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Final supporters
The Metro Nashville Planning Commission is meeting on 1/28/16 at 4 pm at the Howard Building to vote to likely recommend that the Metro Nashville Council adopt a conservation overlay in Jackson Park and parts of Inglewood.Please sign if you are opposed to the proposed overlay and want its adoption to be delayed. Too many of us have not had proper understanding of it nor have we had enough notice of it happening and feel it is happening too fast. The overlay will be a forever thing and fundamentally change our property rights in ways that could be over reaching and burdensome to our community. Decisions about what we can do to and with our homes and property will no longer be ours to solely decide without approval from the staff of the Historic Commission. Not just zoning setbacks and height restrictions but aesthetic standards as well, possibly equating to more cost to you to maintain your home. The overlay is written with enough vagueness -in the opinion of this writer- that abuse of it could be administered in the future. I hope you sign this petition and add your address where you can if you want to send a message to our councilman, Anthony Davis, that we do not need or want this overlay. Mr. Davis has been very open and receptive. He cares about Inglewood and cares about what we think. Let's be respectful and offer him our opinions so he can be fully informed. Thank you!
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January 8, 2016
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING MY ENTIRE WEEK TALKING TO NEIGHBORS AND THE ENERGY IS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC!! WE ARE DEMANDING MORE CLARITY ON HOW THIS OVERLAY WILL IMPACT OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS FOREVER!! KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING BECAUSE OUR HOMES DESERVE BETTER PROTECTIONS THAN THIS VAGUE PROPOSAL!!
January 8, 2016
THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!! PEOPLE ARE FINALLY WAKING UP TO THE DANGERS OF THIS OVERLAY AND I AM BEYOND EXCITED TO SEE US RALLYING TOGETHER!!
35 Comments
The subjective nature of the guidelines combined with an enforcement of a non-elected board of 9 politically appointed people is of SIGNIFICANT concern. Regardless, of how much the rep from the Historic Commission misrepresents the facts at the community meetings, this overlay clearly infringes on the rights of property owners.
Please don't infringe upon my property rights. Sunnymeade hasn't seen a single civic improvement project in at least a decade. That's not how Nashville treats its other "historic" neighborhoods. Let's be honest with ourselves. Legislating a matter of taste is the wrong thing to focus on. We have actual real needs for improvement. Stop putting the burden on me, start using my tax dollars for badly needed infrastructure.
This overlay fundamentally misunderstands the criteria for what constitutes a suitable and tasteful addition to an existing home and prevents the use of eco-friendly, historic materials (such as metal roofs). Moreover, the overlay does not specifically prohibit the types of new developments that probably drove the creation of the overlay in the first place. More research needs to be done to draft an overlay that works for residents. -- a concerned Inglewood resident.
We oppose the historic overlay that includes our home on Winding Way. Stands should be set for new builds not for our homes and your plans are too vague and left to the board to not approve it. We never where notified until November 2015.
1803 McGavock in one of the Modern homes everyone hates so much. I'm not interested in living in a homogenized neighborhood. I am interested in vibrant and diverse communities that care more about people than about restricting the style of architecture.
I strongly oppose the overlay.
I strongly oppose this proposal.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
The Metro Nashville Planning Commission is meeting on 1/28/16 at 4 pm at the Howard Building to vote to likely recommend that the Metro Nashville Council adopt a conservation overlay in Jackson Park and parts of Inglewood.Please sign if you are opposed to the proposed overlay and want its adoption to be delayed. Too many of us have not had proper understanding of it nor have we had enough notice of it happening and feel it is happening too fast. The overlay will be a forever thing and fundamentally change our property rights in ways that could be over reaching and burdensome to our community. Decisions about what we can do to and with our homes and property will no longer be ours to solely decide without approval from the staff of the Historic Commission. Not just zoning setbacks and height restrictions but aesthetic standards as well, possibly equating to more cost to you to maintain your home. The overlay is written with enough vagueness -in the opinion of this writer- that abuse of it could be administered in the future. I hope you sign this petition and add your address where you can if you want to send a message to our councilman, Anthony Davis, that we do not need or want this overlay. Mr. Davis has been very open and receptive. He cares about Inglewood and cares about what we think. Let's be respectful and offer him our opinions so he can be fully informed. Thank you!
Updates
January 8, 2016
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING MY ENTIRE WEEK TALKING TO NEIGHBORS AND THE ENERGY IS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC!! WE ARE DEMANDING MORE CLARITY ON HOW THIS OVERLAY WILL IMPACT OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS FOREVER!! KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING BECAUSE OUR HOMES DESERVE BETTER PROTECTIONS THAN THIS VAGUE PROPOSAL!!
January 8, 2016
THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!! PEOPLE ARE FINALLY WAKING UP TO THE DANGERS OF THIS OVERLAY AND I AM BEYOND EXCITED TO SEE US RALLYING TOGETHER!!
35 Comments
In this, as many similar real estate development cases, economic market forces will keep those houses of historical value and thus these burdensome conservation rules (which restrict growth and cost government planning dept. time and $) are not required. If a house is nice and worth preserving then it's market value will be high and re-development will not be financially attractive, on the other hand if a house is run down then its' market value will dip to a level where a developer will buy the house and rebuild a new, better house. Based on the comments I've heard to date, most people in favor of the overlay main complaint is that he/she doesn't like new architecture styles. Sorry, time moves on and tastes change - if not we'd all be living in log cabins with dirt floors.
The subjective nature of the guidelines combined with an enforcement of a non-elected board of 9 politically appointed people is of SIGNIFICANT concern. Regardless, of how much the rep from the Historic Commission misrepresents the facts at the community meetings, this overlay clearly infringes on the rights of property owners.
Please don't infringe upon my property rights. Sunnymeade hasn't seen a single civic improvement project in at least a decade. That's not how Nashville treats its other "historic" neighborhoods. Let's be honest with ourselves. Legislating a matter of taste is the wrong thing to focus on. We have actual real needs for improvement. Stop putting the burden on me, start using my tax dollars for badly needed infrastructure.
This overlay fundamentally misunderstands the criteria for what constitutes a suitable and tasteful addition to an existing home and prevents the use of eco-friendly, historic materials (such as metal roofs). Moreover, the overlay does not specifically prohibit the types of new developments that probably drove the creation of the overlay in the first place. More research needs to be done to draft an overlay that works for residents. -- a concerned Inglewood resident.
We oppose the historic overlay that includes our home on Winding Way. Stands should be set for new builds not for our homes and your plans are too vague and left to the board to not approve it. We never where notified until November 2015.
1803 McGavock in one of the Modern homes everyone hates so much. I'm not interested in living in a homogenized neighborhood. I am interested in vibrant and diverse communities that care more about people than about restricting the style of architecture.
I strongly oppose the overlay.
I strongly oppose this proposal.
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In this, as many similar real estate development cases, economic market forces will keep those houses of historical value and thus these burdensome conservation rules (which restrict growth and cost government planning dept. time and $) are not required. If a house is nice and worth preserving then it's market value will be high and re-development will not be financially attractive, on the other hand if a house is run down then its' market value will dip to a level where a developer will buy the house and rebuild a new, better house. Based on the comments I've heard to date, most people in favor of the overlay main complaint is that he/she doesn't like new architecture styles. Sorry, time moves on and tastes change - if not we'd all be living in log cabins with dirt floors.