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Selectmen send affordable‑housing ordinance amendments to November ballot after brief hearing
Summary
Changes expand where affordable housing developments can be built, add a statutory definition, reduce certain buffers and include covenants to preserve affordability; the selectmen voted to forward the ordinance to the Nov. 4 ballot.
WELLS, Maine — The Wells Board of Selectmen voted to send proposed changes to the town’s affordable‑housing ordinance to the Nov. 4 special election after a joint public hearing with the Planning Board.
Mike (staff member) summarized the draft revisions, saying the ordinance adds a definition of “affordable housing development” that mirrors state statute standards and expands locations where such developments can be established. Under the draft, affordable housing developments…
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