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Council tables Beauvoir Villas planned development until July after broad neighborhood debate
Summary
The council voted to table a proposed PDR (Plan Development Residential) master plan for Beauvoir Villas — a single-family subdivision at 2003 Lawrence Street — until July, following extensive public comment both in favor and against the project and requests that an incoming council member be included in the review.
The Biloxi City Council voted to table consideration of a Planned Development Residential (PDR) master plan for Beauvoir Villas, a proposed single-family subdivision at 2003 Lawrence Street, until July to allow ward consultation and give the incoming council member time to review the proposal.
Supporters of the project described it as an opportunity for starter homes and modest housing that could help working families buy into the local housing market. Opponents — many of them neighborhood residents — said the proposed density and lot sizes would produce unmanageable traffic, parking and safety risks.
Nut graf: The proposal in front of the council sought approval of a PDR to allow construction of what the developer and some speakers described as 213…
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