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Sakonnet Times August 11, 2010 Issue
To the editor: In his latest skewed screed (letter, Aug. 5), John Brady has me testifying that rezoning is acceptable to undo a mistake in the original zoning, calling it “interesting.”? Probably more interesting — and certainly more relevant — would be his reporting my point more fully. What I said was that as to the TYC proposal, the only applicable principle recognized by professional planning requires a mistake in the original zoning as one of two necessary conditions to justify amending; the other is a substantial change in neighborhood conditions. Here, neither ever occurred. Does Mr. Brady or any of his claque seriously expect rational zoning to classify as other than residential a stretch of 11 residential properties because in their midst perches a non-conforming use occupying barely one-fifteenth of the swath? What really is interesting, though, is that the original zoning map did not classify as commercial the beachfront TYC owns across from No. 58; that too got a residential designation. So much for the incongruity Mr. Brady and his crew insist the original zoning foisted on them Charles M. Moran Jr. |
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