I dunno. Liz seems to know what she's talking about without any
verbose puffery or bringing other people into it. It's part of her job
to know about such things, though.
Frank
On Feb 29, 2008, at 08:05 PM, Anthony West wrote:
The only zoning issue I know of around which there is no controversy
in the city of Philadelphia, is that the City of Philadelphia's
zoning code is hopelessly complex, illogical, clumsy, unnavigable
and broken. Seriously.
Every City government has strengths and weaknesses. Its Water Dept.,
for instance, Philly is world-class. In contrast, its zoning code
reads like it was pounded out by a thousand monkeys on keyboards.
Nobody likes what we now have. Everybody is calling for soup-to-nuts
reform. Nutter's all for it, says he. The question is: will he make
it happen?
In the meantime ... nobody in Philadelphia really understands the
workings of our zoning system. The ordinary man on the street does
not. A bizarre man on the street like myself does not. Crafty
landlords like Al Krigman and Al Klein and Guy and Glenn do not.
Dueling real-estate experts like Melani and Liz do not. Multi-
million-dollar investors like Lussenhop and Penn and Cira and the
Sheik of Araby do not. It is confusing! And it is very bad for all
of us that it is so confusing.
While we're awaiting comprehensive reform, my starting position is
that Philadelphians should be patient with each other in zoning
controversies. In simpler terms: people who have no idea what zoning
law dictates in a complicated case are probably truthful; people who
are absolutely certain what zoning law dictates may be suspected of
fooling themselves.
It's a real problem. And it's a problem without villains.
-- Tony West
Frank wrote:
http://www.planphilly.com/node/2788
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