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Council adopts multi-residential revitalization plan and approves rezoning for 195‑unit development despite neighborhood objections
Summary
The council designated a multi-residential urban revitalization area near Green Hill Road and Cedar Heights Drive and approved first-reading rezoning to MU for a proposed 195‑unit development. Neighbors objected to the revitalization boundary, raising concerns about green space, traffic and impacts on single-family lots.
The Cedar Falls City Council on Tuesday adopted a multi‑residential urban revitalization plan for an area near the intersection of Green Hill Road and Cedar Heights Drive and approved on first consideration an associated rezoning that would allow a proposed 195‑unit, five‑building apartment development.
Shane Graham, economic development staff, said the revitalization plan is intended to encourage multifamily development (three units or more) by offering a 10‑year, 100‑percent tax abatement on the increased valuation created by qualifying projects. The plan area was drawn to include the former church parcel at the corner of Green Hill and Cedar Heights — where the developer plans a 195‑unit…
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