Judge orders Slate Ridge owner to remove buildings or go to prison

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A Vermont choose has ordered the proprietor of the Slate Ridge firing vary to take away unpermitted buildings below a court-defined timeline or go to jail.

The order Wednesday by Environmental Court docket Choose Thomas Durkin is the most recent twist in a multi-year standoff between Daniel Banyai and the city of Pawlet over the unpermitted paramilitary coaching camp.

Banyai purchased the West Pawlet property in 2013. In 2017, city officers say he started working a firearms coaching facility with out the right permits. After noise complaints and different issues from neighbors, the city took Banyai to courtroom. A choose two years in the past ordered him to finish any firearms coaching, pay 1000’s in fines, and take away all unpermitted buildings. Banyai appealed that call to the Vermont Supreme Court docket however misplaced. After persevering with to defy the ruling, city officers have been again in courtroom in November asking the courtroom to impose civil contempt sanctions.

The most recent ruling features a timeline with particular deadlines and inspection dates over the subsequent three months to take away the buildings. If he doesn’t meet the necessities, Banyai could be despatched to jail and the city can full the deconstruction. Banyai additionally continues to face fines of $200 per day till he complies.

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