Tag: zoning

In his letter Leif Steinert writes: "Movable Tiny Houses could also be constructed by students at the high school, inspected and sold locally."

Voters at last year's town meeting amended the plastic water bottle ban measure with a May 2019 enforcement date. However, the selectboard must first approve the regulations and develop enforcement provisions.

Let this be a warning to the rest of the residents of Great Barrington. Sit down with the zoning bylaws. Scour the fine print for the loopholes. Find them. Demand they are changed.

When Framework Properties first proposed the 47 Railroad Street project in Great Barrington, which included only 13 market-rate apartments, they learned that it was the first building permit taken out in the town for a structure containing four apartments or more since 1990.

The Planning Board had a frank and often tense discussion with outgoing Selectboard Chairman Sean Stanton over which board should be the special permit-granting authority for marijuana establishments.

In her letter Anita Schwerner writes: “Along with many in Stockbridge, I was bamboozled by what happened with Elm Court. Our attention has now turned to out-of-town developers who claim to know what is best for Stockbridge.”

As proposed, the airport's plans are entirely reasonable, given its need to remain viable and its history of good citizenship.

Perhaps the surprise of the night was how easily Great Barrington's share of the Berkshire Hills Regional School District passed.

In their letter to the editor, Sharon Gregory, Patricia Ryan and Gabrielle Senza write: "Allowing the Planning Board to grant a special permit to an industrial scale solar project, especially in residential zones, would set a terrible precedent."

If you want maximum control over what happens on a piece of land, buy it. No joke. Not everyone can afford that option, but there is more than one way to do it.

“Towns can get what they demand. If you let [the business] run over you, they’ll run over you.” --- Jack Musgrove, Great Barrington Planning Board

In his letter to the editor, Selectboard member Ed Abrahams writes: "The citizens petitions all sound reasonable but every one of them proposes something that has already been done, is being done, or would require changes in state law or actions by another town that are beyond our power. They offer “solutions” to problems that don’t exist."

“We want to create zoning that better reflects the fabric of the village. The hope is to have fewer hoops to jump through if people want to invest money in their property.” --- Planning Board Chair Jonathan Hankin