A revised concept plan for several East Cherry Street properties now features 44 units in a new five-story building. The new plan also now includes parking spaces on the ground floor along with a smaller retail space.
Continue reading Revised East Cherry Street concept presented
There are more than 300 residential properties on the city’s foreclosure registry, as of Sept. 1, including almost 100 vacant properties.
Continue reading More than 300 properties on foreclosure registry
The tax assessment for Meridia Water’s Edge is more than $8 million, 20 percent higher than what I estimated a few years ago before construction began. That means the disparity in would-be property taxes versus the Payment In Lieu Of Taxes (PILOT) is even wider than I originally projected.
City Council introduced an ordinance that would encourage creating streets that accommodate users of all ages and types, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit vehicles, children, older citizens.
Continue reading City Council to adopt Complete Streets policy
City Council last week introduced a trio of ordinances related to property maintenance, including changes to the foreclsoure registry created last year.
Continue reading Council tweaks property maintenance measures
City Council introduced an ordinance this month that would convey a small vacant parcel on Main Street to the Parking Authority.
Continue reading Main Street lot would go to Parking Authority
City Council introduced changes to the city’s two-year-old sidewalk cafe ordinance, including a reduction in the seasonal fee from $500 to $20.
A tax appeal settlement on the former Wheatena factory property along Elizabeth Avenue yielded a tax refund for the previous owner of almost $61,000 — a reduction of more than 11 percent over the last four years.
