This week, the temple leaders will appeal a decision by the Abington Zoning Enforcement Officer denying their application to install some ornamental monuments along with the\u00a0The Chua Linh Quang Buddhist Meditation temple on Washington Street, has been open for almost an year, used by the Vietnamese\u00adAmericans and others for yoga and meditation.
\nAccording to a report in The Enterprise, Zoning Officer Marshal Adams said he couldn\u2019t approve the application of Temple Leader Nhutam Thich to install a 10\u00adfoot, white stone statue along with several smaller statues and large painted rocks because the temple\u2019s plans were explicit and abutters hadn\u2019t given input.
\nIn a residential district, the town typically only allows someone to hang out a shingle for something like an attorney\u2019s office, he said. \u201cI told the temple they\u2019d have to clarify everything they were going to do,\u201d Adams said. \u201cThey have a lot of questions to be answered, so I felt it best that the whole thing be\u00a0sorted out through the zoning board.\u201d
\nAgai, Thich requested ZBA to review his decision on Mar 9, at a public hearing. Thich remained unsure of what she will do if the ZBA doesn\u2019t give approval. She said, \u201cI hope they are going to say yes.\u201d The Chua Linh Quang temple is part of the Pho Hien Buddhist Meditation Temple Corporation and the Vietnamese Buddhist Community of Massachusetts. The organization leads a temple in Worcester.
\n\u201cIt was easy to get approved in Worcester,\u201d Thich said. Approval for certain permits, like this one, has proved more difficult in the residential section of Abington, she said. Thich said she hadn\u2019t heard directly from any neighbors about the statue. \u201cI think they\u2019re okay with it, but I don\u2019t know,\u201d she said. Adams said if abutters have concerns, \u201cthe time to share them would be the public hearing.\u201d The public hearing before the ZBA was originally scheduled for Feb. 9, but was rescheduled to March 9 because of snow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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