Beulah Park Subarea A rezoning

Developer's attorney walked council through the plan: 104 apartments in ten three-story buildings, a 12,070-square-foot retail building, extensive landscaping buffers and a downzoning argument that residential is less intense than commercial.

The Beulah Park developer pitched small intimate buildings with a linear garden, said he met with opposed neighbors and won over Mark and Matt, and argued three stories is essential to the design's feasibility.

Built her home two years ago expecting shops behind it; says a 20-unit building with balconies facing her yard destroys privacy and asked council to vote no.

Loves Beulah Park but says upper-floor windows would look straight into backyards; trees won't grow fast enough, and asked council to weigh the impact on people who relied on the existing zoning.

Said her builder and the developer sold her on one-story local shops behind her home; now faces garages 20 feet from her fence line and asked council to deny the rezoning.

Cited a 43% height increase, density of 15.25 units per acre, and setback cuts from 50 to 30 feet; said he wouldn't have chosen the lot had he known, and asked for a no vote.

Initially opposed but came around after working with the developer; urged council to do what's best for the whole city and asked that the eight-foot fence be honored if the rezoning passes.

Shares neighbors' concerns but sees the plan's value and Pat's vision; asked for an eight-foot fence exception, noting the mound-and-six-foot-fence combo is easy to see over.

The project's civil engineer explained the building heights, third-floor design (bedrooms, no balconies), and the dense landscaping plan including 20-40 foot arborvitae on a mound.