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Committee holds proposal to add R-2 and R-4 zoning districts for limited "pocket" neighborhoods
Summary
Councilman Fan's proposal to create two new zoning districts (R-2 and R-4) aimed at enabling small, higher-density pocket neighborhoods was held for further study; members asked for yield examples and for the proposal to be considered alongside possible elimination of cluster zoning.
The Planning and Development Committee voted to hold a request to initiate a text amendment that would add two new residential zoning districts, labeled R-2 and R-4, intended to allow small “pocket neighborhoods” with higher densities than current county residential districts.
Sponsor Councilman Fan said the districts were designed as a narrow tool for limited infill and affordability efforts: R-2 would be capped at a maximum of 10 acres and R-4 at 20 acres, and projects would require county-council…
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