> 2. As part of the P&Z's revision of the comprehensive plan, will there be an ex
> amination of the zoning map to see if zones actually reflect current uses... ?
> I can't understand how the area at C and Adams, single-family homes and duplexe
> s, could have been zoned R-4. Surely someone slipped up when the map was drawn
The P&Z does try to revisit this topic every so often, and
presumably we will again as part of the current rewrite of the plan. I
don't remember the C/Adams area ever coming up in such discussions --
even during the years when we had a resident of the area on the
commission. I would point out that there are many larger-than-duplex
apartments scattered across this area, as well as across the Fort
Russell area to the south. Both the Day mansion and the McConnell
mansion had been multi-unit apartments up until (or nearly until) the
zoning lines were origionally drawn.
I think there is a general ignorance by Moscow residents
regarding what zone they live in and what implications this has. Perhaps
this is an educational project that Vision 2020 could take on: DO YOU
KNOW WHAT ZONE YOU LIVE IN? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?
It would be far better for any redrawing of the lines to address
inapropriate zoning and zoning inconsistencies to come up from the
grassroots, rather than down from the P&Z. I remember a decade ago, prior
to the A Street project, when on its own initiative the commission
proposed downzoning the area to the south of A Street from Industrial. I
don't remember what we wanted to rezone it to, but it would have allowed
residential development. The neighborhood rose up in arms and declared
that they prefered to keep grain elevators and farm implement yards there,
and didn't like the idea of apartments. The commission decided to drop
the issue. Now the area has mini-malls and strip food outlets.