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Council adopts 'Urban Neighborhood' zoning to add medium‑density housing option at downtown edges
Summary
The council adopted a new 'Urban Neighborhood' (UN) zoning district designed to provide a regulatory transition between downtown and lower‑intensity neighborhood districts, allowing a broader range of housing types while limiting building height to three stories.
The Fayetteville City Council adopted a new Urban Neighborhood (UN) zoning district and related amendments to the Unified Development Code after the Planning Commission recommended the change unanimously. Staff and the planning commission framed the district as a bridge between Downtown General (DG) and Neighborhood Services General (NSG) districts that allows a broader mix of housing types—single‑family, duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, accessory dwellings and multifamily—while limiting building heights to three stories.
Key provisions - Permitted housing types include a broad set of residential options (single‑family,…
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