The planning commission in our town is crazy

[sonrisa]

DH is at a meeting right now and they are probably going to block the expansion of a house because:

1) one person on the committee *personally* dislikes the objectively inoffensive color (note that this person doesn't even live in the neighborhood in question so he will never see the house. But the color is "a dangerous color.") and

2) The expansion is stucco. The rest of the house also happens to be in stucco. Every house in that neighborhood was stucco when built. Most still are.

He got there two hours ago. They are arguing about the second house on the agenda (Well, the color and stucco on the second house).

[sparkythelawyer]

Reason 9, 876 why I will do anything possible to avoid buying in an HOA neighborhood

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[sonrisa]

Oh no. This isn't a HOA. It's the entire 9,000 person town. You have to get town approval to put up a fence or plant a tree. Or cut a tree. Or practically breathe.

[Dusky]

LoL at "dangerous color". They sound fun.

[sparkythelawyer]

Jul 18, 2013 23:09:51 GMT -5 Dusky said:

LoL at "dangerous color". They sound fun.

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Rght?

[Jillaroo]

Years ago the planning commission in my town blocked Target from putting in a store because they wanted to keep it a small town(stupidly). So Target put the store in a town over. But now they are all pissy that everybody drives the 30 minutes to the town with the Target. My town is loosing a shitton is tax revenue and we all have to drive 30 minutes to get to decent stores.

I think most planning commission members are inducted with the stupid stick.

[sonrisa]

Oh yeah, Target would never have a chance here.

[missmaddie]

Do share what the dangerous colour was!

It was red, wasn't it? Blood, sex, anger, scarlet A's...it's really a gateway colour.

[sonrisa]

Jul 18, 2013 23:43:43 GMT -5 missmaddie said:

Do share what the dangerous colour was!

It was red, wasn't it? Blood, sex, anger, scarlet A's...it's really a gateway colour.

Beige. But the wrong beige, apparently. They have changed it to a darker beige.

[Redpoppy]

I went to a town meeting thinking I would get a ballot, vote, then leave. Oh no. Each item was read aloud followed by questions, like what us the exact number of the squad car the police are replacing with money they are moving around in the budget. A few needed actual counting of raised hands while others everyone just said "ah!"

Four hours later the vote I went for was up. It was #10 on the agenda. Stupid old people spent more time questioning $1500 moved around in a budget to replace the dishwasher at school than the $400,000 agenda item to fund art and sports for the year (though at that point everyone was just done and they had no chance).

It was such an odd process.

[starlily]

Jul 18, 2013 23:07:29 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Oh no. This isn't a HOA. It's the entire 9,000 person town. You have to get town approval to put up a fence or plant a tree. Or cut a tree. Or practically breathe.

You live in Stars Hollow?!?




*sorry - just watched an ep of Gilmore Girls

[sonrisa]

quotes from the meeting:

"Zoning ordinances are just guidelines. We don't need to follow them."

"Buildings we've previously approved aren't precedent"

"It doesn't matter if the neighbors approve of the changes, it's not a democracy."

Fun times.

[missmaddie]

Jul 18, 2013 23:52:09 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Jul 18, 2013 23:43:43 GMT -5 missmaddie said:

Do share what the dangerous colour was!

It was red, wasn't it? Blood, sex, anger, scarlet A's...it's really a gateway colour.

Beige. But the wrong beige, apparently. They have changed it to a darker beige.

You're shitting me?