[MissoulaGov] Planning Board on Tuesday

[Geoff Badenoch]

I support historic preservation for all the reasons stated in the ordinance.
However, I encourage everyone to read this Ordinance and participate in
discussions surrounding it.  

 

Among my concerns are the breadth of situations covered, the burden of new
requirements on property owners, timeliness of processing approvals, and the
subjective nature of the judgment required of the Historic Preservation
Officer.  The current HPO, for example, is knowledgeable about historic
structures but he is not immortal and will not be in the position forever.
What about the next person?  What qualifications, sensitivities, creativity,
and common sense will that person possess?  Whenever government tries to
legislate subjective judgment into the law, it usually creates more problems
than it solves.  It opens a legal Pandora's Box in which the concept
"arbitrary and capricious" can be spotted by any first year law student. 

 

I believe Missoula would benefit from a reasonable Historic Preservation
ordinance.  I hope citizens will read the ordinance (link below) and judge
for themselves if this is the way to go about it.  

 

Geoff Badenoch

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Subject: [MissoulaGov] Planning Board on Tuesday

 

On Tuesday, July 21 -- the Missoula Planning Board will be conducting a
public hearing on the proposed Historic Preservation Ordinance.

 

ftp://www.co.missoula.mt.us/opgftp/Grants/HistoricPreservation/OrdRevision/H
istoricPreservationOrdinance060509.pdf

 

 

 

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