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Originally Posted by Randy Owen
At the board of selectman's meeting Monday September 13 Chip Albee identified Camp Belknap's intention to enter this issue with yet another lawsuit and with more legal bills for the town, the store and the owner of the sea plane.
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I don’t believe the prospect of any lawsuit was raised. Camp Belknap’s attorney made a submission to the selectmen that apparently identified many of the existing legal impediments with running a seaplane tour business out of 19 mile bay. What was mentioned at the meeting is that the Pier 19 store would need to obtain a variance since the store is in a residential (not commercial) zone and the existing variance and site plan review did not include running a seaplane tour business from the property (recall that the store is on the permit application for the runway). This is not a new issue, and has been raised previously on this forum and with the selectmen.
The camp’s attorney also noted that they are raising safety issues with a runway in 19-mile bay with the appropriate state officials.