August 20, 2009
People's Republic of Boulder
To non-Centennial Staters, the Sobriquet "People's Republic of Boulder" is used non-pejoratively by Boulder residents. proud of their quirky reputation. It sadly speaks honestly to the government and electorate's embrace of collectivism and general nanny-statism.
It took the city council until 12:30 AM to get the five votes needed to limit house size, but they were able to move it on to the next step:
Generally, the council agreed that the ordinance should affect all residential zoning districts, and houses should be contained by "bulk planes" -- or invisible three-dimensional envelopes.The leaders did not, however, agree on how much of a lot a house should be able to cover, or whether the amount of finished square footage compared with lot size should be used as a regulatory tool.
UPDATE: [johngalt] I found the rest of this story on the internet. "Under the proposed rules the maximum size for new or remodeled Boulder homes is as shown below."
What utter rubbish. You should live in the Bay Area, where in any city or town you have the freedom to...oh, wait, bad example. How about New York City, where you can build a house or apartment building as tall -- ah hell, I give up!
Posted by: Perry Eidelbus at August 20, 2009 2:29 PMGettin' sad is it not?
Two words: Tex As!
Posted by: jk at August 20, 2009 3:40 PMUPDATE: I found the rest of this story on the internet. "Under the proposed rules the maximum size for new or remodeled Boulder homes is as shown here.
Have I mentioned that I moved out of Boulder in 2003? Boulder's city council was one motivation for fleeing. I've personally talked with three of the four councilmen (err, "councilpersons") mentioned in the story. Of them only Matt Appelbaum has any semblence of a clue.
Here are a few more two word answers to this story:
Weld County
Posted by: johngalt at August 21, 2009 10:11 AM | What do you think? [3]Red county
Rid X (lice killer, for the inexperienced)