North Central News
Many residents who live in homes around the intersection of Maryland and 11th avenues are fighting to try to stop a proposed development they say would exacerbate traffic, boost pollution and compromise the integrity of their neighborhood.
Their passionate pleas to keep two-story homes from being built slightly east of the southeast corner of 11th and Maryland avenues divided members of the Alhambra Village Planning Committee and Phoenix Planning Commission. Neither the committee nor the commission could reach a majority vote needed among their members to recommend the Phoenix City Council approve or deny the rezoning request to allow the development to be built. The Phoenix City Council will reconsider the zoning change that would allow the development at its meeting Oct. 2.
Some members of the Planning Commission at their Sept. 5 meeting said trying to decide whether to recommend approving the new homes was challenging because they liked developer Nick Blue’s design plans and said they believed he had compromised with neighbors to appease their concerns.
