Posted on 09/13/2004 6:40:44 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
Allowing the government to save common citizens' land for 'future generations' is a bunch of hogwash. When does this ban expire? Which generation will get their property rights back?
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Possibly of interest?
As you know the Calif Coastal Commission is already near this level of property control...
Yes, I read that they are blocking improvements to highway 1 between Watsonville and Castroville that would save many lives.
The only conclusion one can draw is that the people on these commissions hate human beings and don't care if anyone dies.
Life would be dull without artists. They need the same freedoms we enjoy. Too bad so many of them - especially the famous ones - can't figure out what makes for "freedom" in the best sense of the word.
Its funny to think that the government would not allow an artist to paint a whole canvas, but thats just what they do with people's land. King county officials need to go take a refresher course in the Constitution.
yeah. Thanks for keeping me in mind. I am always interested in issues concerning property rights.
King county property owners are in for a world of hurt. Its sad to think that people are not allowed to build the garden they want and that these beautiful old gardens are going to be antiquities untouchable by the common citizen. I read a recent travelogue about some eastern European countries and the writer commented that the gardens were almost nonexistant and bereft of any kind of individuality when they were found.
But most counties have restrictions that are almost equivalent now I think. Someone told me San Luis Obispo county, CA has something similar.
From my cold dead hands...
BTTT!!!!!!!!
The King County Council was supposed to vote on this today, I believe. Anyone know the result?
The generation that takes to pitchforks...
Dear Concerned Citizens,
Thank you for participating previously in the process to update King County's Comprehensive Land Use Plan and the Critical Areas, Stormwater, and Clearing and Grading Ordinances. Review of the CAO and associated ordinances will continue at the Sept. 14 meeting of the Growth Management and Unincorporated Areas Committee. An agenda is attached below. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED, BUT NO VOTE IS SCHEDULED. The Committee will meet again on Sept. 21 at 9:30 a.m., and on Sept. 28 at 1:30 p.m. If you oppose the approval of these ordinances in their current form, you are encouraged to attend this meeting or submit your comments via e-mail in support of amendments to make these proposals more balanced between environmental protection and property rights. You also can watch the proceedings live on Civic Television (CTV), cable Channel 22. Additional opportunities for public comment will be available when these proposals go before the full Metropolitan King County Council this fall. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact our office at any time.
David Irons
King County Councilmember
District 12
(206) 296-1012
david.irons@metrokc.gov
Meeting Agenda
Metropolitan King County Council
Growth Management and Unincorporated Areas Committee
Councilmembers: Dow Constantine, Chair; David Irons, Vice Chair; Carolyn Edmonds, Kathy Lambert, Larry Phillips, Dwight Pelz, Steve Hammond
Staff: Megan Smith (296-0345), Lead Analyst; Ricardo Bautista (296-0329), Analyst; Lauren Smith (296-0352), Analyst;
Olivia Aguilar (296-1691), Committee Assistant
The committee will continue its discussion of the three ordinances in the Executive-Proposed Critical Areas Package. The ordinances are on the agenda for discussion, and no action will be taken at this meeting. There will be a public testimony period at the end of the meeting. One area of discussion at this meeting will be the maps related to groundwater protection and basin conditions that are attachments to the proposed Critical Areas Ordinance (Proposed Ordinance 2004-0122).
Call to Order
Roll Call
1. Approval of Minutes of July 20, July 27, and August 24, 2004.
Discussion
2. Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0122, Mr. Constantine
AN ORDINANCE relating to critical areas ...
Megan Smith and Rick Bautista, Council Staff
3. Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0123, Mr. Constantine
AN ORDINANCE related to surface water ...
Megan Smith and Rick Bautista, Council Staff
4. Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0124, Mr. Constantine
AN ORDINANCE relating to clearing and grading ...
Megan Smith and Rick Bautista, Council Staff
5. Public Testimony
Notes on testimony:
-- 45 minutes is scheduled for public testimony.
-- The committee will hear testimony from those testifying for the first time in a regular committee meeting, followed by those who have testified previously in a regular committee meeting.
-- Each speaker will have 2 minutes.
-- Speakers may not assign their time to other speakers.
Other Business
Adjournment
This is an absurd -- and arbitrary -- ordinance.
What are we leaving our children anyway? Broken down freeways, hyper-dense cities with no place for children, water shortages, energy shortages, shut down industries like logging, mining, ranching and farming, fear of doing anything because they might harm the environment? Some legacy. I would expect that Fujitaro Kubota is rolling over in his grave about now.
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