Really Cool Idea
Madison Hours
Call this one more reason why I’d love to live in Madison’s Marquette neighborhood. You know that you’re living in a unique community when they create their own freaking currency. This is so genius beyond words, it’s sick.
posted by Lyons at
10:50 AM
5 Comments:
Unfortunately though, like most neighborhood associations, they dictate what you can and can't do with your own house and property: "All additions, exterior alterations and repairs must be compatible with the historic character of the building and the Third Lake Ridge Historic District." Who is to decide what "historic character" is? The rules go on to attempt to restrict everything from porches to windows (in essence no new energy efficient designs) to doors (they draw the ones you can and can't have) to roofs/shingling (no solar panels) and even dictate that accessibility ramps must be inconspicuous (read: in the back of the house). No thanks, not for me. Give me a small town or rural community any day. Luckily, neighborhood associations have no legal grounds to do anything about any of this unless you sign a contract (which may be requested at closing) or they take it to the city board and they agree.
1:31 PM
I amend. There is a provision for cases of energy efficiency, which is excellent, but a question still comes into play: what is "in harmony with existing materials and structures?" So objective.
1:37 PM
Sounds a lot like my company's dress code policy...
I suppose your place of employment doesn't have one?
3:10 PM
Haha. Great comeback. Fortunately, clothes are relatively cheap and I bend to the powers that be :)
4:37 PM
They are [clap clap] Mar-quette [clap clap]
7:32 PM
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