plaskon confirmed he received the complaint on Friday, but refused to comment further <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Curley provided the Daily News a copy of the complaint, signed by Hansen, Bauer and Nolan. <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">"New Saint Andrews College is expressly prohibited from conducting business at its current location in downtown Moscow," the complaint reads. "We respectfully request that, as provided by Moscow City Code, you prevent and restrain the continued illegal use of their building." <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">According to Moscow City Code, central business zones are supposed to provide a 'location for groups of compatible commercial uses ..." <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Permitted uses in the central business district include trade schools, churches, museums, libraries, police and fire stations and other public and private institutions. <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">"New Saint Andrews College (NSA) is a private college defined as 'an educational institution' in Moscow City Code ...Educational institutions are not allowed in the Central Business District under any circumstances," the complaint cites from Moscow City Code. "Therefore, NSA operates a prohibited illegal business at its current location." <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Dickison is not sure what the next step will be for New St. Andrews. <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">"We're exploring our options and we'll see what the proper response is," he said. <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">* Staff writer Megan Doyle contributed to this story. <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Alexis Bacharach</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 234, or by e-mail at <a href="mailto:abacharach@dnews.com" target="_blank">abacharach@dnews.com</a>. <u><u></u></u></span></u></u></u></p><p style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Megan Doyle</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 237, or by e-mail at <a href="mailto:mdoyle@dnews.com" target="_blank">mdoyle@dnews.com</a>. <span><br></span></span></u></u></u></p></span><p><u><u><u>----------------------------------------------------------------</u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> <<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bill London<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 22, 2005 9:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Nancy Chaney <<a href="mailto:nchaney@moscow.com" target="_blank">nchaney@moscow.com</a>>; John Dickinson <<a href="mailto:johnd@moscow.com" target="_blank">johnd@moscow.com</a>>; gina <<a href="mailto:ginagormley@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ginagormley@hotmail.com</a>>; PEG HAMLETT <<a href="mailto:peg_hamlett@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">peg_hamlett@sbcglobal.net</a>>; <a href="mailto:prall@moscow.com" target="_blank">prall@moscow.com</a>; Linda Pall <<a href="mailto:lpall@moscow.com" target="_blank">lpall@moscow.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] NSA illegal?<u><u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><u> <u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">When New St. Andrews college moved into downtown Moscow two years ago, that use of downtown space was a violation of the city zoning ordinance. In the city code for the zoning of the central business area, schools are not a permitted use. </span><u><u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">"Commercial schools" like Leon's hairdresser school are permitted, but educational institutions are not permitted. You can read the code (see section 3.5) at:</span><u><u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><a href="http://www.ci.moscow.id.us/citycode/TITLE04/chapter3.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ci.moscow.id.us/citycode/TITLE04/chapter3.pdf</a></span><u><u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u> <u><u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">The Daily News (Saturday, 1/22/05, page 3A) included an article (see below) about 3 residents who filed a complaint with the city about this mistake.</span><u><u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u> <u><u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Coupled with the NSA/Christ Church property tax scam, this seems to show a pattern:</span><u><u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">1. incompetent legal advice to NSA/Christ Church leadership -- or -- a knowing violation of the law by the NSA/Christ Church officials</span><u><u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">2. public-minded citizens forced to take their own time and resources to force the NSA/Christ Church to follow the law</span><u><u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">3. lack of oversight by city and county staff as well as Moscow City Council and Latah County officials.</span><u><u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u> <u><u></u></u></u></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><u><u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">BL</span></u></u></u></p><p><u><u><u><u><u><u><span><span><br></span></span></u></u></u></u></u></u></p></div></span><p><p><p><u><u><u><br></u></u></u></p></p></p></span></font><p><font color="#304779"></font></p><p><font color="#304779"><font color="#304779"><u><u><u><font color="#304779"></font></u></u></u></font></font></p><p><font color="#304779"><font color="#304779"><font color="#304779"><font color="#304779"><u><u><u><font color="#304779"><br></font></u></u></u></font></font></font></font></p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span><div class="gmail_quote"><font color="#304779"><font color="#304779"><u><u><u><font color="#304779"><span><span>
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