Tag: blight

Quality

I was thinking today about the fence around the proposed development at 64 South Elm Street. During the public hearings over the past year, a few members of the commission spent an exorbitant amount of time talking about it, describing it as a blight on the community. Putting aside how the discussion was a waste […]

Blight Ordinance

Last year, Windsor Locks passed a new blight ordinance. I guess the old ordinance may have had some problems, but it sounds like the real problem was that it provided homeowners with too much due process so it wasn’t possible to have an angry neighbor’s will imposed without the hassle of going through the courts. […]