Bar Harbor Warrant Committee Recommends Budget, Land Use Amendments

Likely last meeting for Chair Seth Libby and Ezra Sassaman CARRIE JONES APR 11, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—After multiple meetings throughout all of February and March, including subcommittees and full committees, the Warrant Committee concluded its recommendations to voters about articles on the town’s warrant and budget. It was likely the last Warrant Committee meeting for both Chair Seth Libby and member Ezra Sassaman. Both … Continue reading Bar Harbor Warrant Committee Recommends Budget, Land Use Amendments

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Town Council Moves Housing Ordinances to the Voters

Housing Needs and Watershed Worries Clash at Emotional Meeting CARRIE JONES FEB 21, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Emotions ran high for some Bar Harbor residents as they pled, Tuesday night, for the Town Council to stop the progress of three amendments to town rules that would allow more housing types and density. Jane Disney. Lucien Smith. Dennis Bracale. Lorraine Donnely. Ed Damm. Dessa Dancy. Jake Jagel. … Continue reading Town Council Moves Housing Ordinances to the Voters

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Building Between a Ledge and A Wet Place

Potential Housing Amendments Move To Town Council Amid Some Town Hill Residents’ Worries CARRIE JONES JAN 4, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Concerns about water use, sewer capacities, and nitrates as well as the re-purposing of potential employee living quarters in many zoning districts dominated the Planning Board’s public hearing on Wednesday, June 3, about multiple potential land use ordinance amendments that deal with adding specific types … Continue reading Building Between a Ledge and A Wet Place

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Bar Harbor’s Planning Department Works To Make Potential Changes. Will the Town Be Ready To, Too?

Martinez discusses possible expansion of where employee living quarters and shared accommodations are allowed to be built CARRIE JONES OCT 27, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor planners presented another step that they hope, if voters approve, will help ease the town’s housing crisis. On Thursday, October 26, during a listening session, staff detailed a proposed changes to the town’s land use ordinance that would create … Continue reading Bar Harbor’s Planning Department Works To Make Potential Changes. Will the Town Be Ready To, Too?

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If They Zone It, Will They Come?

Employee Housing And Shared Accommodations Survey Results Coming In For Rural Districts CARRIE JONES SEP 9, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—When Glenon Friedmann, wanted to build a few cabins for workers at the Bar Harbor Farm at 115 Gilbert Farm Road, she couldn’t. The farm is in the Town Hill rural district, one of Bar Harbor’s 40 land use zones, but more importantly one where employee … Continue reading If They Zone It, Will They Come?

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Affordable housing on a farm?: Bar Harbor may change the rules so there can be more options

Bonus Good News: Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund Pledges Matching Gift up to $20,000 for Food Pantry CARRIE JONES JUL 14, 2023 BAR HARBOR—At least one farm in Bar Harbor would like the town’s land use ordinance changed to make it easier to supply housing for their employees. Since that February request, Bar Harbor Staff Planner Cali Martinez has been collating information and working on … Continue reading Affordable housing on a farm?: Bar Harbor may change the rules so there can be more options

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Town Council Approves First Employee Living Quarters, Bar Harbor Pride Crosswalks & Talks Ethics

May 2 Town Council Meeting CARRIE JONES MAY 3, 2023 BAR HARBOR—In what was Council Chair Valerie Peacock’s last meeting before the June election, Tuesday night, the Town Council approved its first employee living quarters application, new flags and gay-pride and transgender-support crosswalks on Main Street, and asked the town’s attorney to work on the ethics ordinance. Councilor Gary Friedmann was not in attendance. It … Continue reading Town Council Approves First Employee Living Quarters, Bar Harbor Pride Crosswalks & Talks Ethics

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