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ing storage of vehicles and equipment, whether permitted or grandfathered, that said stored objects shall be adequately screened from public view by vegetation. ” -
Mr. Bailey said he felt the proposed policy could require anyone to screen a company car or garden tractor. He said he felt those who had “grandfathered” uses should be “encouraged, but not required” to provide screening.
There is a heavy equipment storage yard on the edge of town. This use was “grandfathered” when the zoning ordinance was adopted. Nevertheless, the zoning ordinance requires that it be “reasonably” screened from public view. This requirement has never been enforced.
“I’d like to hear from the people who live next door before we change that,” member Susan Parrish saifl. “Presumably it went to public hearing before it was adopted.”
“Why do we have to adopt a Comprehensive Plan which agrees with the old zoning ordinance?” Mr. Bailey asked. The Planning Commission has agreed to begin a review of the zoning ordinance in the fall.
Town attorney Frank Reynolds said it is “better to have a zoning ordinance that follows the Comprehensive Plan when making decisions regarding policy for the future.”
“I want some protection on what I have to look at,” Mr. Fisher said.
Mr. Bailey said screening would still be required for similar new uses in the future.
Mr. Miller agreed that screening should be encouraged rather than required for “grandfathered” uses.
The council voted to amend the plan to require screening for future storage yards that are permitted by “special use permit” and encourage screening for “grandfathered” uses. This amendment also passed 4 to 1 with Mr. Gooch voting, “no.”
Later during the meeting time set aside for comments from the public Diane Bruce asked the council members whether the town’s equipment storage yard was going to be screened or whether they considered it “grandfathered” or exempt.
Council members asked Ms. Bruce what she meant, and she said there had been two automobiles stored in the parking lot for the Town Hall (the old library building) for over a month.
Council members said they would “look into” the problem.
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