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Carmel advances rental-cap registry, scrutinizes developer incentives and plans veteran-focused park
Summary
Councilors described a draft citywide rental registry limiting single-family rentals to about 10% per neighborhood, new group-home licensing checks, closer review of developer pro formas, and a proposed park-and-senior-housing split on land near Veterans Trail.
Councilors described ongoing and proposed actions intended to protect neighborhood character, increase senior housing and secure a park that honors veterans. Adam Austin, Southeast District councilor and council president, said the council has moved to a citywide rental registry that would cap the number of single-family homes used as rentals and require registration with listed exceptions. “It is a citywide effort to get a registry of single family homes, that, you know, are becoming rentals and making sure that no neighborhood has more than 10 of, rentals in the single family neighborhoods,” Austin said. Councilors also described…
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