Hidden Valley residents oppose rezoning request they say would skirt deed restrictions

A rezoning request for 813 White Plains Road in the Hidden Valley neighborhood drew extensive public comment and debate, with residents urging the council to reject a conventional request that would change the parcel’s zoning from N1B to N1C. Staff recommended approval, describing the request as consistent with the 2040 policy map and noting the petitioner’s existing lot is large enough that the classification change ‘‘maintains the same single‑family intent’’ while offering slightly smaller minimum lot sizes.

Petitioner Fevon (Viven) Nagash, who described herself as the owner of 5930 Investment LLC, said she bought the property intending to subdivide and to build a modest single‑family home in the future and that she plans to be a responsible neighbor. Nagash told the council the lot is just over 15,000 square feet and that rezoning to N1C would allow the minimum of roughly a 6,000‑square‑foot lot necessary to create a second parcel.

Hidden Valley residents and association leaders pressed the…