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Minneapolis businesses fight ban on exterior shutters

Postby jdege on Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:04 pm

https://www.startribune.com/mpls-business-owners-wanting-to-protect-their-windows-after-riots-face-obstacle/572206032/
Minneapolis businesses fight ban on exterior shutters owners wanting to protect their windows after riots face obstacle
A Minneapolis ordinance forbids external shutters, leading to protests from owners who say they need more security.
After looters crashed through his floor-to-ceiling windows and stole $1 million worth of booze in May, Chicago-Lake Liquors owner John Wolf wanted to protect himself from a repeat occurrence.

Like property owners throughout the world, he wanted to install security shutters on the outside of his building. The investment would not only prevent rioters from entering his store, it would protect his windows — which cost $50,000 to replace.

But Wolf ran into a big obstacle: The city of Minneapolis has barred security shutters on building exteriors since 2004.

Unlike St. Paul, which allows external shutters as long as owners request a permit, Minneapolis limits security shutters to the inside of a property, leaving windows vulnerable to attack. In a report justifying the rule change, Minneapolis officials argued that external shutters "cause visual blight" and create the impression that an area is "unsafe" and "troublesome."


Well here's a thought - why don't they make an effort to make the area not "unsafe" and "troublesome"?
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Re: Minneapolis businesses fight ban on exterior shutters

Postby Bearcatrp on Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:42 pm

Just move out of minneapolis period. This crap will not be stopping anytime soon.
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Re: Minneapolis businesses fight ban on exterior shutters

Postby LarryFlew on Fri Aug 28, 2020 2:17 pm

create the impression that an area is "unsafe" and "troublesome.

But his smashed windows and stolen merch don't say that at all????????????????
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Re: Minneapolis businesses fight ban on exterior shutters

Postby Lumpy on Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:37 pm

LarryFlew wrote:create the impression that an area is "unsafe" and "troublesome.

But his smashed windows and stolen merch don't say that at all????????????????


Try "political embarrassment to city government".
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Re: Minneapolis businesses fight ban on exterior shutters

Postby Holland&Holland on Fri Aug 28, 2020 11:40 pm

Lumpy wrote:
LarryFlew wrote:create the impression that an area is "unsafe" and "troublesome.

But his smashed windows and stolen merch don't say that at all????????????????


Try "political embarrassment to city government".

Oh anyone in Minneapolis city government is well past embarrassment.
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Re: Minneapolis businesses fight ban on exterior shutters

Postby Rip Van Winkle on Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:54 am

Holland&Holland wrote:Oh anyone in Minneapolis city government is well past embarrassment.

Are they even capable of being embarrassed?
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Re: Minneapolis businesses fight ban on exterior shutters

Postby Holland&Holland on Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:49 am

Rip Van Winkle wrote:
Holland&Holland wrote:Oh anyone in Minneapolis city government is well past embarrassment.

Are they even capable of being embarrassed?

I meant an embarrassment to the city.
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