18 Homes Application Misses Key Studies, Expert Says
Opponents' expert John Thonet says proposal to develop Wemple property is incomplete.
John Thonet, hired by those who oppose the Lang application for homes to be built on the former Wemple property, said Monday that the applicant has failed to submit key required studies that would deem this application complete. Those studies are, Thonet said, one to determine the historical significance of the property and another to classify the type of dams to be built. The application is for the building of 18 single-family homes on the woodlands formerly owned by the late John Wemple, and currently owned by Steven Lang. Once change to the application, according to applicant engineer James Mantz, is that they have eliminted one property, so it will actually only be 17 single-family homes. Wemple, who willed the property to his nieces …
Ken Jeffries
1:40 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Lets see! 1 acre=43,560 sq. ft. * 3 ft. =130,680 cu. ft. * 7.481 gals. / cu. ft. = 977,617 gals. * 8.3 lbs./gal. = 8,114,221 lbs. of water/dam. I suggest they put these things above the new houses so they can act as barricades in case they fail. more ›