TESTIMONY
Rob Spalter, Co-chair of the Broadway Community Alliance, on the 'City of Yes' Zoning Proposals and Their Impact on North Rividia
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Rob Spalter, Co-chair of the Broadway Community Alliance, voices strong opposition to the 'City of Yes' zoning proposals, highlighting their potential to negatively affect the North Rividia community.
- Spalter criticizes the proposals for allowing industrial and manufacturing uses in commercial areas and vice versa, which he believes will harm residential communities and small businesses.
- He warns of increased rents and the displacement of mom-and-pop stores, due to new allowances for urban agriculture and life science labs.
- Concerns are raised about the expansion of home businesses in residential areas, allowing for more space and employees, which could lead to neighborhood complaints.
- Spalter also points out the lack of adequate public discussion and consideration of the proposals' impacts on community character and local economy.
- He urges the city council to reject these zoning changes, emphasizing the need for solutions that genuinely address small business challenges and preserve community integrity.
Rob Spalter
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My name is Rob Spalter.
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I'm cochair of the Broadway Community Alliance and speak on its behalf.
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We are a civic association formed to address land use and quality of life issues in and around the Broadway, Florida in North Rividia.
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We urge the city council to vote no on city of yes.
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These zoning proposals reflect the wish list on the mayor's blast committee, which was comprised of real estate, construction, big business industries, and their lobbyists.
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These massive zoning changes will permit manufacturing and industrial uses to be permitted for the first time in commercial areas and commercial uses permitted in residential areas under a process that sounds good on paper, but is fraught with unintended consequences in implementation.
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City Planning's one size fits all approach will destroy the unique character of our residential communities while ignoring the struggles facing all commercial areas.
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Clearly, the small business community is besieged with serious problems, including failure to prosecute retail theft, high rents, competition from illegal vendors who pay no rent of taxes and a myriad of confusing city regulations.
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None of these issues are addressed by the city of the In fact, allowing industrial and manufacturing uses previously prohibited, such as urban agriculture and life science labs may increase demand for space, causing rents to rise, further displacing our mom and pop stores.
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Another troubling change allows home business home businesses and residential neighborhoods to increase their square footage from 25 to 49% and increase employees from 1 to 3, while eliminating a list of prohibited occupations.
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Complaints for neighbors will fall on the department of building the thrust reinforcement seriously, we also expose a hose, the expanded nightlife provisions, where noise issues will spread problems into residential areas as enforcement agencies experience cutbacks.
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There simply has not been adequate opportunity to address the impacts of this radical Your
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Thank you.
Rob Spalter
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Please reject these proposals.
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Thank you.