Hirschey Says It's PROOF!!!

In the WDT article concerning Mrs. Mary Grogan and the zoning screw up by the Town of Cape Vincent that has impacted her property, Town Supervisor Urban Hirschey was quoted in the paper saying this...Underlining is mine.

"Town Supervisor Urban C. Hirschey said that the Town Council has tried to stay abreast of the situation. He referred to pages 11 and 55 of the new zoning ordinance as proof the proposed solar array is allowed. "

I was stunned when I saw this quote from Hirschey.  He has PROOF the proposed solar array is allowed...PROOF!!!

Now I and a few others were  so stunned by this comment and that Hirschey would actually say it in the face of all the evidence to the contrary we thought it had to be a mis-quote.   So  I called the WDT reporter Mr. Kelly to verify if Hirschey actually said this.  According to Mr. Kelly the paper quoted Mr. Hirschey correctly.

So let's see how Mr. Hirschey's  PROOF holds up!

Well first of all, where has Mr. Hirschey been?  I know for fact he is aware of this issue.  Mr. Macsherry and other planning board members have verified that the town board was consulted, and the town attorney and the TB including Hirschey, recently at a meeting they briefed again on the issue.  He even says in the quote the TB has tried to stay abreast of the issue.   Has he not caught on to the fact that his own town zoning officials already granted the permit cramming it under the OLD law NOT the NEW LAW that Hirschey is referring to????  Waaaake Uuuup!!!!!

But since Hirschey IS claiming this solar project IS allowed as proposed under the NEW LAW, then let's take a look at his so called  PROOF in the NEW law!!!

Keep in mind the solar array size for this project is two arrays totaling 1440 sq. ft. in the River Front Dist. (RF).  In the table below from our NEW zoning  law look at what it says about a solar array this size in the RF Dist. 

Hint: Follow the red arrows, and you be the judge.

WTF!!!  Obviously NOT allowed under the NEW law.  So much for Hirschey's PROOF!!! Any more questions??? Is it any wonder the town has itself in such a mess on this issue when even the town supervisor can't interpret the very zoning law he promoted and approved, and then not even realize this isn't even the law that was ultimately applied to the screwed up project he is talking about??? YIKES!

Considering that Hirschey as CV Supervisor has been the driving force behind this NEW law that makes  his claim absolutely astonishing and really disturbing.

The really disturbing  part of this statement for me is one of judgment. Judgment I questioned in both the 2009 and 2011 CV elections.

 If Hirschey, after this issue has been on his door step since July, still makes this absurd statement in the face of such clear obvious evidence to the contrary, then it makes me wonder how clear his judgment has been to drag us head long into the Art. X process and hang the entire fate of our community on his new zoning law that he and his "zoning experts" obviously can't even read correctly.

In the TI Sun recently they say Hirschey is adamant he will defend our law against BP. 

I guess that would be as soon as he and his "zoning experts" figure out what is actually in it!!!