Z26-078 rezone, 140 W. Michigan Avenue

A 65-year Michigan Avenue resident argued the rezone is inappropriate for a residential street 250 feet from her home, noting no sidewalks, street parking that chokes to one lane, a past fire at the property, and 'relict' zoning categories the city should fix.

A historic-preservation trained neighbor warned that rezoning 'cracks' the block and sets the stage for the destruction of historic houses, citing the National Register district he helped list in 1992.

A Clare Avenue resident said she didn't know about the downtown future land use encroaching on her neighborhood until a neighbor told her, and asked to be heard on downtown expansion.