Aberdeen Town Board approves UDO amendment to protect nonconformities

Aberdeen Town Board approves UDO amendment to protect nonconformities

ABERDEEN — The Town of Aberdeen Board met Monday, October 24, where they held two public hearings for text amendments and received updates on various town projects. The board held two public hearings, with the first being for a text amendment submitted by Hawthorne Residential Partners to amend the UDO Chapter 8 – Nonconformities to create non-conforming density standards for multi-family developments. “In our UDO, previously approved multi-dwelling use type projects that exceed current density standards currently have no protections if they were to have a catastrophic event,” said Planner Danielle Orloff. “So this request was to rewrite chapter 8,…
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Aberdeen Citizens Academy Program returns

Aberdeen Citizens Academy Program returns

ABERDEEN — The Town of Aberdeen Board met Monday with a potential text amendment to the UDO and a preliminary discussion on affordable housing as the key items on the agenda. The Town of Aberdeen’s Citizens Academy Program will return in October after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “For various reasons, because of COVID, we haven’t done our citizens academy for a couple of years,” said Town Manager Paul Sabiston. “We have about six participants signed up now, and we’re looking for four or five more candidates that can join us Monday. We’ve got a pretty good…
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Aberdeen approves budget for upcoming fiscal year

Aberdeen approves budget for upcoming fiscal year

ABERDEEN — The Town of Aberdeen Council met Monday, May 23 where the proposed budget for fiscal year 2022-23 was presented and approved. The proposed budget has a total operating budget of $17,048,910 and will see an increased tax rate of $1 for residential and commercial garbage collection rates and a 3% higher volume rate for water and sewer.  However, due to Aberdeen’s steady growth – property valuations in Aberdeen rose approximately 7% – the property tax rate and base rate for water and sewer will remain the same.  “We have a great town,” said Mayor Robert Farrell. “It’s growing…
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Use for former school property still undecided in Aberdeen

ABERDEEN — The Town of Aberdeen board met Monday, April 25 with two public hearings dealing with requests for rezonings being the items of focus on the agenda. The two zoning change requests were for a 6.28 acre parcel north of the intersection of Bethesda Rd. and Saunders Blvd. and 17.7 acres among eight parcels west of US Highway 1. The first public hearing that was brought before the board was for a zoning map amendment submitted by Robert W. Mitchell to rezone the 6.28 acre parcel north of the intersection of Bethesda Rd. and Saunders Blvd. from R-20 –…
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