Saturday, May 23, 2009
Shoreland Zoning Vote
At the selectman's meeting in Clifton on the 20th of May a vote was taken to call a public hearing and hold a special town meeting in June after this was requested by one person, without a petition. The purpose of this is to see if the good folks of Clifton would like to change the Shoreland Zoning ordinance or go with the basic ordinance from the state. There are many changes in the ordinance and I for one voted not to hold a special town meeting, especially since the planning board was not on board with having this ordinance presented yet. Currently we can open a business with the zone, as long as it has less than 5 employees. However the new ordinance will not allow a commerical business and has added restrictions placed on landowners. The other side is, if you lot is not developed currently, it would be placed in resource protection. Sounds like, if you are built - great, but if you own land that is not developed or built your camp yet, sucks to be you. I urge you to vote on this ordinance and let the planning board do its work for next years town meeting. Wonder how many people will be able to come to a special meeting during the week? This just is not a good idea for property owners, nor does it protect property owners rights. Maybe a property owners bill of rights is needed.
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