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Council hears proposal to create Main Street and Mill overlay district to spur development and preserve historic character
Summary
The Central Town Council opened a public hearing Sept. 8 on a zoning amendment (referred to in the transcript as Ordinance 982025) to add a Main Street and Mill overlay district under zoning section 555; the Chair said the district is intended to encourage economic development and preserve the area's historic nature and that boundaries are defined on page two of the ordinance.
At a Sept. 8 public hearing, the Central Town Council heard an introduction of a proposed amendment to Zoning Section 555 that the transcript identifies as Ordinance 982025. The Chair said the amendment would create a Main Street and Mill overlay district intended "to encourage economic development to preserve the historic nature of the area," and noted that the ordinance defines the district boundaries on page two of the document.
The Chair said the proposed overlay district had been through a first reading and that the public hearing on Sept. 8 was held in advance of a second reading scheduled for 7:00 p.m. when the council convenes in its regular meeting. The Chair invited public comment on the creation of the overlay district; no public commenters were recorded.
The transcript references "zoning section 555" as the portion of the code to be amended and states the ordinance includes a map or description on page two that defines the overlay area. The Chair described the overlay as aimed at encouraging economic development while preserving historic character; no specifics about incentives, design guidelines, or regulatory changes were read into the record during this portion of the hearing.
No votes or final actions on the overlay district were recorded during the public hearing; the Chair closed the public hearing portion and scheduled the ordinance for second reading at 7:00 p.m. in the council's regular meeting. The transcript uses the same ordinance number for both the rezoning item and the overlay amendment; that duplication appears to be a transcription or numbering inconsistency in the record.
