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Council reviews City Center form‑based code amendments; public hearing set for Nov. 17

Newport City Council · November 3, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff presented a City Center zoning overlay and form‑based code allowing more residential options in commercial core areas, retaining a 50‑foot height cap and offering a guideline review path for larger developments; the planning commission recommended adoption and council set a Nov. 17 hearing.

Planning staff presented City Center form‑based code amendments designed to implement the City Center Revitalization Plan and asked the council to send zoning changes to a public hearing scheduled for Nov. 17. The proposal creates a City Center Design Review District overlay that pairs clear‑and‑objective form‑based standards with an optional guideline‑based discretionary review routed to the planning commission.

Derek, the planning presenter, said the overlay would allow residential at street grade in commercial core areas while requiring storefront retail on certain corner frontages in the…

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