A new housing development being proposed on the city’s west side has raised concerns for some neighbors in the surrounding area, who worry it will be densely packed, will block their views and won’t fit in with the long-established home styles nearby.KB Home’s Tucson division sent out a notice Sept. 9 to homeowners in the Santiago Hills neighborhood area that it was “under contract” to purchase 19 acres of property on West St. Mary’s Road, about a half mile west of Silverbell.The plan is to develop a subdivision of 129 two-story, single-family homes featuring three and four bedrooms and two-car garages, the notice said. The subdivision will also include “open space/recreation areas” and landscaped borders around its perimeter, according to the notice. The parcel, east of Pima Community College West, currently has two vacant buildings on it.
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KB Home’s notice said it intends to use the city’s Flexible Lot Development option, a “site planning approach the City established to provide greater flexibility and creativity in the design of projects, especially on urban infill sites like this property.” Included in this flexibility is the option of higher densities, with trade-offs such as providing open space areas. Under the area plan, the property is currently designated for up to four units per acre, while KB is proposing nearly seven homes per acre.But nothing is set in stone. Before the company submits its residential subdivision plat to the city, a neighborhood meeting has been scheduled for Monday night, Sept. 23. It will be at Morgan Maxw …
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