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Betty Garofano, landowner • at Blue Rock Farm within “stepping distance” of the Co-op, asked if a fertilizer plant could actually be built if the rezoning to commercial went through.
‘They’re not requesting that,” Luke answered.
“But they could?” Mrs. Garofano repeated.
‘‘Yes . . . It’s a logical associated business with the Co-op,” replied Luke.
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Miller disagreed. “I don’t think they could put a fertilizer plant in an area zoned B-2 (commercial), even with a special use permit from the board of zoning appeals ... I don’t see anything of a real heavy nature that could be done (with commercial zoning). They’d need to be rezoned to industrial for a fertilizer plant or a concrete batch plant,” Miller said.
He again asked Fletcher why the Co-op’s board didn’t consider the property’s current agricultural zoning to be appropriate since the ordinance allows “buildings for bulk storage of forest and agricultural products and directly related equipment” in an ag zone with a special use permit.
Fletcher replied that the Co-op would need more land at the rear of the new building for business purposes if the highway department took frontage from the property in widening Route 211. If the company’s business continues to grow, he said, it may need “an area to expand to” in 15 to 20 years. Fletcher noted that the Co
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