On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, the Town Council voted  6-1 to refer amendments, prepared by the Ordinance Committee, to Chapter 19 Zoning Ordinance relating to LD 2003 to a Town Council workshop.  Councilor Timothy Reiniger voted against the motion.  The original motion included the Ordinance Committee's recommendation to have comments from the ad-hoc Housing Diversity Study Committee and Planning Board  forwarded to the council.  However, Councilor Nicole Boucher amended the motion to delay sending the ordinance to the Planning Board and Housing Diversity Study Committee until further discussion at the future Town Council workshop.

LD 2003, "An Act to implement the Recommendations of the Commission to Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions," has land use requirements that are take effect state-wide July 1, 2023.  The council first referred the the legislation review to the Ordinance Committee on June 13.