[CPEO-IRF] Brunswick (ME) industrial park debate

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Industrial park proposal ignites debate over sprawl in West Brunswick zone
Comprehensive Plan Committee to review proposed revisions Tuesday night.

Christopher Cousins
Brunswick Times Record (ME)
May 8, 2006

BRUNSWICK — Individual property rights are at the center of a debate 
swirling around revisions to the town's comprehensive plan. One of those 
proposed revisions could open the door for a new industrial park in a 
rural part of town.

On one side of the debate are people like Bill Moore, who owns a parcel 
of wooded property wedged between Old Portland Road and Durham Road in 
western Brunswick. Moore's property, along with two smaller parcels 
owned by others, is under consideration for a new business park.

On another side of the debate are several people who live and own land 
near Moore's property, such as Joanne Troy and Nat Wheelwright. When 
they purchased their homes, they did so with the expectation that the 
land nearby was zoned "mixed-use 5," which puts limits on what types of 
commercial development could be built. The town is interested in 
changing the zoning to "Industry 6," which, to the distress of the 
homeowners, would allow different uses.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/news.nsf/0/085C619D5ADBAE6B05257168005B2F13?Opendocument

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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