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Staff recommends denial of RN4 rezoning on Emerald Avenue, citing middle-housing allowance under current zoning

2938627 · April 8, 2025
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Planning staff recommended denying a requested rezoning from RN2 to RN4 for a 5,500-square-foot lot on Emerald Avenue, saying current RN2 zoning with middle housing standards already permits duplexes and similar infill.

Ms. Hillman presented a rezoning request (case 711h24rz) for a 5,500-square-foot lot on Emerald Avenue near Western Heights in the Beaumont neighborhood. The applicant asked to rezone from RN2 (lower-density residential) to RN4 (higher-density residential). Staff recommended denial, saying the lot is already nonconforming under RN2 (it does not meet the 50-foot minimum lot width) and that middle-housing…

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