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Developers present Fieldstone concept as Harrisville requires 50% of homes at target price under new ordinance
Summary
At a Harrisville project-management meeting, developers showed concept plans for a 5-acre affordable-housing site. City staff noted a newly adopted ordinance that lowers required affordable units to 50% and raised technical questions about setbacks, garage depths, road sections and utility coordination.
Developers presented concept plans for the Fieldstone subdivision and discussed how the project would meet a recently adopted Harrisville ordinance that changes density and affordability requirements.
City administrator Jenny Knight said the council passed the ordinance and that “only 50% of homes need to meet the target price,” a reduction the council approved to permit higher overall density in other parts of the code. Developers said their concept plans include options that rely on the ordinance and versions intended to stand on their own as a development agreement.
Why it matters: The change to require 50% of homes to meet the target price — rather than 75% —…
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