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My Take: Truths about the UDO By Mary and Jay Wortley, Lisa Kasten, Linda and C.H. Falsted, Donna and Mike Short, Stacy and Cameron Hurd, Linda and Joe Dahm, Sally and Fred Floberg, Mary and Rick Armbruster, Wilhelmina Steketee Holland While we believe Ms. Slater and Mr. Ver Schure are well-intentioned, their article is rich in untruths and misrepresentations. The most egregious is that “UDO isn’t changing what’s already there.” They claim current ordinances would change the character of our neighborhoods if left in place and that “UDO is just trying to fix that problem.” This mak...

Residents still unhappy with proposed zoning changes HOLLAND — In the face of public opposition to proposed zoning changes included in Holland's Unified Development Ordinance, the Holland Planning Commission, which has been directing the drafting of the UDO, has tweaked, walked back or completely removed some of the proposed changes.  But has the commission modified the proposal enough to satisfy the concerns of residents?  "No, they're not listening to us," said Fred Floberg, who lives in the R-1, or single-family residential zone district. Many R-1 residents were angered by a proposal ...

The housing shortage is already being addressed in Holland with over 1,300 new residential dwellings under construction.