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Newman approves rezoning and general plan changes to add higher-density housing sites

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Council approved one general plan amendment redesignating nine properties for high-density residential use and introduced a rezoning ordinance to implement multifamily zoning on eight of them.

The Newman City Council approved a general plan amendment and introduced a zoning ordinance to increase allowable housing density on multiple properties as part of Program 1.9 of the sixth-cycle housing element.

Planning staff described a package of nine general plan amendments and eight rezones intended to enable development at a minimum of 20 units per acre on selected parcels, moving several sites from single-family or medium-density designations to high-density residential. “Most of…

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