Because the Howes’s site plan predated the ordinance, the original conditions apply, as amended by the mediated settlement. The Planning Board was divided on the plan and had not come to a decision when mediation on the original plan resulted in a settlement. Howe asked the Planning Board to table the new site plan until December to allow him and his wife to bring back the original plan, as amended. “These are all things that reduce the impact of what was approved, apart from allowing 20 events, which is what the town approved,” said Chairman Wayne Hall. William Johnson said he was distressed that the new provisions discussed for the alternate site plan are now moot, including stipulations on lighting and music.

Source: Daily Sun October 18, 2017 04:30 UTC