Greeley City Council members on Tuesday (7/16) unanimously denied a proposal to convert a rundown corner market near the University of Northern Colorado into a coffee shop.
- ..residents who live closest to the site said they were concerned about the noise and traffic that could come from the shop..[They also] said a coffee shop is not compatible with the completely residential nature of the neighborhood..[Even] Greeley planners recommended that the city council deny the application based on the fact that the property should not be zoned commercial in a uniformly residential area..."City council members were receptive to the idea of the coffee shop, but said [the three] residents' concerns moved them to deny the proposal"
So, the coffee shop is denied, but they don't have any qualms about approving the placement of multiple gas wells within a residential zone close to houses and schools? What about the concerns of residents in Fox Run and near Northridge to have an industrial site spring up, with noise and traffic and unhealthy fumes?
What about the concerns of more than forty people who spoke out against drilling in Fox Run on May 7th, at the city council's public hearing? Why did council members not care about any of those pleas? The same is true for the Planning Commissioners, save Eddie Mirick. After excellent and compelling testimony against putting in 12 horizontal wells in Northridge, near the Sheep Draw, all but Mirick voted in favor of the drilling.
The owner of the old market most likely didn't have the influence (money) to get a permit that impacts citizens as the gas and oil industry has. Doesn't anyone believe wells impacts the neighborhood more then urban renewal??
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely disgusting.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering, how many of you are choosing to leave Greeley?
I own a home in Fox Run, and a home in Summer park. We are already moving to Fort Collins, and plan to take our company (10 employees and 50 contractors) with us.
I would love to say, but I don't see any way to stop it :(