Making Ferndale's library a destination in a downtown full of attractions is the goal of the city's new library director, who will present expansion plans to the city planning commission this week.
In May, the commission rejected the library's proposed $4.7 million expansion over concerns it swallowed up too much green space around the library and called for removing too many mature trees. Commissioners also said they wanted to see conceptual plans and ask questions before site plans would be considered, Raber said.
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Patti, thank you for publishing your letter.
This reminds me of Chosen Books' moving to Hilton just north of Nine Mile in 2007. What happens when citizens don't pay attention to zoning ordinances? Even though Chosen moved into a properly-zoned location for adult-oriented businesses, the zone was still adjacent to a neighborhood.
It's odd that C3 zones (like Chosen's) aren't allowed to be within 500' of a group home, but are permitted within 500' of a private residence. Apparently, zoning laws are more sensitive to transient residents than they are the invested ones.
That was a case of zoning ordinances failing the community.
I'm sympathetic to the church's need to raise revenues to maintain its building and serve its members and missions, just as I am to school systems forced to close schools due to declining student enrollment.
But like the church, I wouldn't support the school system's leasing its buildings to companies that don't belong in residential zones.
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