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Planning board denies variances for 525 Broadway split-jurisdiction workforce housing project
Summary
The planning board rejected a package of variances requested for a 44-unit, multi-building workforce housing project that straddles the Middletown/Newport line; the motion to grant variances failed 2-4 after substantial public comment and board concern about density and neighborhood character.
The Town of Middletown Planning Board voted to deny the variances requested for the portion of a proposed 44-unit workforce housing development that lies within Middletown after members said the relief would alter the character of the adjacent single-family neighborhood.
Applicant representatives presented a master-plan-stage proposal for a multi-building project with 44 total units on a 40,830-square-foot parcel that sits partly in Newport…
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