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Council approves rezoning for Eastern Ridge to allow 34 new homes
Summary
Newton City Council approved Rezoning 2022-01 to reclassify 17.08 acres on Eastern Ridge Drive from R-20A to Planned Development–Housing, reducing the applicant's original proposal to 34 lots to meet fire-code access requirements; a resident voiced traffic concerns during the hearing.
Newton City Council voted unanimously April 19 to rezone a 17.08-acre parcel on Eastern Ridge Drive from R-20A single-family and manufactured-home residential to PD-H Planned Development Housing, clearing the way for a revised plan that will create 34 single-family lots.
Assistant Planning Director Alex Fulbright told the council the site (Catawba County Parcel ID #3740-10-46-0565) is part of the Eastern Ridge subdivision and is consistent with the city’s 2005…
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