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Planning agency reviews Kingsbury wedding-venue use-variance request; member urges strict-scrutiny findings
Summary
The Washington County Planning Agency reviewed a use-variance application for a wedding venue in the Town of Kingsbury. Agency members said the application must meet New York State's strict-scrutiny standard; the agency recorded a motion that the proposal presented no countywide impact.
The Washington County Planning Agency on July 6 considered a use-variance application from Abhijit Frederick and Corinna Nohe Strassburg to operate a wedding venue at a property near County Route 41 in the Town of Kingsbury.
Agency members said the applicants have used a converted barn and part of their house for events over the past four to five years and that the town issued a code violation after that use continued without a permit. "They apparently have been using the barn and a portion of their house to provide a suite for past 4 to 5 years," a county attorney said during the meeting.
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