Comments on: Duluth Honking House Hearing

By: O.G.Duluthian

O.G.Duluthian — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:40:15 +0000

I think that all of the private citizens that are against this type of development along the skyline should get together and buy the vacant land so that someone else does not come along and buy land that is currently zoned for such development and build on it.

By: pH

pH — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:08:26 +0000

Watching the National Parks series… something to think about… parks aren’t zoned into existence. You need to take an ultra-wealthy industrialist hiking.

I think you have to look beyond zoning, if zero development of private land is desired. It starts to become an issue of ownership. Perhaps other vacant Skyline parcels could be acquired through a voluntary land swap, or with land sale proceeds.

By: Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:24:41 +0000

Mr. Agenter … tear down that wall!

By: Dulusion

Dulusion — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:19:25 +0000

What’s going to happen to that fence this winter when the snowplows need to deposit the snow on that side of the road? Perhaps that fence will be a bygone.

By: Cory

Cory — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:07:59 +0000

These people should have done some due diligence before building a house in a place they had to have known would cause controversy.

They were warned by builders and other residence that building there would be a bad idea. (just hearsay) They said something to the effect of; No one will notice the house, it will blend into the hillside when completed.

Even though it isn’t a designated green space, have some common sense. The parkway, noise and, yes, even parties were there well before they built. Money can’t take away that.

Now the fence and they asked to close the overlook at night. These people really are trying there best to make friends.

Anyway I kinda feel like they asked for it.

To the home owners:

Don’t cry to the city now because of your ignorance. You should have spent some of that money to make a more informed decision if building there is a good choice instead of that extra bathroom and incredibly intrusive fence.

Of course you had the right to build there seeing it was zoned residential but it still was a choice to build there.

Good choices lead to good consequences…
Bad choices lead to bad consequences…

By: PartsGuy

PartsGuy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:38:56 +0000

I hereby swear that the next time I’m in Duluth, I will make a special trip by this place and lay on my air horns.

Believe it.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:11:04 +0000

I passed through Duluth this summer and thought it looked quite lovely, too! I do hope you make it out here to Crater Lake National Park! Check out our webcam and more at http://www.craterlaketrust.org.

By: pH

pH — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:00:50 +0000

I think development rules still go back to local government/zoning. Otherwise I’d expect the Scenic Byway Program to be directly involved with permitting. Their function seems to be mostly tourism promotion, not regulation.

By: Dave Sorensen

Dave Sorensen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:09:41 +0000

That is funny, Adam. Those damn internets.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:55:27 +0000

I'd be inclined to believe no one did their homework on laws/guidelines concerning wall construction along a National Scenic Byway. City and state, yes. National, I doubt it. I wonder what the Internets has to say?