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Resident accuses trustee of shifting zoning rules and pushing abatements; trustee contests claims
Summary
A resident urged the Brimfield Township Board of Trustees to stop altering zoning and abatement decisions and questioned legal fees; Trustee Mike Ladd and other officials responded that procedures were followed and that some alleged developments lie outside township boundaries.
A resident urged the Brimfield Township Board of Trustees on an unspecified July meeting date to stop what he described as repeated changes to zoning and tax-abatement decisions affecting properties near his home, and said the attorney work could cost the township “$250,000, $300,000” or more. Trustee Mike Ladd and other officials replied that zoning changes follow the established commission and regional-planning process and that some outdoor-storage areas cited by the speaker are outside Brimfield Township.
The resident said setbacks and outdoor-storage rules had been repeatedly altered by a trustee, naming Mike Ladd, and criticized a 10- to 60-percent tax abatement and a string of lawyer bills.…
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