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Planning board urged to study state affordable-housing mandates and seek consultant funding
Summary
Board member Ronald Stevens summarized multiple new state housing mandates (including ADU provisions) and urged the planning board to consider applying for state consultant funding to help update local ordinances.
Ronald Stevens briefed the board on recent state legislative changes aimed at expanding housing options — citing prior work on ADUs and a set of four or five additional mandates the board will need to fold into the town's code. "My suggestion to the town manager was that we employ a consultant which the state has a fund that we can apply for funds to do that," Stevens said, noting consultants could inventory what the town already has and recommend where new provisions should be added.
Stevens explained that because Wayne's population is under 4,000, the town has additional time before some deadlines and recommended the board schedule one or two meetings to review the mandates in depth. Board members agreed to place the topic on a future agenda and invited KCOG (Council of Governments) staff to discuss technical-assistance options at the March 5 meeting.
