If you have been following my blog and the WDT paper you have been aware of the big and embarrassing zoning fiasco the town created with their new law. It involves Mrs. Mary Grogan who also lives in front of the illegal private wind turbine a previous town govt goofed up...in fact it was really screwed up by our former Zoning Enforcement officer Alan Wood who is now running for supervisor. She has been granted an appeal on Mon. Oct 7th by the Cape Vincent Zoning Board of Appeals.
So in the CV supervisor election race you have one candidate (Wood) running for supervisor who really screwed up the turbine permit and Mrs. Grogan has had to suffer with that mess for 4 years, and it was later declared illegal by the ZBA and the NY Courts, and the other candidate Hirschey has refused to take any concrete actions to have it removed even after Mrs. Grogan has asked him several times over 4 years. And now Hirschey and his "zoning experts" have created another zoning fiasco with an illegally permitted solar projection on the same property, and once again impacting Mrs. Grogan's property. Great choices for supervisor!!!
And in the WDT paper Hirschey has taken it upon himself to claim the solar project is allowed under the new law, even thought it was granted a permit renewal under the old law and there has been no official appeal to hear the matter. Hhmmm...I didn't know Urban was on the ZBA too and giving out premature opinions!
So I guess well before the ZBA hearing Hirschey who has been in on this zoning mess as has all his town board and most opf the CV govt officials and lawyer, has already decided and sent a message to his ZBA that the solar fiasco is legal. That would be before the ZBA has even heard any testimony from Mrs. Grogan on the issue.
Yup that sounds about right. The town just keeps violating her rights as often as they can. Geee I am sure glad Hirschey didn't call Mrs. Grogan and just tell her out right she has already lost her appeal!!!!
So if you are interested in what the town will do with this zoning mess they created, and to see if our new zoning law is actually worth a damn or not... Mon. Oct 7th. is the ZBA meeting date at 6pm.
Not sure of the location whether it will be Rec Park of the town board room.
STOP, The regional wind energy industrialization of one of New York State's most beautiful and environmentally sensitive areas, the 1000 Islands of the St. Lawrence River and the Golden Crescent of Eastern Lake Ontario. If you don't think you are seeing the most recent posts click on the current month in the archives to the right.
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