Russell McMahon wrote:
> I've not been reading all of this thread, but I love the idea of a 
> citizens review panel a la -
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>>> I am on the Zoning Board of Appeals.  We hear variance requests.
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>> No, we start with the idea that someone wants to do something 
>> against
>> the rules (zoning rules) and then we let them try to convince us 
>> that
>> they would (a) suffer a hardship without the variance; (b) other 
>> folks
>> would not suffer an undue hardship under the variance; and (c) the
>> result of the variance would be otherwise legal ...
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>> approve 75% of variances.
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>> The Board is a group of plain citizens.
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>> We can then accept,
>> deny, accept with any changes we want or table for further 
>> discussion
>> between the City and the requestor.
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> I've no idea if we do this sort of thing here, but I'll be finding 
> out.
> Many thanks
>
>
>         Russell McMahon
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>   
I guess it falls under the heading "...Of the People, By the People and 
For the People..."

Carey
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*Carey Fisher*

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