After talking with Councilors about balancing respect for rental traditions (which no one has ever objected to) and our residential neighborhoods, Barnstable's Civic Association appreciated being asked to provide amendment ideas.
Centerville, Greater Hyannis, Osterville, and West Barnstable sent two documents to the Town Council, which you can view below. We identified amendment concepts to the proposed Zoning Code change and to the proposed General Ordinance. Where helpful, we've included illustrative language for our ideas, understanding that Town staff will be better equipped to align their existing amendment and ordinance language to our proposals if that's the Town Council's decision.
The Civic Associations are diverse, but have achieved consensus around amendment ideas that ccomplish the twin goals of preserving our longtime rental traditions and the residential neighborhoods we all call home.
