Southern Area Framework Plan rezoning

An Avondale resident of 20+ years opposed changing her area from mixed-use low to medium, reading a neighbor's email warning about traffic, parking, noise and tree loss from a possible four-story, 40-unit building behind their homes.

The longest-tenured resident of a Red Mountain subdivision questioned why a development entrance off 52nd Street would now be considered safe when the council denied it in 2003 over the dangerous slope.

An attorney representing 102-year-old Margaret Ann Peterson asked the council to amend the map so her two parcels near Montclair Road stay D-5 rather than being downzoned to D-3, calling the change spot zoning.

A Crestwood resident raised short-term rental complaints, but was told his concerns belong at next week's short-term rental public hearing, and also mentioned Alabama Power easement issues.

A homeowners association president objected to any change from D-3 to D-5 for the 3920 Montclair Road parcel, warning multifamily there would flood the area with traffic on already-dangerous Montclair Road and worsen Crestline parking.