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| Did you know? It is the mission of the Cape Farm Alliance to bring community members together to seek ways to ensure the viability and sustainability of Cape Elizabeth's agricultural assets, so that all citizens can enjoy the open space, fresh local products, rural scenery, and recreational opportunities they provide. |
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| Is Cape Elizabeth Farm Friendly?? With the redefinition of the Residence B (RB) zone as a "Growth Area" in the newly adopted Cape Comprehensive Plan, agricultural lands are under pressure for high development that could include condominiums, multiplex house and high density housing, to name just a few. Oddly enough, some of the last remaining pieces of farmland in Cape Elizabeth are located in the RB Zone. The Vision Statement of the 2007 Comprehensive Plan declares: "Expand open spaces, farmland, maintain slow pace of development...." And yet in the very same document, the town promotes dense development in the RB Zone where a disproportionate percentage of the RB zone is farmland. Read on... |
| Councilors approve 'farm-friendly' agricultural amendments to zoning ordinance The Town Council on May 10 approved a set of zoning ordinance amendments designed to support agriculture in Cape Elizabeth. "Essentially the goal here is to make Cape Elizabeth a more viable community for farming operations to succeed and thrive in," said Councilor David Sherman, chairman of the council's ordinance subcommittee. The changes are the culmination of what Sherman said is many years worth of hard work by town staff and the comprehensive planning committee, as well as the Cape Farm Alliance, a group whose mission is to seek ways to ensure the viability and sustainability of Cape Elizabeth's agricultural assets. Read more......... |
