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jmen24 · 02-10-2009, 03:28 PM

I am not an expert but I have worked with zoning and apeals so if I am wrong point me in the right direction. What they are doing is preventing new business from coming into that corridor, but you do not have to remove an existing business from the site as you would be grandfathered as commercial in that space. The only time it becomes an issue is if you want to expand the footprint or sell the business. At which time you approach the zoning board of adjustments and state that you are wishing to keep a business in a building that was occupied as a business, we have done a few for clients and it is relatively painless. It is not uncommon for a piece of property to go through a rezoning to say put in mixed use in a commercial district. This will prevent a new like business from cropping up across the street and killing an existing one. I do not have a dog in this fight but that is my experience with this kind of thing, it does not make it right for the town to prevent future business growth. Are they proposing an area that will be expanded for future business?

02-10-2009, 03:28 PM	#5
jmen24 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,139 Thanks: 223 Thanked 319 Times in 181 Posts	Rt. 25 I am not an expert but I have worked with zoning and apeals so if I am wrong point me in the right direction. What they are doing is preventing new business from coming into that corridor, but you do not have to remove an existing business from the site as you would be grandfathered as commercial in that space. The only time it becomes an issue is if you want to expand the footprint or sell the business. At which time you approach the zoning board of adjustments and state that you are wishing to keep a business in a building that was occupied as a business, we have done a few for clients and it is relatively painless. It is not uncommon for a piece of property to go through a rezoning to say put in mixed use in a commercial district. This will prevent a new like business from cropping up across the street and killing an existing one. I do not have a dog in this fight but that is my experience with this kind of thing, it does not make it right for the town to prevent future business growth. Are they proposing an area that will be expanded for future business?