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Riverbank council removes contested Roselle & Glow parcel from housing rezones after resident outcry
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing on the city's sixth-cycle housing element, the council voted to remove the Modesto Irrigation District-owned parcel at Roselle and Glow from the rezone list and directed staff to identify alternate sites, citing community concerns over availability, easements and neighborhood impacts.
Riverbank's City Council voted to remove a contested parcel at Roselle and Glow from its proposed rezones for the city's sixth-cycle housing element after more than an hour of public comment and debate.
The hearing centered on the draft housing element the city plans to submit to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for certification. Consultant David Niskinen of JB Anderson Land Use Planning told the council the housing element identifies sites and implementation actions to accommodate the city's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 3,591 units and includes eight properties proposed for rezoning with a combined capacity of about 668 units. Niskinen said the city used the state's default density assumptions, public outreach and…
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