B-3 Building Height and Zone Edge Transitions

A Midtown residential property owner since 1998, he asked the board to recommend cutting the B-3 height cap to 60 feet and requiring zone edge transitions on all streets and alleys regardless of width, arguing 90-foot by-right buildings don't fit the city's strategic or community plans.

A Northside/Midtown resident argued 90-foot B-3 buildings would unfairly burden neighboring residential owners through shadows and would weaken affordable housing incentives; he asked the board to recommend cutting the cap to 60 or 70 feet, opposed allowing land strips to dodge transition requirements, and urged a 100-foot right-of-way transition standard.