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| From | Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard |
| Date | 2014-06-26 09:42 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <logpu4$29h$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <loced1$ods$1@dont-email.me> <c0u8c0Fcgp3U3@mid.individual.net> |
Huge put finger to keyboard: > On 2014-06-24, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote: >> http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/06/23/3451818/9yo-boy-little- library/#triple-feature >> >> A nine-year-old boy in eastern Kansas who decided to open his own >> little front-yard library and share books with his neighbors has been >> shut down for violating a city zoning ordinance. >> >> ... >> >> >> On May 11, Mother's Day, Collins put out his own little free library, >> complete with children's classics like Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle >> in Time and Roald Dahl's The BFG. >> >> But a month later, his parents received a letter from officials >> saying the library violated the city's zoning ordinance and needed to >> be removed or they would be fined. The city prohibits people from >> having structures on their property that are detached from the >> physical house. > > Do you think it's a requirement to be an arsehole to work in zoning, or > that they become one as the years pass by? It's seen as a definite advantage. Here in the UK, friends of mine applied for a loft conversion including a dormer window. They were turned down because the window was inappropriate to the style of the area. They appealed on the grounds that the window was at the back of the house, not visible from any part of any public road and more than half the houses in their road had such dormer windows already. The appeal was upheld and they were allowed their loft conversion and dormer window. Provided they demolished their (detached) garage.
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City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-24 18:01 +0000
Re: City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-24 21:20 +0000
Re: City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-24 22:14 +0000
Re: City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-26 09:42 +0000
Re: City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-28 07:21 +0000
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