RANGELEY – Officials will hold a special town meeting Thursday to vote on amendments to several ordinances and two proposed zoning changes.
The ordinances to be considered cover topics ranging from building regulations, to firearm control, to mooring laws. According to Town Manager Perry Ellsworth, they are not expected to be controversial.
The proposed zoning changes pertain to 570 acres currently zoned for heavy industry.
The town hopes to amend the laws to create a combination of industrial, commercial, woodland and residential land, instead, he said.
Ellsworth said he expects some controversy regarding the last article, which asks the town to permit commercial recreation camps in woodland and shoreland zones.
“I think people think they’re voting on Camp Rangeley,” a youth summer camp that has been proposed for Round Pond, Ellsworth said. The issue has generated “a lot of chatter.”
Ellsworth said he hopes residents understand Thursday evening’s vote will not determine the future of the proposed camp, and said he will not permit discussion on the matter at the meeting.
The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Rangeley Lakes Regional School.
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