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Name: Anonymous on Nov 17, 2006Comments: The City has dropped the ball on this one at our expense!!!Flag
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Name: John Ridgway on Nov 17, 2006Comments: I live on the 300 block of E 25th. The condo development that is referenced here will on the street behind me (24th).Flag
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Name: Susan Meyers on Nov 17, 2006Comments: Do only the wealthy developers have property rights now Shame on you!Flag
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Name: Adrian Reed on Nov 17, 2006Comments: I have personally worked to ensure blocks in the Woodland Heights would be protected by the prevailing lot size ordinance. Please work to make sure this protection is realFlag
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Name: Timothy Beeson on Nov 17, 2006Comments: Residents of historic neighborhoods have had enough of the city government pandering to developers. Where are your heads How much money is changing hands to help builders get around the rules It's disgusting and we're fed up!Flag
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Name: Joan S. Duplantis on Nov 17, 2006Comments: Don't let what's happened in Montrose with all the 3 & 4 story monstrosities happen in the Heights or any other historic neighborhood.Flag
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Name: Dana Whitney on Nov 17, 2006Comments: It is unconcionable that the pro-developer planning commission cannot see that there is value in retaining neighborhood integrity. Altering minimum setbacks and allowing loopholes in deed restrictions may gain the developer and the city a few dollars more in the short term, but will wreak havoc and loss of a sense of place in the long term.Flag
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Name: Peggy Amante on Nov 17, 2006Comments: Let's hope the Planning Commission will come to their senses one of these days and actually DO something to preserve these neighborhoods!!Flag
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Name: Evelyn L. Merz on Nov 17, 2006Comments: The action of the Planning Commission is contrary to common sense and sabotages the whole point of neighborhood involvement.Flag
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Name: Councilmember Peter Brown on Nov 17, 2006Comments: As the City becomes more dense, our minimal regulations no longer serve the best interests of developers, property owners or residents. There is development chaos in many traditional neighborhoods, and yet many brownfields and vacant tracts waiting to be developed. The stakeholders must come together to protect our traditional neighborhoods and to promote quality development where different densities make the most sense. In some cities, they call this "planning." Councilmember Peter BrownFlag
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Name: Leigh Hollins on Nov 17, 2006Comments: Please close this loophole in the PVLS ordinance, and go farther than that....strengthen the Historic Preservation Ordinance so that it truly does protect municipally designated Historic DistrictsFlag
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Name: Sarah Castillo on Nov 17, 2006Comments: I live in Northside just past Hogan and Main St with new townhomes popping up everyday. We know that all the people that live out in the suburbs would love to expand 45 and pave right over our hundred year old neighborhood. One by one, we have to preserve our older, single family homes and make Houston, not Sugarland and Spring, a desirable and affordable place to live.Flag
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Name: Z. Brett Mize on Nov 17, 2006Comments: Plug the loophole ! We need stronger ordinances to protect the character of our older neighborhoods !Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Nov 17, 2006Comments: We as Americans need to preserve our older buildings as historical and architectural treasures. Europeans understand this; why don't weFlag
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Name: Theresa Doyle on Nov 17, 2006Comments: I'm a Heights resident and care about preserving the character of my neighborhood.Flag
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Name: Ralf Brehm on Nov 17, 2006Comments: We in Eastwood have been working diligently to protect the integrity of our neighborhood by collecting signatures for the Prevailing Lot Size Some have been approved and others are still pending. If they take this tool away, what options to we have to preserve the character of our neighborhood and homes.Flag
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Name: Anne Thobae on Nov 17, 2006Comments: For the 4th largest city in the nation, it is a travesty that we have the weakest preservation laws/ordinances of any major US city. And now to furthermore jeopardize, compromise and not acknowledge the intent of the preservation ordinances that citizens and elected officials have worked hard to put in place in order to protect our cultural landscape is an absolute crime. We truly are a city without a soul--we continue to pander to the developers and speculators and are destroying our history and quality of life at at alarming rate. As a native Houstonian--it is heartbreaking to witness and disempowering to be a victim of such a rampant violation of smart growth and the outright destruction of our neighborhoods.Flag
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Name: Robert on Nov 17, 2006Comments: Its deplorable that high rises are eating up lots these days in Houston. nature bats last even further now. Where is the consideration for nature need and human needFlag
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Name: Amanda Boyaki on Nov 17, 2006Comments: Although I live and work in the Montrose area the same condo stuffing is happening in our single family residences. A home that needs renovation will be torn down and six or eight three story townhomes will be squeezed onto a lot. This puts an undue burden on the neighborhoods. Streets have an increase in traffic, people have to park on the streets, and the sewer and water systems in these older neighborhoods are pushed to their limits. Its not that I do not like modern architecture or that I am not a fan of renovation because I know as a preservationist and architectural historian that some of the older homes are in need of drastic changes. I object to putting so many of them on one lot, cutting down all the old trees and hiring illegal immigrants to work for pennies. I would advocate that two per lot be the maximum, unless Perry Homes wants to pay to update all the services that are needed. I am sure Perry Homes could give a damn about city services after they make their profits, after paying their immigrant workers under the table. Am I picking on Perry on purpose Absolutely. Perry gave an enormous amount of money to Governor Perry and if anyone has a problem with his new construction they can complain to the board he set up to resolve these disputes putting consumers in a lose-lose situation and in need of a really good lawyer. I only wish a petition like this could at least inconvenience the unscrupulous builders in this city.Flag
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