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Rocky Mount council approves ordinance to add 'pocket neighborhoods' to land‑use code
Summary
The City Council voted to add 'pocket neighborhoods' — small clusters of homes around shared courtyards — to certain residential and institutional zoning districts, setting minimum and maximum unit counts and parking requirements to guide future development.
The Rocky Mount City Council voted to amend the city's land development code to allow 'pocket neighborhoods' — small clusters of single‑family homes or duplexes arranged around a shared courtyard — in denser residential districts and select office or institutional zones.
Joseph Bocoup, director of development services, told the council the amendment defines the new land use, requires a homeowners association to maintain common areas and sets…
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