I sort of read that in between the lines of the article. Granted
there was a bit of bias by the writer (no quotes from those "for"
the facility, only "against."
>From a Real Estate perspective and those of you in some capacity
of dealing with zoning boards, if you make them angry and do
stuff without permission/approval, they become very resistant to
being accommodating an applicant. It reads like AMP went too far.
Add to the mix an "outsider" (real or perceived) and it is not a
good mix. Too bad the permits were pulled right before the event.
Matt Murray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck" <golden1@britsys.net>
Subject: Re: Arizona Motorsports Park
> I read an article about AMP some months back on the internet,
can't remember
> where that IMHO was fairly unbiased presentation of the facts
of what was
> going on from both sides. AFAIR it went something like
this(from memory
> don't pin me to the wall, I'm just trying to lend some
insite!):
> The wealthy racing enthusiast owner of the property, (and AXer
I hear) which
> was to become AMP applied to the local planning and zoning
commission for
> permission to build a paved road course on his land which was
not an
> approved use under the zoning. A special use permit was
eventually granted
> with a number of covenents and restrictions, such as it would
be a private
> use facility (a personal playground for the owner and a few of
his friends),
> there would be no permanent structures built, the maximum
occupation would
> be no more than 50 people at any given time, no formal racing
would be done
> there, and all vehicles using the facility would be street
legal (muffled).
> Instead, the owner boldly spent ~ $6.5M. building a major road
racing
> complex, complete with covered paddock, inspection sheds,
headquarters
> building, and a very large skidpad/AX pad, without any
additional approvals,
> not even building permits.
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