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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
Today's Citizen has an article about the Laconia Planning Board and the large gasoline canopy at the Weirs' Cumberland Farm store. After removing all the American flags and the relatively thin orange stripe the PLanning Board has voted 4-2 that Cumby needs to rebuild the canopy from a flatside to a mansard design, at an aproximate cost of $45,000.
What a wacky decision and a waste of $45,ooo! Take a good look around the Weirs at the ugly moving electric signs down by the busy inersection of Rt 11B & Rt 3, and then take a look at the clean, white Cumby canopy. What-o-what has the Planning Board been smoking? While the Planning Board can say that removing all the American Flags and the orange stripe is not the issue here, I got to wonder what the public would think about their decision?  |
As usual, your view of current events is skewed and seems to discard any facts that go against your narrow-minded thinking.
Cumby's had, in essence, a contract with the city when they built the gas station. The canopy as-built varies greatly from the approved plan. I have heard many comments from people that Laconia needs to do more to up it's image and enforce some zoning laws. That is exactly what is going on here, if they fail to enforce approved plans in this situation, then it makes it that much easier for other developers to cite precedence for ignoring approved plans.
Comparing new construction to 50+ year old previously existing structures is an exercise in futility.
So, Cumby's is being forced to implement the approved design. I applaud the planning board for enforcing this and, and not being run over by large corporations.