It was only a matter of time, I think, until we saw this one added to the mix. According to the Roanoke Times, this is the third suit filed so far regarding Blacksburg's First & Main Development.
On Wednesday, attorneys for Fairmount Properties filed an appeal to last month's Blacksburg Town Council's vote against the installation of a Sonic Drive-In restaurant at the new First & Main development on South Main Street.
Some quotes from the article:
"The council has in the recent past approved similar special-use permits for other restaurants, including a Wendy's across the street from the site of the proposed Sonic."
"On Aug. 5, the town's planning commission is scheduled to hear public comments on another special-use permit for phase one, this one for an Arby's restaurant at 1450 S. Main St."
"This ... is political retribution for Fairmount's successful challenge of the Town Council's previous improper actions towards the First & Main project."
That's right - this is all about control.
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Thanks for the picture.
I was actually hoping this was going to be the result.
If this was really about the reasons the town listed I would say that's fair, but it's not. This is all about how Fairmount stole the town's girlfriend from the sandbox, and now the town is going to be rotten about anything and everything they can be.
Posted by: Bill | July 10, 2008 at 09:28 AM
Interesting analogy, Bill, but probably right on. I agree, if idling cars and pedestrian safety were at the forefront of this argument then it could be valid, but it's hard to imagine otherwise when you have SUP's being issued for Wendy's on both North and South Main Street (remember that the North Main location has residential 50 yards away - are we not paying attention to that because those are rental homes?) and South Main Street has homes on the other side of the treeline. There'll be a coffee shop on North Main with a drive-thru window (read idling cars) soon ... let's be consistent.
Posted by: Jeremy Hart | July 10, 2008 at 09:47 AM