Katama Meadows, a mixed-income housing and subdivision proposal in Edgartown whose developers have a contentious past, opened what’s expected to be a lengthy public hearing before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission on Thursday night.
Katama Meadows, a reconfigured plan for the former Meeting House Way project along the road of the same name, proposes to develop 54 acres of land for 36 low-income rentals, 12 duplex units and 26 single-family lots.
The developers behind a controversial housing proposal intended for the outskirts of Edgartown are coming back before Island planners with a new plan to develop up to 54 acres of land for 36 rental units, 12 duplexes and 26 single-family lots.
The developers who sought to create a subdivision on the outskirts of Edgartown will appeal a recent superior court ruling that upheld the Martha’s Vineyard Commision’s denial of the project.
A Superior Court judge on Tuesday upheld the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s denial of a major Edgartown residential development, affirming the commission’s broad powers over development on the Island.
Two conflicting views on the broad powers of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to regulate development were aired in the weeklong civil trial which wrapped up on Tuesday.