Comments by zztrojan
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Posted on September 10 at 5:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
FoX, why assume the risk to other neighborhoods is fallacious when all the factors associated with this neighborhood's demise are still in place?
1. Devious landlords who ask that only 2 students sign the lease when more than 2 students are living on the property.
2. No zoning enforcement for years.
3. No action taken when residents complain.
4. Family flight when the neighborhood becomes noisy, trashy, and unsafe due to a multitude of renters.
5. Declining property value due to above conditions.
6. No organized neighborhood effort to stop the above conditions.
The mayor made a good point; when the landlord can show that the apartment was leased to just 2 students, then technically, he's in the clear. It's hard to prove that other tenants aren't just "visiting". It only takes one or two greedy landlords to change the dynamics of a neighborhood for the worse.
I'd like to hope that we learn from our mistakes. Changes to the city code are necessary and we need people on the planning commission that care about neighborhoods.
Posted on September 8 at 4:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Amen, Cajun. I do know that many of the residents on my street couldn't attend, either due to health reasons or job conflicts. I've written my councilman, but he never responded. It does feel like no one is listening and you're right about the decline of common morals. Relativism is destroying our country.
Posted on September 8 at 9:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
When people buy a house in an R-1 neighborhood, they're putting their faith in the city's ability to enforce the code. We desperately need a zoning enforcement officer to cite landlords who are violating the laws. Furthermore, the city should require anyone who is leasing property to obtain a leasing permit every year, so that each property is inspected for safety and code enforcement. This would add to the city's income and keep atrocities like the decline of Highland Ave from happening again. Furthermore, it was wrong for Troy State to send a letter of support for the landlords seeking to change the law. For years they'd been renting single family homes to multiple tenants illegally and in order to further increase their incomes, they want to build high density apartments next to a school and a church.
Posted on September 2 at 7:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
That was one of the coolest concerts I've ever seen. It made me want to give up and sell off my guitar, though.
Posted on September 2 at 7:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sounds like the plan had a bit too much administrivializationamalism in it...
Posted on September 2 at 12:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
SACS was referring to the complexity of the plan, not the amount of reading. Remember that a camel is a horse designed by a committee.
Posted on August 28 at 10:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)
As Regis said, "The difference is the zoning law supported the Highland residents but it did not support the Country Club residents. Yet, the board voted the exact opposite of what the law supported in both cases."
Homeowners expressed the same concerns about safety in the Highland rezoning fight. What's the difference between homeowners near the university and those in Country Club Estates?
Posted on August 28 at 8:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
There was plenty of opposition to Highland's rezoning. Why didn't the planning board listen to us? Inquiring minds want to know. What's the difference between homeowners near the university and those in Country Club Estates?
Posted on July 31 at 6:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Who is "the one who must not be mentioned?"
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Posted on September 10 at 7:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Perhaps I'm naive in believing in the laws placed on the books will actually protect people. Perhaps I'm naive in believing that agents of enforcement will do their jobs. But I was there at the meeting and heard the mayor say that the city was encouraging growth toward the downtown area, where the zoning is already legal for growth. I do worry that those areas will become unsafe, because more than one study has recognized residential density as a factor in crime.
Lots of universities see a good neighborhood bordering their campus as something to treasure and help protect. Many university/neighborhood relationships are quite healthy. There are wonderful family-friendly neighborhoods surrounding Huntington, Samford, Vanderbilt, Purdue, Belmont, Tulane, Syracuse and a host of others.
Our university once touted TROY as one of the safest campuses and it takes good neighbors and good neighborhoods surrounding the campus in order to maintain any level of safety. Perhaps you and a host of landlords in this town should think about what's best in the long run for the University.
On Highland, bye land?