Saturday, October 08, 2005

Fallsburg summer homes in jeopardy

Times Herald Record:

( A Fallsburg group) wants to ban the 10 bungalows per acre allowed in this town of 12,000 that explodes to 60,000 in the summer. They see the thousands of new homes planned for this town of hamlets, waterfalls and lakes and say "not so fast." They want a building moratorium while Fallsburg writes a new plan for the growth.
The developers and workers who build those homes – along with some longtime residents – say a moratorium is wrong, especially in a town where some 40 percent of the property is off the tax rolls. And besides, said Nachman Kanovsky, who's built 1,200 homes for Orthodox Jews and Hasidim (Y.O.: Hasidim aren't orthodox?), his developments aren't bungalows. They're year-round homes with cathedral ceilings and oak floors that are mostly used two months per year. The owners pay taxes – although some pay less because the homes are condos.

Uh-oh!
posted by Yeshiva Orthodoxy
at 8:04 PM

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