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Harrison Township planner previews zoning overhaul to ban short-term rentals and limit group homes
Summary
Township Planner Adam Young presented proposed zoning ordinance amendments that would prohibit short-term rentals, create a residential clustering option to preserve open space, permit smaller lots in select single-family districts, and bar adult foster care small group homes from R1-C and R1-D. Commissioners suggested edits and a resident objected to low-income housing and Airbnbs.
Adam Young, Harrison Township planner, on July 17 presented a package of proposed zoning ordinance amendments that would define and prohibit short-term rentals, add a 'residential clustering option' to enable attached units in single-family districts to preserve open space, adjust lot-area and impervious-surface standards in the R1-C and R1-D districts to allow smaller lots, and prohibit adult foster care small group homes in those R1 districts.
The planner said the draft would also rename the RM-1 zoning district from 'multiple family residential' to 'attached/townhouse residential' and remove…
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