FAIRFIELD, CT — A grassroots group that opposes the proposition of Spot On Veterinary Hospital & Hotel to open a center on the Post Road in Southport, has actually provided a declaration in action to the candidate’s recent defense.
On Monday, the lawyer for Spot On submitted a 115-page rebuttal document with the Town Plan and Zoning Commission, in which Spot On mentioned it has actually made modifications to its application to calm next-door neighbors.
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Below is the action from the Alliance to Preserve Peaceful Fairfield Neighborhoods:
In action to a composed defense file submitted Monday with the Fairfield Town Plan and Zoning Commission by candidates for the proposed Spot On dog hotel, a neighborhood watch declaration questioned why the candidate picked to email a 115-page text file instead of appear face to face at Tuesday’s concluding TPZ hearing.
“Over the last three months residents have appeared in person at several hearings, along with legal counsel and a certified acoustics engineer, politely arguing face to face before TPZ commissioners why changing longstanding zoning regulations now protecting neighborhoods from dog kennels abutting residential neighborhoods is a bad idea. That is what is now proposed by Spot On for a former car dealership building at 2269 Post Road. “
“What happened that caused the applicant to now choose this nonappearance route for rebuttal?” asked The Alliance to Preserve Peaceful Fairfield Neighborhoods in its declaration.
The alliance is a casual organization of next-door neighbors and others in Fairfield opposed to the huge box kennel and the zoning policy modification needed to enable it. The group gathered more than 1,000 signatures on petitions opposing the zoning policy modification and the application to build the Spot On dog hotel. TPZ has 65 days from the last hearing date to vote on the matter.
The proposed zoning policy modification, if authorized, would allow kennels to be constructed on industrial websites all over Fairfield that abut domestic areas. In addition to unclear and unenforceable language in the policy, lawyers for challengers argued such a modification would drastically disrupt the lifestyle in those areas due to the fact that of problem dog barking sound and ecological problems and threats connected with the a great deal of dogs being boarded at the proposed Spot On hotel.
The next-door neighbors likewise argued that their issues were not being successfully fixed by the candidate. Overall, they said the 2269 Post Road place was ill matched for a big dog kennel compared to other industrial and previously commercial areas of Fairfield that didn’t abut domestic areas.
“We’ve presented strong legal and technical arguments and massive public opposition testimony throughout this process. Our unified opposition in behalf of all Fairfield neighborhoods that are at risk today, or in the future, remains clear and unshaken,” the declaration concluded.
