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To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (6277)	9/16/2007 2:09:19 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

Well I can see a place for it, but even without zoning restrictions there are reasons why your unlikely to see large machine shops in most residential neighborhoods. Apparently Huston has no zoning laws and they seem to do ok. But if the zoning only applies to such extreme cases it would be fine but it gets applied a lot more extensively than that, and indirectly (through the process of approving exemptions to otherwise very strong zoning laws) gives the local governments too much power IMO. Instead of forbidding business in general from what are now residential zones, or even forbidding machine shops or dance halls, it would be better IMO to have an enforce laws against the specific problems, too much noise etc. Instead you get blanket restrictions which go to far, and then you get occasional variances through what is often a somewhat corrupt process. Lack of reasonable zoning restrictions pretty much puts an unintentional lid on appreciation of real property values. - Holly I'm not so sure it does.