Goshen holds hearing Dec. 7 on Goshen Rec District language - Archived

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Proposed wording changes in the Goshen zoning and building ordinances for the town’s Recreation District will be discussed at a public hearing held by the the Planning Board on Thursday, December 7, 2017, at 7 pm at the Goshen Town Hall.

Adopted in 2014, the regulations for the Goshen Recreation District address “year-round recreational and other uses” within the leasehold area at Mount Sunapee State Park and on adjoining lands owned by Sunapee Land Holdings, a limited liability company controlled by the operator of Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resort.

The town planners seek to clarify “Uses Permitted (subject to site plan review approval by the Planning Board)” by adding: “A.4.b19 Anything not specifically listed above needs approval from the Planning Board and/or Zoning Board.”

Earlier in the year, Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resort installed a 3D archery range in Goshen on state parkland without prior consultation with the planning board or site plan review. According to town-posted correspondence on the subject, the planning board hopes that the wording change will prevent similar problems in the future.

“This will be a public hearing where residents may voice their concerns if desired,” the notice states. No wording is proposed to be removed or otherwise altered in this section, town planners say. The wording change will go to voters during Town Meeting in March 2018.

View the proposed wording change Recreation District Changes (pdf 93kb) or visit the Town of Goshen website for Planning Board minutes (see November 2, 2017).  Contact FOMS for more information.