In the face of robust opposition from hundreds of neighbors, Salt Lake City planners have endorsed a rezone of 3.2 acres of open space in the Avenues to make way for new housing.
Peter Gamvroulas, project manager for Ivory, said the property’s existing foothills zoning — first enacted as part of a master plan in 1987 — was out of date and explicitly limited construction to larger, more exclusive homes unattainable for most would-be residents.
An initial open space design for Capitol Park Cottages, a new housing development proposed by Ivory Homes at about 675 North F Street in Salt Lake City's Avenues neighborhood. “These are large, tall, two-story houses with four or five bedrooms and three-car garages,” he complained, saying the dwellings would be “not remotely typical” of the neighborhood’s predominantly older, smaller, single-story homes built at less than half the size of what Ivory describes as “cottages.
Katherine Kennedy, Avenues resident and member of Salt Lake City School Board, reiterated safety concerns for students over the prospect of adding cars to the Avenues’ steep streets, often lacking sidewalks. Another resident, Gary Crittenden, warned of worsening wildfire dangers, pointing to a blaze that menaced the city’s Marmalade neighborhood a year ago.
After public testimony, commissioner Brenda Scheer said many comments against the project “seem a little over the top” for what amounts to adding 11 more housing units over what could be built under current zoning.
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