Weird/Funny
Tom G wrote:
"M. L. Dent" wrote in message
...
Reading the Atlanta paper about the guy who painted his house
garishly, among other things, when the city refused his zoning
variance reminded me of an instance in Phoenix about 18-20 years ago.
An over the road truck driver was repainting his home located just
off of 48th St. As he was only working when he was off the road, the
painting was going slow. Neighbors complained to the city, not sure
of their basis, and the owner was cited for "failure to complete in
a timely manner". No regs existed as to color and after being cited
the owner painted his home the most awful looking iridescent purple
that I have ever seen. I drove 48th St. on my way to work and saw this
daily. It sure
brought attention to the neighborhood!
I was there about 3 years ago and the house was a beige color.
And about the same time period, on Chandler Blvd (about 10mi E of
there), just off downtown Chandler, a guy wanted to convert his
houses (2) to a commercial business zoning from residential. Neighbors
objected, so city refused to change the zoning or give
special use permit and he painted his two houses. If I remember
correctly, in addition to wierd colors, he added big daisies or
something. A lot of individualism in Arizona...and "mavericks", but
then lets not interject politics here :-)
Atlanta has zoning?
Pity.
|