Comments on: Exposed! http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2009/12/29/exposed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exposed This blog will focus on how Seattle shapes itself — its design, its planning and its aspirations. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:02:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Finish Tag http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2009/12/29/exposed/#comment-873 Finish Tag Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:15:59 +0000 http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/?p=2206#comment-873 Downtown zoning requires "overhead weather protection" not "canopies" and your examples certainly don't protect from weather above. I know on Third Avenue there were rumors of a custom glass delay for the canopy by the 1,2,3,4,70 etc bus stop. Has anyone called DPD? Downtown zoning requires “overhead weather protection” not “canopies” and your examples certainly don’t protect from weather above.

I know on Third Avenue there were rumors of a custom glass delay for the canopy by the 1,2,3,4,70 etc bus stop.

Has anyone called DPD?

]]> By: GAnderson http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2009/12/29/exposed/#comment-869 GAnderson Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:26:00 +0000 http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/?p=2206#comment-869 Good points. If the SMC does actually require canopies at certain locations, then I would argue that here are some definitions which should negate any impression of a "loophole". All include the word "covering" for which your article points out does not exist: As defined in the SMC itself: SMC 15.02.042 G. "Canopy" means a protective covering located at an entrance to a building. E. "Awning" means a protective covering attached to the wall of a building. As defined on Dictionary.com: Canopy: 2. an overhanging projection or covering, as a long canvas awning stretching from the doorway of a building to a curb. Good points.
If the SMC does actually require canopies at certain locations, then I would argue that here are some definitions which should negate any impression of a “loophole”. All include the word “covering” for which your article points out does not exist:

As defined in the SMC itself:
SMC 15.02.042
G. “Canopy” means a protective covering located at an entrance to a building.
E. “Awning” means a protective covering attached to the wall of a building.

As defined on Dictionary.com:
Canopy: 2. an overhanging projection or covering, as a long canvas awning stretching from the doorway of a building to a curb.

]]> By: JoshMahar http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2009/12/29/exposed/#comment-868 JoshMahar Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:39:14 +0000 http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/?p=2206#comment-868 Oh man, thank you so much for publicizing this. It has been a huge pet peeve of mine since the Third Ave one was built a few years back. Regardless of the miscreant problem, if you are going to build an awning why would you build it if it doesn't even preform its function!! If this is actually a zoning oversight I'm embarrassed for DPD that it wasn't fixed after the first time it happened. Oh man, thank you so much for publicizing this. It has been a huge pet peeve of mine since the Third Ave one was built a few years back. Regardless of the miscreant problem, if you are going to build an awning why would you build it if it doesn’t even preform its function!!

If this is actually a zoning oversight I’m embarrassed for DPD that it wasn’t fixed after the first time it happened.

]]> By: N Rimmer http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2009/12/29/exposed/#comment-867 N Rimmer Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:05:28 +0000 http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/?p=2206#comment-867 I completely agree with the last sentence of your article, however we as a society all to often take that view and allow the masses to suffer because of the few miscreants on many fronts. Gun rights come to mind as the most egregious example of this. Because of a few highly publicized cases of criminals using firearms to murder police officers, we now have state representatives trying to legislate what types of firearms law abiding citizens can own. We as a society need to start focusing on problematic people not inanimate objects. I completely agree with the last sentence of your article, however we as a society all to often take that view and allow the masses to suffer because of the few miscreants on many fronts. Gun rights come to mind as the most egregious example of this. Because of a few highly publicized cases of criminals using firearms to murder police officers, we now have state representatives trying to legislate what types of firearms law abiding citizens can own. We as a society need to start focusing on problematic people not inanimate objects.

]]> By: Jim Sullivan http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2009/12/29/exposed/#comment-866 Jim Sullivan Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:45:33 +0000 http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/?p=2206#comment-866 Thanks for publicizing this Mark. But what's the building owner's incentive for the fake (or true) canopies? Are they provided in exchange for some benefit offered by the city, or are they required by the city for new or significant remodel construction? Thanks for publicizing this Mark. But what’s the building owner’s incentive for the fake (or true) canopies? Are they provided in exchange for some benefit offered by the city, or are they required by the city for new or significant remodel construction?

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