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heights last won the day on October 14 2012

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  1. I was searching for information regarding the variance sign posted in front of the new house next to 1236 Heights Blvd (something about the setback I think) and I happened to watch the video of one of the HAHC meetings. I didn't see anything about said variance, but did watch an interesting segment regarding a COA request for a new sign at the Infinity Title business across the street. Infinity Title is a business housed in bungalow and apparently they wanted to put a new sign on the building, which would go on the gable. "Staff" recommended approval of the new sign, but there was some groveling by one of the committee members about how he didn't like it. When the chair asked for motion to approve the sign, this guy made a motion to deny approval. What happened next was really telling: The chair said something to the effect of, "Well, if you are moving to deny the COA, could you tell us what grounds you are using for the denial, which sections of the ordinance the sign would violate? Because we will need to know that in case there is an appeal." The committee member making the motion for denial had to think about it for a bit and then spit out some of the "magic numbers" for denial, cause "I just don't like it" wasn't good enough. The COA for the new sign was denied, by the way. I hope they appeal and win. Every time I see that committee at work, it makes me want to puke! Edit: I found the information I was looking for about 1226 Heights Blvd and boy are they in a pickle. This was new construction and they received a COA. Halfway through construction, they discovered that due to a mistake by the contractor, they had built the house 2'4" closer to the street than it was supposed to be. They had apparently measured from the fence instead of the property line (fence was between the property line and the street). So this made the planned front porch of the house encroach 2'4" into the 25' minimum setback. "A neighbor" reported that the house appeared to be farther forward than the rest of the houses, so planning went out and found out it was. They then cancelled the permit and told them to stop work. I think work must have continued because that was sometime in early 2014 and I know they continued to work. They couldn't just make the porch 2'4" narrower because then it doesn't meet our communist-designated minumum width of 6' for porches on houses in the Heights. So they applied for the variance to encroach into the 25' setback. DENIED. So they are screwed. It looks like the COA has been cancelled, permits have been cancelled. Red-tagged. I guess they could move the whole house back.
  2. I just saw two guys walking up and down Harvard Street taking notes and using some sort of electronic device on a tripod. I asked them what they were doing and they said, "We're from the City, and we're measuring all of the contributing structures in the Historic Districts." It kind of reminded me of, "We're from the government, and we're here to help you."
  3. Am I doing something wrong? I downloaded both flyers related to Washington Heights and neither mentions the NW corner of I-10/Yale. Both seem to be for the developments south of I-10. I see letter "L" to be "Washington Heights Site D"
  4. Re: repeat I got an error from the server when I pushed post so I tried a couple more times and got the same error. I figured the board was down an gave up. I didn't realize that it even posted at all. But you're right, I was stressed about the renegade cart situation!!
  5. I actually saw a Target shopping cart abandoned near 16th and Heights today. With the Fiesta at 14th closed, who's going to go around and pick up shopping carts, RUDH? I actually saw a Target shopping cart abandoned near 16th and Heights today. With the Fiesta at 14th closed, who's going to go around and pick up shopping carts, RUDH? I actually saw a Target shopping cart abandoned near 16th and Heights today. With the Fiesta at 14th closed, who's going to go around and pick up shopping carts, RUDH?
  6. Kind of like how there must be truth to the posts about you or you would not have gone to the moderator complaining? And by the way, it's "case in point", not "case and point." Happy New Year!
  7. Well, I see RUDE has a friend in Councilmember Bradford. They provided him with video of school buses crossing the Yale Bridge of Death and he got an article in the Chron about it: http://blog.chron.com/houstonpolitics/2012/10/councilman-bradford-says-school-buses-using-yale-street-bridge/ It's clear that a number of the commenters on the article are RUDE/Anti-Walmart NIMBY's. Here's a sampling from the comments: "Why didn’t COH & TXDOT require Wal-mart to rebuild this bridge in exchange for all the taxes breaks? They are the ones that roll the most 18 wheelers over it each day." "It is going to be become more and more common that our infrastructure cannot support development as the inner-loop re-develops. The City and TxDOT have set a precedent that development comes before public safety. They failed at every turn to give us a bridge that could support development before letting the development happen."
  8. We went to the new Walmart tonight (after a good meal at Smashburger). I am very pleased to be able to shop at the new Walmart, especially knowing that I will never have to be seen in the same store as s3mh. There was a problem was coming home on Yale, though. TXDOT has the timing on the feeder road lights so screwed up. The light at Yale (northbound) and the feeder eastbound only let 12 cars through on each cycle (2 cars wide x 6 cars deep). During most of the red cycle, there were vitually no cars coming through the intersection from other directions. The worst part was while I was waiting at the light, I was trapped on the Yale Bridge of Death. I actually unbuckled my seatbelt so that I could be ready to jump out and run should an overweight vehicle approach.
  9. Did you ever pause to think that now that the feeders are done, there is a second alternate route for traffic once construction starts?
  10. This is your fundamental problem s3mh, you like to assume that what you think is what everyone thinks or should think. If you look at the poll at the top of this thread, I think you'll see that there are people that want this Walmart. And I am one of them. THAT ----> Your Pipe ----> Smoke.
  11. The idea that you think you can move into this neighborhood and then push your stupid ideas on others while acting like you founded the Heights is what is complete garbage.
  12. TxDOT has posted the official truck route for trucks to avoid the Bridge of Death. All trucks must follow this route through the neighborhood to avoid being cited for crossing said bridge. Looks like RUDE finally got what they were asking for!
  13. In response to my post about deviant cyclists, you alluded to "your people" and "angry with walmart". I take insult to this. I have never been angry with walmart. I am looking forward to the day it opens and I will shop there often. And stop signs and lights are not only to be obeyed when there is cross traffic approaching.
  14. One cannot conclude from the photograph that the driver ran the red light. Unless he crossed the stop line (or in the absence of a stop line he entered the crosswalk, or in the absence of a crosswalk he entered the intersection) after the light had turned red, there is no violation. There is a separate ordinance that prohibits entering the intersection unless you also have the space to clear it (so you won't be blocking the intersection for cross traffic if there is a traffic jam), but I believe that ordinance only applies in the central business district. (Edit): I was incorrect about the blocking intersection ordinance as it applies city wide --> Sec. 45-43. - Obstructing crosswalks and intersections. The operator of a vehicle shall not cause the vehicle to enter a street intersection or a marked pedestrian crosswalk unless there is sufficient space for the operator's vehicle to pass through the intersection or crosswalk without obstructing other vehicular or pedestrian use of and passage through the intersection or crosswalk. The provisions of this section shall apply notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed into the intersection or crosswalk.
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