From iiqnxs at yahoo.com Sun Sep 7 20:48:42 2003 From: iiqnxs at yahoo.com (Shauna Jacobsen) Date: Mon, 08 Sep 03 03:48:42 GMT Subject: [OldNorth] Breast enlargement pills iw orvspdjn Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From valerie at vanngroup.com Sun Sep 7 13:11:24 2003 From: valerie at vanngroup.com (Valerie Vann) Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 13:11:24 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] ONDN development: a bit of history References: <20030905152258.74177.qmail@web80213.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3F5B90EC.C45D81D5@vanngroup.com> angela wrote: > Eric explained to this person that the building > would be no larger than the 2 story on the other corner (and BTW did we ever > get notification as a hood about that site?). > The 2 story pseudo Victorian house on the northwest corner of 6th & G was permitted, and if I recall correctly, built prior to the changes in zoning and construction regulations for the district. Notification was only made to the mandatory distance. I'm in the middle of that block and I was outside the notification area. The first I knew of it was coming home from the bus stop after work and seeing the lot torn up (it was a vacant lot), and regretting that I hadn't known in time to rescue some delightful bulbs that had migrated into the lot over the years. As far as I know it was a conforming use at the time and required no variance or discussion plus the city probably thought it a marvelous implementation of their existing areas "infill" and densification idea. I believe that the new house and the little old business office on the alley behind it are still a single lot, single owner, making it a mixed use lot, though in reverse of the usual business in front, residential behind mode of the rest of the block's mixed uses. I also note that the G St block between 6th and 7th streets has gone through a series of different zonings, including a mixed use (under which the existing mixed business and apartments were all built, with business in the front, apt in the back.) These were all remodels of the existing single story residences in front with one or two story apt. in back. The exception is the 2 story apartment building mid block, which replaced an original 1920-40's(?) residence that was destroyed by fire. The mixed use was followed by general commercial, and then the current(?) transitional. But I point out that despite the zoning, the three most recent remodels and/or new construction on this half block have been for residential use, not commercial: the new Victorian house, a major interior remodel/upgrade as single family residence of the 1940s house at the corner of 7th & G, and an enlargement and upgrade of the single story apartment on the alley (attached to the office in front as a continuous structure which covers the lot back to the alley) at 633 G. All of the current businesses are pretty much 8am-5pm operations compatible with neighboring residential, which also aids the parking situation to a considerable degree. The only night hour activities are typically janitorial services although commercial landscaping (leaf blowers etc) occurs as early as 7am six days a week. Both of these should be considerations whenever there is a potential commercial use next door to you, even if next door or across the street is a different zoning. Noise and traffic fail to recognize the zoning boundaries. Second story development is also a noise as well as a privacy issue as noise from 2nd story decks and open windows can carry farther than ground floor noise. There is currently underway a new remodel/conversion (single story) of an original residence on the north side of 7th street between G and F for a medical (herbal/acupuncture) office with I think residence in back. This last project I believe should be taken note of by ONDNA because it represents a leap frogging of office/commercial conversion north of us. We should perhaps develop a system for keeping an eye on this kind of development adjacent to our own neighborhood, especially on the peripheral streets. IMHO there is a real possibility of pressure to commercialize F Street south of 8th as well as 8th Street west of the RR and more of the north side of 7th, which has and has had in past commercial uses at the intersection of 7th & F. Valerie Vann From valerie at vanngroup.com Sun Sep 7 18:26:56 2003 From: valerie at vanngroup.com (Valerie Vann) Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:26:56 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] COOP newsletter Message-ID: <3F5BDAE0.A3B63357@vanngroup.com> Just a suggestion: The Food COOP Newpaper every month has a Community Calendar of events. Our meeting notices should be on it. Valerie Vann