Re: update to "HOA fence problem"

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:19:37 GMT, "JD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>
>Well, all I could find was that it was approved in February. Since it
>doesn't appear in any minutes, I can only assume that it was a staff review
>and their decision was not appealed to the Council.


Here is more about how things are done:

Seeing red over pink: Cary owner might have to paint shop
The News and Observer [Raleigh, NC] ^ | May 22, 2003 | Lorenzo Perez,
Staff
Writer
Posted on 05/22/2003 6:07 AM PDT by Constitution Day
Thursday, May 22, 2003 7:18AM EDT
Seeing red over pink

Cary owner might have to paint shop
By LORENZO PEREZ, Staff Writer 

CARY -- In a beige downtown, Kimberly G. Perry dared to think pink. 

The pale shade she chose for the outside of her "Not Just Country"
doll and crafts shop wasn't pale enough for town officials, who want
Perry to add a fresh coat of sand-colored paint atop the offending
carnation pink.

The Town Council will get to play color consultant tonight, when it
decides whether to support the town planning department's
recommendation and order Perry to repaint her shop at 222 E. Chatham
St. According to the town's downtown design guidelines, a building's
exterior colors "should be harmonious with surrounding developments."

A week ago, the council's planning and development committee voted 2-1
in favor of ordering a paint change. Perry said afterward she won't
consider that option.

"I'm tired of the stinking government, where you have to have a lawyer
to break them," she said. "It's not right, it's not Christian, and
that's the bottom line. ... We invested in that building because we
wanted to be part
of downtown."

Only two months after the town resolved its long dispute with Gypsy's
Shiny Diner and its strings of colorful holiday lights, some council
members might be leery of extending another public clash.

Council member Nels Roseland, who cast the one committee vote against
requiring a paint job, said he worries about the inflexible message
Cary is sending to potential downtown investors.

"I just think the town of Cary has a lot bigger things to wrestle
with," he said.

Perry had the front half of the building, which is owned by her
husband, painted in August. The back half, which contains a hair salon
and Unity Church of Cary, remains a dingy white.

She completed the paint job without seeking site-plan approval from
the town, a downtown no-no.

Council member Marla Dorrel, who supported a new paint job in the
committee vote, said Perry's pink building just does not fit.

"It really does not blend in. It does not promote the harmony we're
looking for," Dorrel said.

As of Tuesday, 33 people had ventured into the potpourri-scented shop
to sign a petition declaring, "I would love to see the entire building
of 222 E. Chatham Street painted carnation pink!"

And more people will be lining up to support her, Perry said.

She said she chose pink because that color is associated with young
girls, who make up most of her customers.

"We're not a fly-by-night business. We're a mom-and-pop operation that
just happens to love children," she said. "I am respected in the
community, probably more than some of those council members.

"I'd love to go and look in some of their houses and see if they have
any pink. I really would."


NOTE:  The building was repainted in accordance with the council
demand!