Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
Couple of things. I don't think you can lawyer up and sue the state for the inability to build because they told you your are non-compliant. I am not a lawyer but I think I remember that there are provisions holding the government harmless in lawsuits of this nature. Also you can always hunt around and get a lone. There will be a bank that will not dig into the past to find out if the building is compliant. You may just have to pay a higher interest rate. Also Act 250 has evolved over the years with amendments I believe and the enforcement standards have gotten more strict with time. Another thing is that Sugarbush has been working with the state to get the brooks around the resort off that list of polluted waterways. Win mention that one of them just came off. it might be this very one so the reviewers are going to be aware of that rating and won't want to do anything to degrade that.

Lastly I am not going to lump this whole thing and throw it up as a "Treehugger" issue. These are State laws brought on by years of development abuse to the lands and waterways. For the record the condo owners and their association at mountainside knew there were serious issues with the fire places, fire alarm systems and the flues in the buildings. They have chose for years to put off any repairs because they did not want to spend the money. I have friends that sold and moved because of this very reason. I feel sorry for the individual owners but this should have been address years ago. For the record all the other buildings in that complex have the same issues and can not run any fireplaces until the issues are fixed. That association is the main reason that Town of Warren wanted the crazy ordinance for fireplaces and fire alarm.



My association and it's owners paid thousands to replace flues, fireplaces, fire alarm and get all the inspections and approvals associated. If they had been on top of all this, we would not be having this conversation.
what happened with that proposal by the town of warren for fireplaces?