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Newport tables East Ridge Heights public hearing after developer revises plans
Summary
The Newport City Planning Commission opened the public hearing for the East Ridge Heights project, heard that the developer proposes roughly 74 single-family units and will fund infrastructure, and formally tabled the hearing to March 10 so staff can review updated plans and re-notice neighbors.
The Newport City Planning Commission on Feb. 10 opened a public hearing on the East Ridge Heights development but moved to table the matter to its March 10 meeting after staff said the developer will submit revised plans.
Nathan, the city planner who presented the notice, told commissioners the project site sits south and east of Hastings and Bailey Road and that the city renoticed properties within 500 feet of the subject site. "This was a notice that, as we typically do, was sent to properties that are located within 500 ft of the subject site," Nathan said, explaining the commission would review a more finalized plan set at the next meeting.
Nathan said the current proposal shows "74 or so single family units" as configured in a preliminary planned-unit-development and that the applicant has requested both a PUD and a comprehensive plan amendment. Commissioners pressed staff on access; Nathan confirmed that two points of access are required for a subdivision of that size and that a second, steep access near the cemetery appears on the concept plan.
Staff also made clear that infrastructure costs for subdivisions are generally the responsibility of the developer. "Any developer that comes to the city of Newport proposing to develop parcels, their responsibility is to ... pay for their infrastructure," Nathan said, citing past local projects such as Cherrywood and Bailey Farms as examples.
With no one from the public present to speak, the chair formally opened the hearing at 5:36 p.m., allowed time for commenters, and then tabled the matter to the March 10 Planning Commission meeting, when the public hearing will be reopened and the commission will receive a fuller staff review of the revised submittal.
What happens next: Staff expects more finalized plans from the developer before the March meeting, at which time the commission will take public comment and consider recommendations to the Newport City Council on any requested comprehensive plan amendment, PUD or other permits.
