tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post2406809061517355041..comments2024-02-12T23:56:11.051-05:00Comments on Daytonology: Election DayJeffereyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01294969786619943530noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-48636785641571207882008-03-04T22:27:00.000-05:002008-03-04T22:27:00.000-05:00Speaking of local politics and McLin and Whaley, I...Speaking of local politics and McLin and Whaley, I have bad news.<BR/>I just learned after being on vacation about the gutting of our city's billboard laws by the commission on February 6th.<BR/><BR/>Unless this change is overturned, this city is going to be the eyesore of the nation a year from now.<BR/><BR/>These monstrosities are going to go up as close as 500 feet apart in all these areas they were formerly outlawed: light industrial (I1), business park (BP) and eclectic commercial. Dan Kennedy from the east side just told me there are already 10 new erection permits in less than a month. This was pushed through by the billboard industry and rubber-stamped in spite of the protests by him and a few other opponents.<BR/><BR/>To underscore how serious this is, here are just a handful of examples of where we should expect to see ugly billboards go up soon:<BR/><BR/>1. several across from Carillon Park on Patterson (BP zoning where they were formerly not permitted).<BR/><BR/>2. facing Island Park on Helena Street (I1 zoning where they were formerly not permitted)<BR/><BR/>3. miles of the them 500 feet apart along the new Trotwood Connector (BP zoning again)<BR/><BR/>These are just the examples I already noticed after looking at less than a fifth of the zoning map!<BR/><BR/>Legal sizes are way up, legal spacings are way down, there is NO limitation about proximity to parks or greenways, and there's now only a 200 foot buffer instead of the old 1000 foot buffer betweeen residential and billboards.<BR/><BR/>If you love Dayton you must spread the word about this so that widespread outrage can stop it now while there is still some time.<BR/><BR/>-Mike Monett<BR/>Grafton Hill, Dayton<BR/>937-430-3259<BR/>mikemonett@att.blackberry.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com