Matthews pursues tightening rules for short-term rentals
Commissioners voted 6-1 to allow the town attorney and staff to "draft language to provide relief from short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods.”
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Commissioners voted 6-1 to allow the town attorney and staff to "draft language to provide relief from short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods.”
The developer is requesting a zoning change to allow the condos, which its attorney says would be affordable for first-time homebuyers.
Eight new homes could be built on the site of a vacant car dealership, despite providing fewer than half the required parking spaces.
PLANNERS have agreed to remove a car-free condition from a new development but residents may still be denied a coveted parking permit.
Old Town: A revamped plan to change 34 Dover Street to an eight-person house of multiple occupation has been turned down. Developer Phillip Brett had a similar application turned down in March 2020. It included a bid for retrospective permission for an existing two-storey rear extension – meaning the addition was put up without the relevant consent – as well as a new permission for a further single-storey extension. But officers have turned down the proposal because of lack of parking. The decision said: “Inadequate provision is made for the parking of cars on the site, with a con...