Concerns about student housing color Elon council’s rejection of special use permit

Concerns about student housing color Elon council’s rejection of special use permit

Elon’s town council has turned down a request for an accessory dwelling that had become something of a proxy for the broader conflict over the spread of student housing into the town’s more traditional neighborhoods. The council came down squarely on the side of the townies late last month when it rejected a special use permit that would’ve allowed landlords David and Joshua Erzine to set up this particular apartment above an existing garage at …