Hitmans Towing saga: Yesterday's ticket may be tomorrow's business district

by Marcello Iaia

KNOX — The towing business cited in violation of the town’s zoning law in January was included in a business district recommended by a 4-to-2 vote of the Knox Planning Board on Feb. 27.

Around 30 supporters of Hitmans Towing on Route 146 attended the Feb. 11 town board meeting in outcry and circulated a petition after the Hitmans’ owner, Kristen Reynders, had been ticketed for operating a business in a residential district. Supervisor Michael Hammond agreed at the meeting to forward zoning amendments suggested by residents to the planning board.

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