...not 1953 as the picture's caption would lead one to believe. At that time, the elevator was installed... as were ramps to make it handicap accessible (well before the ADA in 1990). The ADA must have steeper guidelines than what was allowed for during the remodel...?
Sad to see "the old high school" go. Hopefully the building can be put to good use. A recreation center similar to the old ELHS in Auburn would be a great idea. Maybe someone would resurrect the community theatre project and reopen the auditorium in the gymnasium...
No mention whatsoever in the paper that the plug was pulled on the "Dream Act?" You can bet your last hard earned tax dollar this rag would have been crowing from the rooftops had it passed. I'm just surprised they didn't publish something bashing "those naughty Republicans" for shooting it down.
While I agree with you, Gil, that the jobs and new businesses are needed, I have to side with the abutters in this instance. There are locations within the industrial zone where this business could open. If I owned abutting property, I wouldn't want a slaughterhouse going in right next to me, either. Allowing a variance would be typical of Auburn, though. It's just one more way for the city to put the screws to it's taxpaying residents.
You have to figure anyone that purchases property within the agricultural zone would be aware of the restrictions in place. It's not unusual for annual taxes to be around $5,000 or greater (10+ acres, house, garage & barn, typically). Their property valuation (and taxes) will not necessarily go down because an industrial operation gets a variance to go in next door. They'll continue to pay what they've been paying right along... and if they should try to sell? No way in hell is anyone going to give them what the city values their property at because of the industrial activity next door... through no fault of their own. When they bought, they bought with the assurance that something like this would NOT be allowed.
Allowing an industrial operation a variance to open on property zoned only for agricultural use would subject the area to increased road traffic (trucking in animals, trucking out meat, plus the daily workforce); to added noise (the animals, the equipment); to added pests (bugs, varmints). Last but not least, the area would acquire that lovely smell of death. It belongs in the industrial zone where the roads are engineered to handle heavier traffic; where the noise won't be an issue; where the bugs and the smell won't bother residential farmers.
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Last renovation was 1981-82...
...not 1953 as the picture's caption would lead one to believe. At that time, the elevator was installed... as were ramps to make it handicap accessible (well before the ADA in 1990). The ADA must have steeper guidelines than what was allowed for during the remodel...?
Sad to see "the old high school" go. Hopefully the building can be put to good use. A recreation center similar to the old ELHS in Auburn would be a great idea. Maybe someone would resurrect the community theatre project and reopen the auditorium in the gymnasium...
Well ain't that odd...
There are a number of reasons why a suspicious fire might start... doesn't have to be the "NIMBY's."
Huh... who'da thunk it...
No mention whatsoever in the paper that the plug was pulled on the "Dream Act?" You can bet your last hard earned tax dollar this rag would have been crowing from the rooftops had it passed. I'm just surprised they didn't publish something bashing "those naughty Republicans" for shooting it down.
Not so much "NIMBY"... just put it where it belongs...
While I agree with you, Gil, that the jobs and new businesses are needed, I have to side with the abutters in this instance. There are locations within the industrial zone where this business could open. If I owned abutting property, I wouldn't want a slaughterhouse going in right next to me, either. Allowing a variance would be typical of Auburn, though. It's just one more way for the city to put the screws to it's taxpaying residents.
You have to figure anyone that purchases property within the agricultural zone would be aware of the restrictions in place. It's not unusual for annual taxes to be around $5,000 or greater (10+ acres, house, garage & barn, typically). Their property valuation (and taxes) will not necessarily go down because an industrial operation gets a variance to go in next door. They'll continue to pay what they've been paying right along... and if they should try to sell? No way in hell is anyone going to give them what the city values their property at because of the industrial activity next door... through no fault of their own. When they bought, they bought with the assurance that something like this would NOT be allowed.
Allowing an industrial operation a variance to open on property zoned only for agricultural use would subject the area to increased road traffic (trucking in animals, trucking out meat, plus the daily workforce); to added noise (the animals, the equipment); to added pests (bugs, varmints). Last but not least, the area would acquire that lovely smell of death. It belongs in the industrial zone where the roads are engineered to handle heavier traffic; where the noise won't be an issue; where the bugs and the smell won't bother residential farmers.
Correct, yet incorrect at the same time...
Yes, Tron... it was "those nasty Republicans" who had the nerve to allow freed slaves the right to citizenship.
I find it a bit irrational that you want to label the entire Republican party (from 1868 to present day) "for discrimination."