Affordable housing proposal in town center divides Cape Elizabeth pressherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pressherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
To be built close to the culturally significant site of Warriparinga near the Sturt River in Bedford Park, The Elders Village with 40 independent homes will be delivered through a partnership between the state government, national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander not for profit housing provider Aboriginal Community Housing Limited (ACHL), the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) and the Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation (KYAC).
Affordable housing project sign of things to come in Cape
Officials said they aren t necessarily looking for multi-unit rental properties, but changes may be on the horizon to pave the way for more affordable housing in town.
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As a 49-unit apartment building proposal for Cape Elizabeth’s town center makes its way through the approval process, town officials are taking tentative steps toward further, permanent changes to zoning laws that could pave the way for more affordable housing in the future.
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council took a step in that direction last week to send the Szanton Company’s request for zoning ordinance changes for the apartment project to the Ordinance Committee. Now officials are exploring how or whether to make permanent townwide changes in the town’s zoning laws to promote growth, with the first major workshop on the subject expected to take place next month.
Cape Elizabeth tightens rules on short-term rentals pressherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pressherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cape Elizabeth council delays vote on short-term rental amendments
Councilors said there were aspects of the ordinance changes they would like to change before the final decision.
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CAPE ELIZABETH Although the town council tabled approval of short-term rental amendments on March 8, this should not affect the implementation date for changes on July 1.
Councilors voted to table changes to short-term rental amendments in the town’s zoning ordinance, deferring the approval to an April agenda. Previously, the council had voted to table the decision in February after a public hearing involving a great number of residents, and work on the amendments has been ongoing.