Dave sends along this admittedly self-serving – but still exciting! – announcement…

Lemony Snicket will be in Decatur next Monday, October 21st. He’ll be visiting all the students at F.Ave in the morning and will be at Little Shop of Stories at 7pm.

For all the wonderful people at F.Ave, Little, Brown, his publisher, generously donated 50 copies of his new book, When Did You See Her Last? — the second book in Snicket’s All the Wrong Questions series — and 750 T-shirts.

And there’s a video which, of course, mentions Atlanta but not Decatur. Sigh. At least it’s funny.

During all the talk surrounding the proposed temporary moratorium on structural demolition or tree removal in residential areas last week, commenters here expressed a desire for details or they claimed that they somehow already knew all the details.  Well, now you can all claim the latter…as long as you have 10 minutes available to you AND can translate ordinance speak.

The city has just posted the drafted ordinance of the proposed moratorium on it’s website.

Of note – based on the discussions here last week – here are a few clarifications found in the document.  First, what classifies as demolition…

For purposes of this Ordinance, “structural demolition” shall mean one or more of the following: (a) the removal of 50% or more of the original exterior walls; (b) the removal of 50% or more of the original, first floor sub floor and joist systems; (c) the enclosure of the original exterior walls by another wall system.