Silver Mine Subs in Lafayette must use the front door for all deliveries after 10:00 PM and the city will only consider violations ruled on by a judge as fodder for shutting them down in the future.
Bravo to the Lafayette Planning Commission in Lafayette for placing a defensible policy made up of metrics and logic around this land use issue.
That this arrangement had to become an agenda item instead of a face-to-face conversation with neighbors and staff shows there was a mixture of indifference and intolerance on both sides. This resolution should be a message to other businesses to be aware of their neighbors' concerns. It also raised awareness of nontraditional services and their worthwhile place in town - the fact that Silver Mine frequently serves emergency responders up late highlights a part of the town's activities most people don't think about.
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Good solution. And, you're right, too bad it had to become an agenda item.
If I owned SM I'd be reaching out to my neighbors in some way to show good faith, and to open a dialogue so future issues don't get blown out of proportion.
I think you guys miss a big point. The staff recommendation should have proposed the agreed upon solution. The PC would still have had to agree to it. A ten minute tour of the site made the solution obvious.
Threatening to put untenable conditions on a small business owner providing a value service to the community was not the right way in any way shape or form.
The big point is the outcome. An outcome that should work for everyone is a winning outcome.
Using this issue as an example of how poorly the city does it's day to day job may have merit, (and I think it does), but it's not the big point of this issue.
DB,
It is not the direct point of the issue, but it is indeed a big point. I rolled by eyes when Councilor Bensman brought up replacing the city manager, but the more I look I realize he has a very good point.
The funny thing about the staff's recommendatioin is that it was not a solution at all. Who decided that the neighbors didn't need to sleep before midnight?
This issue would have no doubt become a lightening rod had common sense not prevailed. Kudos to the PC. I’d say the ball is in SM’s court.
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