Generally when the notices are sent out the applicant must also purchase a list from the county of the folks in the surrounding area and mail direct notification to them...for items like zoning changes. So it's not just a random placard in the neighborhood but direct notification for items like zoning changes and liquor licenses.
Lisa McDonald East Harriet (but e-mailing from Cleveland Ohio) >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Mpls] public hearing notices >Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 23:30:36 EST > >David > >you make a fine point here regarding the fact that those little orange >signs >arent much in the way of neighborhood notifications. > > > However... those orange official notices are all but impossible for > > passers-by to read because the trees are up a hill. Politicians would > > not restrict themselves to brightly-colored sheets of paper when running > > for office; why not institute readable-from-a-distance, > > lawn-sign-and-rebar signage for properties with potential neighborhood > > impacts? > > > > Guess we all need to do a better job getting the public info. > > Since you bring it up, those little orange placards are the planning >commissions "official notice" - IE they are Minneapolis version of the way >information about public hearings is sent out to the community. I can tell >you (and you probably are aware) that all applicants are required to notify >1) the neighborhood group affected (by request of the Councilmember) and 2) >the councilmember in the ward for any land use application. The >neighborhood >groups should be then passing this information on to the public in some way >shape or form. I do think certain neighborhoods make more of a priority of >this than others, based on my experience. > >Someone else, Jay Clark I think, mentioned that often times the narrow >interests of some adjacent property owners can cloud the vision of a well >intentioned project. I think your ace hardware example is a halfway decent >case of this point. Someone else mentioned they own the land and control >it. >I do think that the planning commission and the board of adjustment do a >pretty good job of finding the middle ground in situations like >this...which >is a good thing since that is what they are there to do...be objective. > >If anyone else is curious about the land Use application process used by >the >City send me an email at work, (so i can get paid by yall to respond). > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
