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Council reviews proposal to rezone 8.3 acres for 33 townhomes on Newnan Crossing Bypass
Summary
City staff and the applicant described a rezoning request (RZ2025-2) to change 8.3 acres from office/institutional to RU7 for a 33-unit townhome development. The work session produced no votes; the item will return to council next month after additional design work on pedestrian connections and landscaping.
Mr. Smith, a city planning staff member, presented rezoning petition RZ2025-2 at the Newman City Council work session on March 25, saying, “It will be to change this from a low, office and institutional density to RU7 for the purpose of developing a townhome residential development.” The site is about 8.3 acres and the applicant proposes roughly 33 townhomes; the plan shows wetland and stream buffers that the developer is not seeking to alter.
The applicant team — represented by Stephen Jones, an attorney with Taylor English, and engineer Steve Moore — described the layout as rear-loaded townhomes facing Newnan Crossing Bypass with an internal one-way circulation (enter on the south, exit on the north with right turns only). Jones said the design provides parking “for overflow” on-street but added, “So you've got 4…
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