Redwood City puts up extra hurdles for development of large new homes


Redwood City's leaders are imposing new rules that add an additional hurdle in the city's permit approval process for the development of large new single-family homes, the Mercury News reports, though the new rules stop short of going as far as the Planning Commission's recommendation to place an absolute ban on single-family homes above a certain size.

The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve the new ordinance, which requires new homes 3,000 square feet or above or those that…

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