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Mayor Kim Norton objects to decision to allow variance for billboard planned near northwest Rochester church.

Request to increase potential housing density on farmland outside northwest Rochester border fails to convince city leaders.

Rochester Planning and Zoning Commission splits on recommendation for increasing potential housing density of a nearly 120-acre site is annexed into the city.

Northwest Rochester farmland along 55th Street is being eyed for housing, if agreement is reached for the right mix of uses.

Proposed apartment complex on former YMCA site is asking for removal of easements on north and east sides of the property, and code change unexpectedly increased level of review for one request.

Council member Molly Dennis asks other council members to repeat her queries to city staff due to her interpretation of the censure rules.

Combined, the two projects could add more than 300 units to the community.

The rate of construction of new apartment buildings appears to be on track to meet the needs seen in housing study, even as new single-family home construction lags.

New requirements anticipated with Rochester's unified development code aim to increase connections between developers and residents ahead of planning and zoning efforts, but some details continue to be finalized.

Neighborhood meetings will replace some public hearings once the new development code goes into effect on Jan. 1.