[Vision2020] Downtown Parking

[wocsom at earthlink.net]

Mr. Nelson, I hope appropriate litigation has commenced against NSA
regarding their tax evasion issue.  They need to be accountable just like
everyone else is.  Regards.

Coop


> [Original Message]
> From: James Nelson <hammered at moscowmail.com>
> To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
 > Date: 1/28/2005 10:28:33 AM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Downtown Parking
>
> Visionaries,
> 
> I am thankful that a thread or two considered downtown parking 
> because it gives me another opportunity to mention Moscow’s 
> Comprehensive Plan, which addresses the subject very clearly. 
> Section 4? states: “The largest and most convenient parking lot to 
> the central business district core is the Jackson Street lot.?
> 
> Further down the page, the Comp. Plan specifies the fifth objective
> for Friendship Square: “Provide adequate parking in the central
> business district for shoppers and employees.?
> 
> Ironically, NSA’s occupation of the Verizon building has created
> the need for additional downtown parking, not because they bring
> more shoppers to the area, but because they (faculty & students)
> use parking spaces that would otherwise be filled by “shoppers and
> employees.?In other words, NSA’s presence downtown frustrates
> specific objectives declared by the city planners. (Hopefully most
> people can distinguish between a student shopper and business
> shopper.)
> 
> Title 4 Section 11-1 of Moscow City Code provides a remedy for this
> irksome problem. It states: “If the Zoning Administrator shall find
> that any of the provisions of this Zoning Code are being violated,
> the Zoning Administrator or designee shall notify in writing the
> person responsible for such violations, indicating the nature of
> the violation and ordering the action necessary to correct it. The
> Zoning Administrator or designee shall order discontinuance of
> illegal use of land, buildings, or structures; removal of illegal
> additions, alterations, or structural changes; discontinuance of
> illegal work being done; or shall take other action authorized by
> this Zoning Code to insure compliance with or to prevent violation
> of its provisions.?
> 
> I know that some may consider this remedy draconian, but I would
> remind them that this problem will only worsen over time, as NSA’s
> faculty and student body grow in numbers. And their growth will
> impose no small burden on the taxpayer to account for our want of
> parking spaces.
> 
> I would also remind you that NSA’s administration (the Kirk
> leadership) has flouted the law for years, thumbing their nose at
> our community with a taunt (their evasion of property tax is the
> most recent offense and perhaps the most expensive to date), and
> they have shown us no reason to believe that they won’t continue as
> scofflaws if they get a pass this time.
> 
> We should ask ourselves, “Does Moscow have a moral obligation to
> hold NSA to the law? If so, by what standard??
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> James Nelson
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