The application for a permit to build an 8,000+ sq.ft. house at 206 Cannon Street has been withdrawn according to an email sent from Town Zoning Administrator Kees de Mooy to members of the Historic District Commission.
“I have no further information regarding reasons or whether they plan to resubmit at some point in the future,” de Mooy’s email stated.
The proposed house construction within the Chestertown Historic District underwent several modifications since the HDC first reviewed it and became a point of public contention by town residents who felt the size and design did not conform with the HDC Code.
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Carol F Nelson says
If true, that is the best news I have had in a while! They still have the property, however, so there will likely be another chapter. As of today, Tuesday, 2/6, it still remains on the agenda for the CHDC.
George Nelson says
Hopefully gone forever. If comes back, maybe it will be smaller and of colonial design.
Barbara Jorgenson says
Well, that’s not what the applicants’ architect, Chris Frank, stated in his email to Kees de Mooy. Frank asked that the Batchiks’ application for 206 Cannon Street be “removed” from the February 7 agenda. When asked for a clarification as to whether his clients were withdrawing their application or postponing their next appearance (which would be their fourth), Frank failed to respond, not only to me but to the Town Manager.
This is an important point under the Historic District Guidelines. A postponement gives them yet another bite at the apple but also the raises the possibility that the HDC might side with public opinion and deny their application. A denial would then force the Batchiks either to appeal to the Circuit Court or wait a year to submit “the same or a substantially similar” application. A withdrawal means they can start the process over again at any time they judge public sentiment against them might not be so high; they are free to submit “the same or a substantially similar application” under this “withdrew and wait” scenario. Stay tuned, Chestertown.