Staff argue facility does not meet zoning requirements
A proposed cable landing station in Worcester County has been blocked from moving forward in the normal approval process unless developer Globalinx wins relief from a zoning appeals board.
The ruling doesn’t kill the project outright, but it does prevent the developer’s application from advancing through regular channels under its current zoning classification, which is C-2 general commercial.
County planning officials in a June 2 letter to Globalinx rejected the developer’s argument that its proposed cable landing station on Route 611 qualifies as a public utility under existing zoning rules.
Utility structures that serve the public – including electric, water, sewer and telecommunications facilities – are permitted uses in the property’s C-2 general commercial zoning.
But county staff concluded the proposed facility does not qualify because it would not directly serve the general public.