Many Charlestown residents present at the meeting opposed the rezoning.
âThis type of rezoning, quite frankly, will push this historic stretch of Route 7, which was the Old Post Road traveled by George Washington, to really nothing but a heavy industrial trucking route,â said Suzanne Fockler, a member of the Charleston Historic District Commission.
Richard Polansky, president of EJP, LLC., is requesting the county to rezone 34.1 acres from general business to heavy industrial zoning on 875 West Old Philadelphia Road in North East. He withdrew a previous request to rezone 9.4 acres from suburban transition to heavy industrial to expand his recycling company Complete Recycling Group. The two companies made a joint application for rezoning, according to Cecil County Public Information Officer Kevin Alkinburg.