Some times you have to make sacrifices if you want to live in a certain part of town, or should you? I live in the landing flight pass of the airport, 2 blocks from where hospital helicopter takes off from, 4 railroad tracks, several bars and casinos and a busy arterial street. But I like my location and my mortgage payment, so I drown out the noise.
These neighbors seem to be arguing over whether they want a plastic or metal trash can next to their homes;
A Sioux Falls man says his business neighbor is in clear violation of city zoning rules.
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. is a salvage yard, Bernie Schmidt says, an industrial-grade business that doesn’t belong next to a residential neighborhood.
The city says the 11-acre business is a “vehicle storage and auction facility,†fully compliant with rules for a light industrial zone and capable of harmonious coexistence with residential neighbors.
The distinction is important: Salvage yards aren’t permitted in light industrial zones. Wholesaling and manufacturing facilities are.
Kind of sounds like they are splitting hairs. Inoperable vehicles sitting in a ‘yard’ kind of makes it a ‘salvage’ yard. Either way, I wouldn’t want to live door to neither.
But the interesting part of the story is how the county and city look at things differently;
City officials say Tiede’s ruling isn’t binding for the city, which uses different zoning language than the county.
This happens quite often, and the city often bucks the county to get their way. I wish the neighbors luck.
