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Glendale council unanimously approves rezoning to allow multifamily units after neighbors raise traffic and rental concerns
Summary
The council approved a rezoning request introduced as Steve Mechy’s application to change property from single-family to multifamily. Neighbors raised traffic, unit-size and rental concerns; council cited state law changes and approved the request in a unanimous roll-call vote.
Glendale’s town council voted unanimously Oct. 16 to approve a rezoning request presented in the meeting as a change from single-family to multifamily use.
The rezoning was introduced on the agenda as a request from Steve Mechy. Residents and attendees raised concerns about increased traffic, smaller second-unit sizes on large lots and the possibility units would be rented rather than sold to families. One participant summarized neighborhood worries as "there's gonna be more traffic" and said smaller units would more likely become "rentals."
Council discussion noted recent changes in state law that require towns to allow certain multifamily or secondary-unit uses in residential areas. During the meeting a speaker said the applicant "is in his legal rights" under that updated law. The council moved the item to a vote; the motion was recorded as made by the mayor (unnamed) and seconded by Wells Brinkerhoff. A subsequent roll-call produced a unanimous vote and the council declared the rezoning approved.
The meeting record did not specify subsequent permitting steps or a timetable for development. No formal amendments to the rezoning were recorded during the discussion, and no specific conditions were placed on approval in the meeting transcript.
