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will be a special use permit, followed by approval for the design by the Architectural Review Board,” according to Mr. O’Connell.
He confirmed that The Inn has been approached by at least one other town to relocate, but he would not elaborate. “We love this town and county very much. For the last 20 years it has been our home. Our business has been growing and expanding for the last 14 years and will need to continue to do so if we are to remain interested in running it here,” he said.
The report’s other findings and recommendations:
• The “important, legitimate concerns which must be addressed” include “water and septic, traffic and parking, scale and design of the proposed structures in relation to the abiding scale and character of the village, and social relations between The Inn’s owners and the town community.”
• Compromise points called for by the committee were “better design,” “location of parking and tennis courts,” “avoidance of one massive, unbroken facade,” and “placement of reception areas to minimize parking or traffic congestion.”
Mr. O’Connell wrote, “We not only feel we can solve the problem of parking but significantly improve the present situation by creating a more effective and harmonious screened parking and arrival site.”
• Town residents are concerned about the fate of two structures, the Sisk and Almond houses, that would have to be destroyed or moved under the proposed design. The committee recommends moving them, perhaps to other town property owned by Mr. O’Connell and Mr. Lynch.
• Negative aspects of the expansion, according to the committee, are an increased demand for services, stark overdependence of the town on one business as a source of revenue, increased cost of housing, inflated land values and little or no employment for local residents.
• Positive aspects the committee listed: Expanded tax revenue, increased tourism, establishment of a broadened business community, “solidified” property values, less likelihood of other taxes, and increased employment opportunity.
• The committee also made three recommendations to the Town Council, including making a study of the present parking situation, exploring the future of the town’s sewage disposal as a whole and investing “some of the tax proceeds in endowment for the future in order to avoid overdependence on single-source revenues.”
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