Is Ransom Everglades skirting code enforcement?
I received this email from Tony Scornvacca, Jr.:
"Ransom Everglades School built a parking lot in a residential district and and is storing boats and trailers there, at 1946 Tigertail Ave. It looks terrible.
Code Enforcement told me that they have a Special Use permit to do so.
If anybody else objects to this, please file a complaint with the commissioner's office, as I did."
Comments?
"Ransom Everglades School built a parking lot in a residential district and and is storing boats and trailers there, at 1946 Tigertail Ave. It looks terrible.
Code Enforcement told me that they have a Special Use permit to do so.
If anybody else objects to this, please file a complaint with the commissioner's office, as I did."
Comments?
posted by Tom Falco at 9:36 AM
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14 Comments:
Wow, you really need to get a life or get laid if this is something that really bothers you...
That's such a snide comment. For some of us (and I live in the Gables, not the Grove) these kinds of precedents are important. Ramson does it... then a developer comes in... does it too based on the fact that Ramson got a special permit... the whole thing snowballs.
In the street where I live, all our neighbors (and ourselves) protested (and won... in a day!) a house that was painted pink.
It is not a question of getting a life (or getting laid) but of protecting an investment.
anonymous 2
Wait, wait. I thought that boats were beautiful;-)
protesting what color your neighbors paint their house is probably one of the worst and most obnoxious thing you can do as a citizen of the united states.
Here, here, Adam! Quite pathetic indeed. I agree with the anonymous who made the first comment. Right on the money...
To two who think this is a petty issue... how would you like a fenced in parking next to your house? The parking lot you are speaking replaced a home and is in a residential neighborhood.
And boats are beautiful on the ocean front. They are not that beautiful clustered in a single family neighborhood on "historic" Tigertail Avenue.
A parking lot (or any other eyesore) in a residential district is offensive. Here's why:
When a nearby homeowner wants to sell, his sale price will be affected dramatically by the appearance of the surrounding area. A nice home across the street will help the value. A parking lot will hurt the value.
Imagine an intruder coming into your house and taking $50,000 or $100,000 from you. That is REAL money that is lost due to an inconsiderate neighbor.
Well, that school has been there on Historic Tigertail for a while and obviously they came to the decision that they need a parking lot (probably because people fight tooth and nail against any meaningful public transportation).
I find it slightly comical that the main issue is not that there is a giant parkinglot, but that someone put some boats in it. I imagine that the kids at school are learning to sail or do some marine biology on a boat or something. Not that I really give two cents about the ridiculous zoning in the grove, but apparently "they have a special use permit to store boats and trailers there". They are, after all, about one block from the coast.
I can only feel that the tendency to be a busybody like this indicates a lack of real understanding of issues facing the neighborhood. Whether my neighbor wants to paint their house pink, green or rainbow colors is their business, despite how much I may dislike their choice and I welcome some diversity of thought.
Hahahaha, good one Adam! I dont believe the color of a neighbors house brings down the value of your property anyways. As for the lot, I drive by it everyday and barely notice it. In fact, I still havent noticed boats, but maybe its because I dont care to look. Why are these the things people choose to complain about rather than things that would benefit everyone? Maybe because most people that live here are extremely selfish...
Studies have shown that communities that have the toughest zoning codes and the most rigorous code enforcement have the highest property values. Tony and others are correct, there are many reasons everyone should be vigilant. "Eyes on the street" is a concept that benefits everyone, except the violators. Violators are free to move to more permissive communities.
Studies have shown that communities that have the toughest zoning codes and the most rigorous code enforcement have the highest property values.
The problem is that so many Grove-ites are incoherent about this. They often say that they don't want the Grove to become another Coral Gables, that they want to Grove to preserve its "funky" character. But get people talking about how they want to control what people do with their property and the only conclusion you can reach is that they really do want the Grove to be just like Coral Gables.
I don't really care if your already overvalued property can sustain its current high price. If you were serious about living here and not just making money in real estate you might be happy that your property value (and tax assessments) would go down without any change in the real value of the neighborhood.
Not that I particularly think anyone else should really care about your property value in the first place. If the school needs to use the parkinglot to store some boats then let them store boats there.
I doubt anyone here has asked Ransom how long the boats are going to be there or if there was anything they could do to make them less unsightly.
A very Grove-like Barnacle house stood here until it was demolished three years ago, to make way for the parking lot and chain link fence.
The boats and trailers are gone but the beautiful black-top pavement remains.
welcome to miami where people fight tooth and nail against increasing taxes for public transportation or adding a bike lane and then complain about parking lots and traffic.
Hopefully your property values didn't drop too precipitously while the boats were there.
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