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Operator warns of shutdown as planning board, selectmen debate whether Moose Mountain reopening requires site-plan review
Summary
Moose Mountain Recreation representatives told the planning board the town sent a letter threatening fines and a shutdown by Nov. 1 for not completing site-plan review; board members and residents debated whether the operation represents a change of use that triggers site-plan review and scheduled a special meeting to accept a completed application and consider recommending an extension.
Moose Mountain Recreation operator Moose Nunn told the Tar Heel Field Planning Board the lodge reopened this spring and that the town sent a letter demanding completion of a site-plan review or face fines and cessation of restaurant/bar operations by Nov. 1. "We received a letter from the town of Brookfield threatening to fine us if we do not cease all operations of the restaurant slash bar food service by November 1," Nunn said, asking the board for clarity and relief.
The applicant argued the current use is a permitted use within the zoning and cited historical approvals, hiring ads and prior site sketches as evidence that food service and related activities have…
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