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Planning board backs rezoning for 160‑acre Countryway 2 development, hears 12‑year buildout plan

City of Newberry Planning and Zoning Board · May 5, 2026
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Summary

The board found LDR24‑26 consistent with the comprehensive plan and recommended rezoning ~160 acres to a planned residential development; the applicant presented a multi‑phase buildout, roadway connections and buffering strategies and answered resident questions about timing and buffers.

The Planning and Zoning Board on May 4 recommended approval of LDR24‑26, a rezoning petition to change roughly 160 acres from agricultural to Planned Residential Development (PRD) for a project called Countryway 2.

Miss Yeder of Community Development explained the item had previously undergone a large‑scale future land‑use amendment and was routed to state reviewers because it exceeded the 50‑acre threshold. Jared Deanbach, an AICP planner representing the applicant, said the PD would limit density below the maximum…

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