STEINMANN cont. from Page 1 cussed are still relevant. The first half of that interview ran in the March issue, and part two continues below. *** Ewing Obser ver: Within the last year, people in the neighborhood of Freddie’s Tavern were unhappy with the plans to tear down the restaurant and build a residential/retail project on the site. Are you satisfied with the way that that turned out in terms of what they’re going to be building there? Bert Steinmann: Well to be clear, they’ve got site plan approval. They don’t have anything else. So basically they still need to come in with an architectural rendering of what’s going to go there. Was it palatable for the board? I don’t think so. The situation was that that particular parcel of land basically supported what they wanted to do without any variances. They met the parking criteria. They met the height criteria. In fact, it’s well below the height that it could be, so they met all the criteria as to why there was a reason for them to be denied, and to deny them because they didn’t need any of these variances was kind of futile, because basically if we did that then they could take take it to court, and they would win. I don’t want to put the town in that position. Now the board had no problem voting against the initial proposal (the prior year), because they were like 80-some parking spots short, and they were counting on street parking. Even though you’re allowed to park on the street. You can’t
use that as part of the requirement for your project. That’s part of the reason why it failed the first time. They then redesigned the building to meet all the criteria that falls under zoning and planning, so there was really not much that the board could do at that particular point. There are some caveats that we did put in there. For example, they need to get a phase one environmental study done. But other than that, they have not come back with any architectural renderings or drawings and the traffic flow and how that’s going to go. EO: So as far as you and the board were concerned, there was only limited action that you could take, because the plan met the standards that were set out by the zoning regulations. BS: Correct. EO: That site is part of the redevelopment zone, right? BS: It is. It’s part of the Town Center Zone, which is a redevelopment area. At the end of the day, Freddy’s was really in need of redevelopment. I mean Freddy’s was never designed as a restaurant. It was a house that had served breakfast and lunches, and then it got to be a little bit bigger, and they just kept adding on, and adding on, and adding on. Really the flow of the restaurant didn’t make any sense— you were kind of all over the place with it. EO: Let’s talk about the medical marijuana grow facility that’s being located in town. From what I understand, it’s moving along at a pretty
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