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Local broadcaster asks Morris council to help preserve station by resolving land-use limits
Summary
Inksdale Media told the Morris City Council the company’s studio parcel carries a municipal conservancy restriction that limits resale value and hampers renovations; the council agreed to refer a rezoning request to the planning commission to explore options to keep the station local.
Jake Weber, vice president of Inksdale Media, told the Morris City Council that the company’s Morris studio building needs extensive renovation and that a municipal conservancy land-use restriction is preventing a sale or redevelopment that would preserve local service. “My name is Jake Weber, vice president of Inksdale Media,” Weber said, and described a multi-generation family business that has broadcast from Morris since 1999.
Weber said the company invested more than $150,000 this year in transmitters and other equipment but that the building itself would require a full teardown and costly rebuild to remain usable while continuing on-air operations. He said a prospective buyer discovered a municipal conservancy designation on the parcel that blocks most new…
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