Planning Board Unanimously Recommends All Potential Land Use Changes

Changes deal with shared accommodations, employee living quarters, state LD2003 and design review process CARRIE JONES MAR 10, 2024 BAR HARBOR—On Wednesday night, the Bar Harbor Planning Board unanimously recommended for voters to adopt four potential land use ordinance changes, three of which deal with either the state or the municipalities efforts to help with housing. Each potential change will go to voters on June … Continue reading Planning Board Unanimously Recommends All Potential Land Use Changes

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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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Will State Housing Program Help Bar Harbor Housing Woes?

Planning Board workshops potential land use ordinance amendments CARRIE JONES NOV 18, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—The Planning Board held an hour-long workshop on three potential land use amendments that will likely go before the voters in June. The board will hold a hearing on the amendments on December 6. The workshop touched on an amendment to allow employee living quarters in rural areas, changes necessary … Continue reading Will State Housing Program Help Bar Harbor Housing Woes?

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New State Rules Mean Big Changes to Bar Harbor’s Land Use

Town Planner Brings Zoning Overlay Possibility To Planning Board CARRIE JONES SEP 8, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Affordable housing is an issue throughout Maine, and in an attempt to help with that, the state created new rules, LD 2003, meant to require municipalities to ease zoning rules about residential uses. On September 6 at the Planning Board meeting, Town Planner Michele Gagnon presented suggested modifications to … Continue reading New State Rules Mean Big Changes to Bar Harbor’s Land Use

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