Making zoning applicants lie in order to have their requests approved

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Making zoning applicants lie in order to have their requests approved

We don’t often offer much commentary on zoning issues within local municipalities, but several recent cases in Burlington have piqued our concern. The latest fad, over the past several years, in municipal governments has been to offer a zoning designation generally referred to as “conditional zoning – limited use.” The old days of “straight” zonings – business, industrial, and residential – have given way to specialty designations that give muni…