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activity and was thus allowed without a special use permit.
Zoning administrator David Konick countered that the ordinance specifies that expansion or enlargement of a non-conforming use must conform with ordinance provisions. If the expansion involves new structures, issuance of a special use permit is necessary, he said. "You’re claiming that you have the right to build as many buildings as you like as long as they're used for a school.”
“Any new building would seem to require a special use permit," chairman Lee Bird agreed. A non-conforming activity that does not involve construction of a structure, on the other hand, could be expanded without a permit, he noted, giving a graveyard as an example of a use that would fall into that category. “There's a good reason (for the permit requirement). There may be such matters as parking and health regulations that we would want to see attended to."
After a unanimous vote calling for the permit application, Lynn explained that the construction project will include a new exit from the school on Route 630.
“I think that's wonderful!” Bird remarked, noting that Wakefield’s current exit on Route 522 poses a safety hazard with traffic coming over a steep hill in front of the school.
The access from Route 522 will continue to be used, but only as an entrance. Lvnn
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