As was reported here on Monday, a building permit had been issued, on October 24, for the reconstruction at 215 Union Street of what was once 900 Columbia Street. Craig Haigh, the new code enforcement officer, defended the action by saying that there was a certificate of appropriateness. When it was pointed out to him, by city attorney Cheryl Roberts, that a certificate of appropriateness had been granted to move the house not to reconstruct it with materials salvaged from disassembling the house, Haigh ordered that work at 215 Union Street stop, after the foundation was completed, and suspended the building permit until the HPC had reviewed the plans for the reconstruction and granted a certificate of appropriateness.
Something else that didn't come before the HPC was this sign, which was erected on Thursday at 35 South Third Street.
The location is in the heart of the locally designated Union-Allen-South Front Street Historic District, so it would seem that a certificate of appropriateness is required, even though the new sign utilizes the framing and mounting of the old Harmon's sign, thus presumably avoiding the need for an "erection permit" from the code enforcement office. But one has to wonder about the rationale for putting this sign on what is clearly an abandoned auto repair shop. Could it have anything to do with the fact that Third Street is the principal gateway to the city from the south?
its a simple case of ... sleaze
ReplyDeleteExactly. As if to say, sorry to all the little people, galvan can do anything, rules be damned
DeleteLittle Timmy and Old Uncle Hank have found yet another way to thumb their noses at their host city, as unbelievable as that may sound. The sign is a literal joke, what with the silhouette of 400 State, which is where Timmy and Hank's foundation headquarters are slated to be domiciled eventually. Sleaze, yes, and perversity.
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