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Council approves rezoning amid heated public comment over proposed tiny-home workforce development
Summary
Council voted to advance a comprehensive-plan amendment and rezoning for two parcels on East Market Street to allow a proposed cottage-/tiny-home workforce housing development; the move prompted extensive public comment both opposing the site and supporting more affordable housing options.
The Georgetown Town Council moved forward with a comprehensive-plan amendment and rezoning for two parcels at 501 and 503 East Market Street that the town manager said total roughly 0.91 acres and would change from Highway Commercial to Urban Residential to enable a proposed cottage-style housing project.
Linda Dennis, chair of the Supportive Housing Issues Committee, told council the committee voted to recommend the town 'approve smaller cottage-style houses like the model described as Little Living' as one option for workforce housing; she said the motion passed on a majority but was not unanimous and that two committee members dissented. Dennis also reported a potential state-level funding source she described…
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