Town Manager Ells News Today

What happens at the Local Comprehensive Plan Committee will affect the future of everyone of our neighborhoods and villages.

The Barnstable Patriot Does Barnstable want engaged citizens? Not on zoning. In November 2020, the Town Council’s new Strategic Plan made “citizen communication and engagement” a priority. At the same time, the ad hoc Zoning Subcommittee was advancing yet another under-the-radar residential zoning change after getting a proposal from commercial interests. Make no mistake: the ad hoc Subcommittee is quietly overhauling our zoning. Let’s start here: “ad hoc” means a temporary subcommi...