Communication_Mark Molo_Bluff Overlay District OrdinanceMOLO OIL COMPANY
123 SOUTHERN AVENUE
P.O. 80X 1540
DUBUt~UE, IOWA 52004-1540
]uly 1, 200$
Zoning Advisory Commission
City Hall, Second Floor
50 W l 3~' St.
Dubuque, IA 52001
~; Bluff Overlay District
PHONE 563-557-7540
Our property is located at the base of a bluff at ] 23 Southern Avenue. I am writing to
voice my objections to the proposed Bluff Overlay District. Based on the current proposal,
if I wanted to make any slight improvements to my property, I would be required to apply
for a variance from the City? I have no intention of asking the City for permission every
time I need to make repairs, do normal maintenance, repaint, trim trees and shrubs, repair
parking lots or cut the grass.
At this time can anyone explain how the practical and cost affective application of the
Erosion and Sediment Control language would be implemented on our property? If we did
implement, would we then see a reduction in our storm water run off fee? Or would the
E.S.C. just be a second expense in addition to the fee? After all, we wouldn't be required
to spend money for the same thing twice, would we?
After 2 years of planning and development, it seems almost as if the committee was sent in
to design a horse and got a camel. There must be balance between the rights of Property
Owners =the tax payer, and what some think is a solution for the overall city view. As an
example of good intentions gone wrong, think hack to the fiasco of the long and protracted
legal maneuverings that one small interest group tried. to impose upon American Trust
when they attempted to build a much better and modern building in place of an outdated
and unsafe building on the corner of 9`h ~` Locust -property they legally awned and paid
taxes on.
These proposed regulations are so dangerously vague that trying to enforce them would be
a nightmare for any city staff member -not to mention leaving them open to undefined
interpretation for future City leaders and staff and non-elected commission committee
members.
I strongly urge you to use some common sense and keep the individual rights of property
owners respected and protected when attempting to regulate for the view for a few.
Since~reylyf,
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Mark E. Molo
Moto Companies
138 year Company and tax payer