IN CLIFTON PARK *LAWSUIT THREATENED ON VARIANCE.(Local)

Byline: Marc Carey

Calling it an "outrage," a top civic official in Vischer Ferry has threatened a lawsuit to overturn a town zoning board of appeals ruling granting a variance for a subdivision within the hamlet's special-residential district.

"If this decision holds, it will establish a dangerous precedent for the Vischer Ferry area and for the town as a whole," said Peter R. Borrelli, chairman of the zoning committee of the Vischer Ferry Association and chairman of the Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve. "This is an outrage that must not be condoned."

The zoning board of appeals and the planning board chairman, however, said the developer …