Friday, December 15, 2006
Redo! Redo!
The Landmark Nutjob Association wants a do-over in terms of the Landmark Preservation Ordinance. See, the City Council decided to wait until the election so folks could vote on whether they wanted to keep the old LPO. They said no. So the City Council passed a new one, and now folks are trying to get that halted so it, too, can go on the ballot. And they'll succeed.
Since the new law allows this "safe harbor" provision to be used by property owners before their permit applications for new developments are filed, critics like [Laurie Bright] and co-sponsor Roger Marquis contend that neighbors could be stuck with unwanted projects they didn't know were coming when it's too late to landmark the buildings already on the site. Well, at least they admit it isn't about the landmarks, but about stopping their neighbors. See, you'd think that a landmark would be a landmark regardless of what some guy might plan on replacing it with after tearing it down. I guess not.
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