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Some residents of streets abutting the Four Town Fairgrounds are seeking to end off-season rentals of the property, according to documents. (Tim Jensen/Patch)
SOMERS, CT — A procedural matter involving affirmation of a longstanding usage agreement for the Four Town Fairgrounds has escalated into a battle between members of the society in charge of the property and residents who own homes neighboring or abutting the grounds.
The dispute began last summer, when Zoning Enforcement Officer Jennifer Roy received a request for a special use permit to enable the Union Agricultural Society of Somers, Enfield, Ellington & East Windsor, Inc. to continue renting the grounds at 56 Egypt Road to outside organizations. That practice has been in operation since the society acquired the property in 1960, according to documents obtained by Patch.