[at-l] Huh? Is this good for the AT or not?

[wdlists at optonline.net (Walt Daniels)]

The rezoning sounds like a bad deal for the AT. It looks like special
interest zoning for one particular property owner. Without knowing exactly
what rural conservation zoning permits, it sounds compatible with AT values.
It also sounds like the town has the flexibility for allowing some other
uses so why change to allow less control.

Recreational commercial uses, in spite of some benign examples, might
include things like the driving course we are already fighting.

For most of Blue Mt, development at the base is not visible from the AT
because of the broad top and heavy forest cover with relatively few actual
viewpoints. However noise is always a problem so the potential for more
traffic or noisy neighbors is something to be avoided.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-l-bounces@backcountry.net 
> [mailto:at-l-bounces@backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Coosa Donaldson
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:46 AM
> To: AT-L
> Subject: [at-l] Huh? Is this good for the AT or not?
> 
> http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b3_1lowertowjul23,0,766673
6.story?coll=all-newslocal-hed
> 
> The 1,000-acre zone contains the Appalachian Trail at one end 
> and frontage on a busy township highway at the other end, 
> making it suitable for both quiet recreation and commercial 
> development.
> snippet
> Last year, planners reviewed and opposed the supervisors' 
> plan to change the zoning of the ski area and several 
> adjacent properties along Little Gap Road from rural 
> conservation to resort-recreation.
> 
> ''The township needed more control over such a large piece of 
> property and how it was developed,'' planner Pete Terp said.
> 
> The Planning Commission plans to meet again to add onto 
> Berger's suggestions before presenting any changes to supervisors.
> 
> I couldn't figure out what this says.
> 
> Coosa Donaldson
> 
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