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Norwalk council initiates review of Rosewood Estates future-land-use change amid floodplain and corridor questions
Summary
Council referred a proposal to amend the future land-use map for the Rosewood Estates area along R63 to Planning & Zoning after staff highlighted an existing 1979 county plat, floodplain constraints and a possible future transportation corridor; developer representatives said their revised plat avoids floodplain areas.
The Norwalk City Council voted April 2 to initiate a review of a future-land-use amendment for a proposed subdivision called Rosewood Estates, a rural-estates development located outside current city limits but within Norwalk's two-mile review area along R63.
Luke, a city planner, told the council that a 1979 county plat covers the tract, limiting the city's review authority unless changes are made; staff also flagged floodplain areas north of the site and a proposed extension of Delaware that could intersect the tract. He said the…
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