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A public hearing on an appeal from neighbors of the fairgrounds was continued to next week by the Somers Zoning Board of Appeals Tuesday. (Tim Jensen/Patch)
SOMERS, CT A highly-anticipated public hearing concerning an appeal by neighbors of the Four Town Fairgrounds concerning off-season usage of the property was continued to next week by the Somers Zoning Board of Appeals, due to a case of laryngitis on the part of the attorney representing the petitioners.
Attorney John Parks, representing more than a dozen residents of Sunshine Farms Drive, Little Sorrel Lane and Country Fair Drive, was unable to speak during the Zoom meeting due to the affliction, and requested a continuation of the public hearing. Chairman Dean Hills called for a motion, and the board unanimously agreed to reschedule the hearing until Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m.
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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.