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Race track faces public Monday
By John Mason
Hudson-Catskill Newspapers
TAGHKANIC - Citizens will have an opportunity to comment on Alan Wilzig's attempt to get his mile-long, 40-foot-wide motorcycle track approved as a "recreational use" at a public hearing 7 p.m. Monday before the town Planning Board.
The Granger Group, the principal opponents of the plan, say that it will affect the future quality of the region, property values and the health of the tax base. In a press release, spokesman Stephen Kling stated that "Studies have concluded that noise is a serious health issue: It impacts the ability to concentrate and to work, and it denies neighbors the peaceful enjoyment of their homes and their property. It has even been shown to affect milk yield on dairy farms."
Their claim is that racetracks are not allowed uses in Taghkanic, since that use is not among the listed permitted uses. They say that Wilzig built his track in defiance of the town zoning enforcement officer and the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Wilzig said that compared with other personal use tracks around the world his is on the small side.
"We found nearly identical 'personal use' tracks built on the estates of Jacques Setton, the former Pioneer Electronics distributor in France ... And Dean Wills, the former CEO of Coca-Cola Australia, who built [the] same outside of Perth," he told the Register-Star in December, 2008. "But since they both collected F1 cars their tracks are 2 1/2 miles long, not 1 mile like my personal track.
"I've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on sound studies from multiple licensed firms and construction of complex-shaped sound berms that reflect sound without changing my western neighbors' sunrise views," he said, adding that the area is wooded. "I'm just going to an absurd level of conscientiousness to be a great neighbor."
In their release, the Grangers talked about "the very real risk the town will come to be known as a haven for motorcycle racing and lax zoning."
"The special, rubberized asphalt that Wilzig is planning to use apparently is rated for up to 200 mph racing of vehicles, and though he has claimed that only one motorcycle will be ridden at once," said the release, "his lawyer, David Everett, contradicted that in a recent Planning Board meeting by stating that no more than six machines would be operated at once on the track."
To reach reporter John Mason, call 518-828-1616, ext. 2272, or e-mail jmason@registerstar.com.
TAGHKANIC - Citizens will have an opportunity to comment on Alan Wilzig's attempt to get his mile-long, 40-foot-wide motorcycle track approved as a "recreational use" at a public hearing 7 p.m. Monday before the town Planning Board.
The Granger Group, the principal opponents of the plan, say that it will affect the future quality of the region, property values and the health of the tax base. In a press release, spokesman Stephen Kling stated that "Studies have concluded that noise is a serious health issue: It impacts the ability to concentrate and to work, and it denies neighbors the peaceful enjoyment of their homes and their property. It has even been shown to affect milk yield on dairy farms."
Their claim is that racetracks are not allowed uses in Taghkanic, since that use is not among the listed permitted uses. They say that Wilzig built his track in defiance of the town zoning enforcement officer and the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Wilzig said that compared with other personal use tracks around the world his is on the small side.
"We found nearly identical 'personal use' tracks built on the estates of Jacques Setton, the former Pioneer Electronics distributor in France ... And Dean Wills, the former CEO of Coca-Cola Australia, who built [the] same outside of Perth," he told the Register-Star in December, 2008. "But since they both collected F1 cars their tracks are 2 1/2 miles long, not 1 mile like my personal track.
"I've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on sound studies from multiple licensed firms and construction of complex-shaped sound berms that reflect sound without changing my western neighbors' sunrise views," he said, adding that the area is wooded. "I'm just going to an absurd level of conscientiousness to be a great neighbor."
In their release, the Grangers talked about "the very real risk the town will come to be known as a haven for motorcycle racing and lax zoning."
"The special, rubberized asphalt that Wilzig is planning to use apparently is rated for up to 200 mph racing of vehicles, and though he has claimed that only one motorcycle will be ridden at once," said the release, "his lawyer, David Everett, contradicted that in a recent Planning Board meeting by stating that no more than six machines would be operated at once on the track."
To reach reporter John Mason, call 518-828-1616, ext. 2272, or e-mail jmason@registerstar.com.
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