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Scotland planning commission discusses housing, zoning rewrite and blight ordinance changes
Summary
Commissioners heard from the school superintendent about low enrollment tied to housing availability, scheduled monthly zoning revision meetings starting Aug. 25, 2025, and were told lawyers recommended removing item #12 from the town’s blight ordinance; an ice-cream-truck request was declined due to a food-truck ban.
Valerie Bruneau, Scotland Elementary School Superintendent, told the Planning & Zoning Commission on July 28 that the district is averaging about 11 students per class and would need roughly 10 additional students per class before hiring an additional teacher. Bruneau asked the commission for ideas to encourage younger families to move to Scotland; commissioners said high construction and housing costs, taxes and a shortage of recently available subdivision land…
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