The main question is whether the airport’s granting of a special permit from the Select Board on April 10 topples the neighbors legal foundation in that zoning case.
A civil complaint against the Zoning Board of Appeals that was filed on May 9, 2022 is continuing in State Land Court in an effort to have the court annul a previous decision by the ZBA in April 2022 to uphold a decision by zoning enforcement officer Edwin May to deny a request from neighbors to enforce the town’s zoning bylaws against the Walter J. Koladza Airport.
The airport’s owners are seeking a permit to continue operating as an industrial business in an area that in 1932 was zoned as a residential area. The owners also are
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Due to a capacity limit of 84 people in the Selectboard meeting room, the town is urging interested participants to make use of Zoom during Monday's special.
While the airport s 2017 water and soil tests did not reveal a problem with lead, health officials want them to monitor it anyway as a condition of the special permit.