[MissoulaGov] Planning Board on Tuesday

[Janet Donahue]

I agree with the comments made by Geoff Badenoch and Joe Easton and am an owner of property in the University area that would be directly impacted by this ordinance.  I did not want this property placed on the historic register because one of the structures is not historic as I view it and one structure is an historic residence.  I believe this ordinance goes beyond what is reasonable.  

Janet Stevens Donahue





From: geoffb at ism.net
To: Paradigm1 at aol.com; missoulagov at cmslists.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:21:04 -0600
CC: mayor at ci.missoula.mt.us; council at ci.missoula.mt.us
Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Planning Board on Tuesday




















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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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/HistoricPreservationOrdinance060509.pdf





 





 





 







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