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Rocky Mount council adopts land‑development amendment to allow ‘pocket neighborhoods’ in denser residential districts
Summary
The Rocky Mount City Council voted to add "pocket neighborhoods" as a permitted land use in several residential and institutional districts, adopting development standards that set minimum and maximum unit counts, require homeowners associations and establish a minimum parking requirement of one space per dwelling.
The Rocky Mount City Council on a unanimous voice vote adopted an amendment to the city’s land development code to allow pocket neighborhoods — clusters of single‑family homes or duplexes arranged around a shared courtyard — in selected denser residential and some office and institutional zoning districts.
Joseph Bocoup, director of development services, told the council the amendment defines pocket neighborhoods, sets…
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