Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
I was doing title research and found a 1962 deed that created private restrictive covenants. It prohibits tar paper siding, houses smaller than 1,000 sq. ft., building too close to the lot line, private sewers, etc. That’s how private developers maintained neighborhood standards before zoning came along.
This particular deed also says: “This lot is sold on the express covenant that it shall never be occupied for the purpose of doing a liquor business, nor for any immoral use.”
Put me in mind of our recent discussion on legislating morality. So now I’m wondering: in a state dominated by the DFL, does this mean drunken homosexuals can move in; but registered Republicans are banned?
Probably better not to ask.
Joe Doakes
Probably.
There is a tiny house movement. Houses 100 sq ft and smaller. It is interesting to see how people arrange their stuff and what they value above everything else.