Affordable housing advocates gathered outside of Manchester City Hall on Tuesday morning to emphasize the inclusion of housing-friendly additions to the upcoming proposed new city zoning ordinance code.
The series of community meetings on the proposed changes to Manchester’s zoning ordinance concluded on Saturday at the Palace Theatre’s Spotlight Room with a review of how those changes will impact Ward 3, the city’s downtown area.
Manchester residents and others interested in the proposed Manchester zoning ordinance rewrite got a chance to take a look at proposed changes coming to Ward 6 on Wednesday night.
On Saturday morning, Ward 10’s Parker Varney Elementary School hosted the second of 12 community meetings asking Manchester residents for their feedback on the proposed draft of the new city zoning ordinances.
Six months on the job as mayor, Ruais says there’s progress – last Tuesday the Board of Aldermen banned camping in the city and transferred half a million dollars to the police department to provide “hot spot patrols” in problem areas. Those two things will begin to move the needle, says Ruais.
Application deadline for the Zoning Ordinance Steering Committee is June 28