SNOW HILL – A new overlay district could bring the Ocean Downs Casino more in line with local zoning.
Last week, the Worcester County Planning Commission voted unanimously to give a favorable recommendation to a new casino overlay zone proposed by the Ocean Downs Casino. Currently, the property is zoned A-2 agricultural and the casino is permitted as an accessory use to the racetrack. The proposed amendment would create an overlay zone that would allow for more entertainment uses on the site.
“It resolves an anomaly which is now there, that the only reason we can be there is because we’re in conjunction with the racetrack,” said Joe Moore, the attorney representing the casino.
Moore said that while the casino property had been home to a racetrack since at least the middle of the last century, it had undergone a metamorphosis in recent years.
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6 comments:
Seems like a moot point to plan for a Casino?
This is the new world, post-covid.
People no longer congregate in groups for entertainment.
We prefer to be alone.
Speak for yourself 2:58
Just another Gestapo move to gain more tax dollars to compensate for the virus money lose.
More money for the crooked Politians to spend irresponsibly.
That means less money for the supposedly intended use of Casino money for schools.
Section 8 coming to Berlin....
plans to put them on some old farms...
yeah, robbery, rapes, breaking in home will increase sharply now.
aren't you glad you moved to Berlin ????
Section 8 has been in Berlin for many years. They'll start moving them to the new apartments off Seahawk Rd soon.
Sounds like the casino opened as a variance to supplement the track business, but now has eclipsed the track. This step may be to allow the casino to continue if they ditch the live ponies.
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