Comment on City wins first round of tiny house battle by Carl Coomer
Colton Lexus stayed Wednesday night at the Carpenter Hotel, with funds he said were provided by his grandmother. Where is Lexus staying Thursday night and beyond? I’m hoping there is a shelter I can get into for the time being,” Lexus said.
- ▪Colton Lexus stayed Wednesday night at the Carpenter Hotel, with funds he said were provided by his grandmother.
- ▪Where is Lexus staying Thursday night and beyond?
- ▪I’m hoping there is a shelter I can get into for the time being,” Lexus said.
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Colton Lexus stayed Wednesday night at the Carpenter Hotel, with funds he said were provided by his grandmother. Where is Lexus staying Thursday night and beyond? “I don’t know right now. I’m hoping there is a shelter I can get into for the time being,” Lexus said. Lexus can no longer sleep in either of his two tiny homes located on land he owns at 1705 Carpenter St. because of Sangamon County Seventh Circuit Court Judge Robin Schmidt’s July 22 ruling in favor of the city of Springfield in the latest chapter of his ongoing fight over zoning laws. One of his pods, as he calls them, is 18 square feet and the other is 32 square feet. The city’s building and zoning department says neither one qualifies as a legally permissible structure.
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