Keeping our eye on the ball

Monday, October 23, 2006, 7:30pm, at the Forks Municipal Building our challenge to Zoning Ordinance #298 will be heard by the Zoning Hearing Board.

Despite whatever rhetoric you may hear about this matter, the "issue" is simple; spot zoning.

We have a comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances to guide and balance development within Forks Township. Making special allowances to suit one developer is wrong, and in our opinion will be the tipping point for other developers to request, and to be granted zoning exceptions to fit their specific needs and agendas.

Though it has been said 100 times before, we may indeed need another grocery store in Forks Township but we shouldn't upend our zoning ordinances and our comprehensive plan to do it.

We hope that our opponents don't turn Monday night into a circus and that they stick to the legal challenge presented; spot zoning.

We also hope that ALL Forks citizens attend this hearing as the outcome will surely affect every township resident for years to come.