Again, first assumptions make for bad outcomes.
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Posted On: 08/10/2016 6:43:19 PM
Re: Stevestiller #415
Again, first assumptions make for bad outcomes.
First off, if they had won the OMB case they would have been back at square one. Much has been made of the zoning issue and many here still claim, incorrectly as even Bill admitted, that zoning was not an issue. It was an issue from day one. Why? Simple, if you go back and look clearly at the zoning for that site it was zoned Agricultural Value Added. Those last two words are key because it would not have limited what the company could have grown, only what they would have been able to prep and ship by virtue of the Value Added designation. It did not allow for a large scale prepping and shipping area. Even Bill knew this had him because he finally, after declaring zoning was not an issue, apply for a zoning amendment. The town acknowledged this application but it was deemed to be deficient, it was never considered, nor was there ever a new application filed. End of story. So if Bill had won the OMB hearing (not under lawful conforming by the way) he would have been back at square one, the requirement of filing a zoning amendment application. Bills cousin had applied on three previous occasions to have that site rezoned and failed. However, that being said, it would have been wrong to assume it would not have been passed, just wrong to have continually said it was not an issue when he knew it was and filed the application for the zoning amendment.
First off, if they had won the OMB case they would have been back at square one. Much has been made of the zoning issue and many here still claim, incorrectly as even Bill admitted, that zoning was not an issue. It was an issue from day one. Why? Simple, if you go back and look clearly at the zoning for that site it was zoned Agricultural Value Added. Those last two words are key because it would not have limited what the company could have grown, only what they would have been able to prep and ship by virtue of the Value Added designation. It did not allow for a large scale prepping and shipping area. Even Bill knew this had him because he finally, after declaring zoning was not an issue, apply for a zoning amendment. The town acknowledged this application but it was deemed to be deficient, it was never considered, nor was there ever a new application filed. End of story. So if Bill had won the OMB hearing (not under lawful conforming by the way) he would have been back at square one, the requirement of filing a zoning amendment application. Bills cousin had applied on three previous occasions to have that site rezoned and failed. However, that being said, it would have been wrong to assume it would not have been passed, just wrong to have continually said it was not an issue when he knew it was and filed the application for the zoning amendment.
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