INC NEWS - Morreene Road development

[TheOcean1 at aol.com]

With great respect for Pat, I must agree with Kelly here. When you look at  
the UDO, or any planning codes, it's not the mainstream uses you look at, it's  
what the extremes might be. That was how I took their use of that statement, 
as  Kelly did.
 
Frank Duke was always candid about the need for tweaking the UDO, perhaps  
that would have been easier if Frank had stayed a little longer. But this  
problem is a fine example of where the UDO needs tweaking. You can't blame the  
neighborhood or the store owner, both are right. 
 
The neighborhood is understandably upset with a large, out of place  
building, and the land owners are understandably upset because they can't move  along 
building what appears to be within their rights.
Neither side is wrong, the UDO isn't working in this case.
 
I feel badly for the neighborhood, but since I think they'd have a hard  time 
stopping them from doing what they have a right to do, I'd suggest the  
neighborhood go to D&L with roses instead of weapons.
Probably won't happen, but wouldn't it be nice if they could work something  
out.
 
The opposite is occurring in Trinity Park, where everyone wants a Bed &  
Breakfast to open, but the UDO is standing in the way.
 
So in one case it prevents what the neighborhood wants, in another it  allows 
something the neighborhood despises. None of the parties are at  fault, the 
UDO is.
 
IMHO

Bill Anderson 
 
In a message dated 10/26/2007 11:39:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kjj1 at duke.edu writes:

Pat--
I actually found their opinion piece to be informative and  persuasive. 
It sounds to me as if they've followed procedures and are  willing to try 
to address some of the neighborhood concerns. I took their  concluding 
remark less as a threat that as a reality check. I agree with  you that 
there may be a problem with how various types of zoning are  defined and 
with the planning/development process, but they aren't to  blame for 
those problems.

Kelly

pat carstensen  wrote:
> I just happened to see the following "guest opinion" piece in  the 
> Herald Sun.
>
>  http://www.heraldsun.com/opinion/columnists/guests/68-892019.cfm
>
>  by the folks trying to build a "commercial neighborhood" building in 
>  the Morreene Rd. neighborhood. 
>
> It concludes:
> "At the  end of the day, if the Planning Department's evolving 
> discretion and  our immediate neighbors' passions won't allow D&L to 
> become  operational at the site, we will be forced to sell to the 
> highest  bidder. The highest bidder could be a late-night convenience 
> store or  a night club serving folks who stay up much later than we do."
>
>  I find the threatening tone appalling.  Behavior like this is why  
> neighborhoods treat any development in their area as a threat.   It 
> also shows why all Durham neighborhoods need a type of zoning that  
> permits useful commercial enterprises that will serve the  neighborhood 
> while controlling the size, lights, traffic, and so on  that keep it at 
> a scale appropriate to a  neighborhood.
>
> Regards, pat
>
>
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