“Bill and Cyndi Miner got a skewed lesson in vocabulary and civics from the town of Duanesburg Planning Board this spring (Sunday Gazette, B2, June 12, 2011). They learned that “retail store” means an immense propane storage tank and that the covenant of trust created by a town with its residents through zoning means virtually nothing.
The farce turned to tragedy on July 22, when a state Supreme Court judge decided to enable rather than enjoin Duanesburg’s errors.
Last December, Long Energy Company approached the Duanesburg planning office about a special use permit to construct a 30,000-gallon propane storage tank at 2321 Western Turnpike (Route 20), on a 1.9-acre parcel across from the Miners’ home. The property, which Long did not yet own, is zoned for “C-1 Commercial” activities.”
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Schenectady Daily Gazette 31 July 2011.