SB 840<\/a>, that allows multifamily residential or mixed-use residential development in any commercial zone or any commercial use building without requiring the approval of local authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\nThat, some commissioners said, could allow for a development of less quality than the one before the commission.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis happens to be, in my opinion, a good location for these apartments,\u201d Commissioner Robert Blake said. \u201cThere\u2019s not a whole lot of apartments like these in that area, and I think they\u2019ll be a little bit more upscale in what they\u2019re offering than potentially could be put in there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Area resident Rosa Orosco-Mitchell said her backyard backs up directly to the proposed project, and she feared a loss of privacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thought of a four-story building towering over that space is deeply distressing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Orosco-Mitchell said the development would violate long-range city planning and the U.S. 287 strategic corridor plan adopted by the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy husband and I chose the area because the city\u2019s own planning documents said that 287 frontage would remain commercial and that the east side would stay low density,\u201d she said. \u201cChanging that now breaks our trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
Orosco-Mitchell said the project would introduce high-density housing directly behind single-family homes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will increase noise, air pollution, environmental concerns, traffic hazards and decrease privacy, reducing the quality of life for existing and new residents,\u201d she said, such as by affecting school bus arrival times for children because of increased traffic.<\/p>\n
In announcing he would vote no, Nunez said many of the ideas in the long-term plans for that area are outdated and much of what that area needs for growth is not in place.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem is that, from my perspective and the reason I\u2019m going to vote no tonight \u2014 that\u2019s the part you are going to like \u2014 is because the infrastructure is not going to be ready,\u201d he said, speaking directly to opponents briefly. \u201cI found out tonight during the work session that it\u2019s going to be about a quarter of a million dollars to build lights at Myers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nunez said he\u2019s generally for multifamily development in the area but the proposed project would have lost a strip of frontage availability for commercial businesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just would rather save that commercial frontage road over there, because Commissioner Ware\u2019s right, when that entry all of a sudden, anybody coming off can enter into that commercial property, get out and get back on the freeway,\u201d Nunez said. \u201cBecause right now they can\u2019t, they can get into some of it, but then they can\u2019t, they can\u2019t come backwards to get onto the freeway. So it\u2019s coming, you\u2019re going to get multifamily. But the timing for me on this particular project is not the best timing in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nunez pointed out that the applicants could appeal the commission\u2019s decision to the City Council.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Land development consultant Nikki Moore, of Arlington-based MMA, told the Arlington Report that the decision would be appealed to the council in January.<\/p>\n
Lance Murray is a freelance contributor covering business for the Arlington Report.<\/p>\n
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