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Planning Commission backs Northpointe workforce-housing rezoning and text change to RM-12
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended to Town Council a text amendment enabling workforce housing in the RM‑12 district and approved rezoning 16 parcels at Northpointe to RM‑12, clearing key regulatory steps for the 11.337‑acre Northpointe workforce housing project with 1 Street Residential as the development partner.
Ben Brown, the town's director of strategic initiatives, told the Planning Commission that the Northpointe workforce-housing project has advanced to the entitlement stage and staff recommends two complementary policy actions: a text amendment to the Land Management Ordinance (LMO) allowing workforce housing in the RM‑12 district with density and impervious‑coverage incentives, and a zoning‑map amendment to rezone 16 parcels at Northpointe Circle from Parks & Recreation to RM‑12.
The matter matters because the changes enable a public‑private partnership on the town‑owned 11.337‑acre Northpointe site and are designed to produce mixed‑income rental housing for the island’s workforce. Brown said the development agreement with 1 Street Residential sets a target of roughly 150–170 multifamily units, and staff-calibrated plans indicate the site could yield about 157 units while maintaining neighborhood scale. The town will contribute…
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