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because restrictive codes and ordinances exist doesn’t mean they are necessarily right. As an architectural designer, I have observed that many such ordinances have little to do with the practical matter of ensuring the construction of safe, sound housing.
Rather they seem to have much to do with protecting the prejudicial opinions of those influential enough to have them enacted. And often they have a lot to do with clever new ways to raise taxes while filtering out less desirable classes of people.
People, after all, are really the problem; not a particular type of dwelling. Some people will trash any kind of house while others will take meticulous care of their home and its landscaping even if it happens to be (gasp!) a “singlewide trailer.”
Sometimes I wish 1 were the zoning administrator just so 1 could say yes to every citizen’s right to live in the best housing they feel they can afford while reminding others that they have the right to look the other way if they don’t like the appearance of their neighbor’s house.
Jim Yowell
Peola Mills
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