EMMETT, Idaho — A public meeting took place at Emmett City Hall, where three linked applications for the River Bend Place subdivision were discussed. The plan called for 96 single-family townhome lots and two common lots on more than 10 acres near East 12th Street.

"You have a pretty difficult decision to make, and you have to get it right," one Emmett resident said of the proposed plan.

Watch to learn more about what happened at the city's Tuesday night public meeting. Emmett City Council denies River Bend Place subdivision after heated public debate

Lot sizes would range from 2,000 to 3,000 square feet, with a net density of 9.57 dwelling units per acre. Under city code, the project would need one acre of open space — but only 0.4 acres was included, with the remainder covered thro

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