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Greenwich ZBA Vote to Deny GRS Application, Don't Blame the Neighbors
Don't blame the neighbors
Greenwich ZBA Vote to Deny GRS Application, Don’t Blame the Neighbors.
There have been comments made that in some way the neighbors who have expressed their concerns about the construction of the Greenwich Reform Synagogue (GRS) in their neighborhood were instrumental in the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) denying the GRS application for special exception.
The failure to gain the required four votes by the ZBA for the special exception approval lies in the Greenwich Reform Synagogue’s application and their representatives presentation of failing to convince the ZBA that they met the Building Zone Regulations Section 6-19, 6-20 and 6-94, which the ZBA is bound to apply to any request for special exception.
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Because GRS and their representatives failed to convince the ZBA that their application met the regulations, they filed a lawsuit against the Town of Greenwich and its citizens.
Furthermore, in the greenwichfreepress.com letter to the editor, Sandy Soule’s (a GRS spokesperson) letter states “Laws and regulations should govern this land-use issue, not rhetoric,” a letter rebutting Sarah Darer Littman’s letter “An inappropriate plan”. “Didn’t the ZBA apply laws and regulations for land use when it denied the GRS application?”
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The minutes of the June 11th ZBA meeting can be found at http://www.greenwichct.org/upload/medialibrary/090/pzba_Minutes_06-11-2014.pdf
The Greenwich Building Zone Regulations can be found at http://www.greenwichct.org/government/departments/planning_and_zoning/building_zone_regulations/
John Timm