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Berkshire Mountain Club not quite dead yet
Oct 17, 2014 12:20 am
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The proposed Berkshire Mountain Club.
(Courtesy berkshiremtnclub.com)[/caption]
Diane Valden is reporting in the Columbia Paper the final decision on the Catamount resort project is still up in the air. Last month the Copake Zoning Board of Appeals deadlocked two-to-two on whether to approve a special permit for the Berkshire Mountain Club, to be located at the Catamount Ski Area. That effectively halted plans for the $80-million, four-season resort, because the law requires an affirmative vote of a majority of board members for permit approval. It turns out there is still time to resolve the issue if the ZBA takes a new vote by Nov. 26. Developers proposed to build a hotel and time-share with 153 residential units in three phases over 10 years. At a recent meeting of the Town Board, Copake resident Mel Salberg told the Town Board the ZBA result was “shocking to me and many of my friends.” Bob Haight, who chairs both the town Planning Board and Land Use Review Committee, called what the ZBA did “an embarrassment to the town.” According to state law a board must make a decision on an application within 62 days following a public hearing. The deadline by an affirmative vote by the majority of the board is Nov. 26. Read the full story in the Columbia Paper.
The proposed Berkshire Mountain Club.(Courtesy berkshiremtnclub.com)[/caption]
Diane Valden is reporting in the Columbia Paper the final decision on the Catamount resort project is still up in the air. Last month the Copake Zoning Board of Appeals deadlocked two-to-two on whether to approve a special permit for the Berkshire Mountain Club, to be located at the Catamount Ski Area. That effectively halted plans for the $80-million, four-season resort, because the law requires an affirmative vote of a majority of board members for permit approval. It turns out there is still time to resolve the issue if the ZBA takes a new vote by Nov. 26. Developers proposed to build a hotel and time-share with 153 residential units in three phases over 10 years. At a recent meeting of the Town Board, Copake resident Mel Salberg told the Town Board the ZBA result was “shocking to me and many of my friends.” Bob Haight, who chairs both the town Planning Board and Land Use Review Committee, called what the ZBA did “an embarrassment to the town.” According to state law a board must make a decision on an application within 62 days following a public hearing. The deadline by an affirmative vote by the majority of the board is Nov. 26. Read the full story in the Columbia Paper.