Council hears Habitat for Humanity conditional-use plan for 825 Maple Avenue

Lauren Nelson, the city's director of planning, presented a conditional-use application for a new single-family house at 825 Maple Avenue, one of seven lots included in the first phase of Habitat for Humanity's 'build back the block' program. Nelson said the property is not residential by right under current zoning but was recommended for approval by the planning commission; she displayed a rendering of the proposed Avon model and told council staff expected groundbreaking in the next month.