”Yet I wonder if the process is the problem and the scenario currently exists where it’s possible for a special use permit to be transferred when it is going to be different from what was originally proposed, why that isn’t focused on as far as a fix? “

You are exactly right. The permit should expire when those seeking the permit abandoned the project.

Otherwise, anyone could apply for a SUP and then let someone use the SUP without undergoing the scrutiny that the “shill” applicant had to undergo. This deceit may be used for someone who is unable to get the SUP on their own can “back door” the process…, deliberately, in order to get what he/she id unable to qualify for on their own merit/qualifications.

”The process should be one of which where the special use permit is given per property but also per use with the only change allowed being one where if it’s the same exact use but the ownership changed, as in if Knight Academy got the permit and then were being operated by a different company “

Exactly!

But, in this case the nature of the intended use changed without going through the process that the original applicant had to, in order to get the SUP approval, which included neighborhood input.

Cutting out the neighborhood input/revue by saying that a school is a school, is a school, doesn’t set well with the neighbors, who might well have been interested enough to visit the actual functioning school and see/judge for themselves.

Or, is the Glass City Academy reluctant to have such a revue/visit, unannounced, of course? They may have something that they would prefer to keep under wraps…

By using the “back door,” I would think that the neighbors/neighborhood would indeed feel “ambushed.”

And, can you blame them?

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