Frustrated by four acres of clearcutting they allege violated Woodstock’s zoning regulations, neighbors appealed the decision to the state environmental court on Thursday.
The clearcutting began on Rabbit Hill Way near Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in May, according to neighbors Howard Krum and Mary Margaret Sloan. Although a permit was issued in June by the town’s zoning administrator, the neighbors allege it was not properly posted and that it should have required conditional approval from the town’s development review board.
The neighbors’ appeal to Woodstock’s development review board was denied last month. Although the board acknowledged hiccups related to posting the permit, it ultimately decided that Krum and Sloan had waited too long to appeal the initial permitting.
Steven Bauer, Woodstock’s zoning administrator, did not immediately respond to a request for comment about how the town will handle the appeal.
—Ethan Weinstein