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Residents urge Tempe City Council to reject high-density rezoning at Shalimar Golf Course; renderings vs. built projects also raised
Summary
Public commenters told the Tempe City Council on April 3 they oppose rezoning the Shalimar Golf Course for high-density rental development and raised broader concerns that developer renderings do not match completed construction in other recent projects.
At the Tempe City Council’s April 3 call to the public, several residents urged the council not to approve rezoning of the Shalimar Golf Course for high-density, primarily rental housing, and asked council members to investigate persistent discrepancies between project renderings presented during approvals and the buildings that are subsequently constructed.
“We cannot imagine what the potential of a thousand cars passing by the house multiple times a day will look like,” said Shawna Mathias, a Tempe resident, speaking against rezoning of the Shalimar…
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