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Board pauses one application after notice objection; asks parties to collaborate and renotice for March
Summary
An objection was filed over the form of public notice for a pending application (recorded in discussion as "402 at 148 Oldsipan Road"). The board urged the applicant and opposing counsel to agree on corrected notice language and said it would renotice the matter for the March 12 hearing if needed.
During review of applications the board learned that a party had objected to the form of the public notice for a pending application (cited in the record as "402 at 148 Oldsipan Road"), arguing the published notice omitted variances implicated by the plan, including lot-area issues. Board counsel and members expressed concern that a defective notice could later form the basis for judicial challenge and agreed the safe procedural route was to correct and republish notice.
The board asked applicant and opposing counsel to collaborate on revised notice language within a week so the item can proceed at the March 12 hearing. If parties cannot agree, they were told to return to the board and staff for mediation of the notice language. The board emphasized that the goal was to avoid sending the matter into protracted litigation later by fixing any shortfalls in the notice now.
