Beyond the Ozarks

Anxiety Over High Density as Development Pressure Grows in NWA

KUAF

Published May 25, 2018 at 12:43 PM CDT

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Rezoning proposal for the Parksdale neighborhood from the Fayetteville City Planning Department.

courtesy: City of Fayetteville

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The three-story duplex on Brooks Avenue that sparked the petition for a downgrade in zoning for the neighborhood.

Courtesy: Andrew Garner

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Some of the homes in the Parksdale neighborhood. Most are 700 to 1,000 square feet.

Courtesy: Andrew Garner

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Existing duplexes in the Parksdale neighborhood are one story.

Courtesy: Andrew Garner

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Parksdale residents would like to see the zoning changed from Residental Multi-Family 24 to Neighborhood Conservation.

Courtesy: Andrew Garner

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The rezoning plan would also cap new home construction at two stories.

Courtesy: Andrew Garner

One person's appropriate infill development for a growing region is another person's anxiety about changing neighborhoods. Residents in Fayetteville's Parksdale neighborhood recently found out their portion of the city was zoned for multi-family residential development after a three-story duplex went up in the area. They have started a petition to downgrade the zoning in the neighborhood to keep most of the development to single-family homes and two-story structures.