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TIM CURRAN
THE MID-COUNTY MEMO
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| This 25,000 square foot piece of property across the street from Argay Park on Northeast 141st Avenue is being platted for two, possibly three new homes. Mid-county Memo photo/Tim Curran |
Neighbors at the meeting expressed concerns the houses will be rentals, and because of smaller lot sizes, house designs would have to be two-story, narrow houses without garages. Argay, a neighborhood of single-family homes mostly built in the mid 60s, is bordered by Sandy Blvd. to the north, I-84 to the south, and from Northeast 122nd to 148th avenues.
The property's owner, Fairview resident Henry Pelfrey, said at the meeting, “I've owned it for sixteen years; I've taken good care of it; I've been a good neighbor. When you get up in age, you gotta do something and we can't afford to pay someone to keep mowing the grass and cleaning it up. We want to retire someday, you gotta do something.”
ANA president John Prochovnic agreed Pelfrey had been a good neighbor and was sympathetic. “If I was in your shoes, and I had property that was not bringing anything in, that would be something I would look at too. The community's concern is what will happen there.” Acknowledging the property owner's concern ends with the sale of any buildable lots, Prochovnic said, “We want [Argay] to be livable; we don't want those to be rental units because Argay Park is already surrounded in an area that we really don't want.” (Actually, only one apartment complex, at the north end, borders the park. Private homes abut the park on the east and south sides. However, there are three other large apartment complexes within walking distance of the park.)
Prochovnic said the board would discuss its options at its next board meeting in December.
The property in question, just shy of 25,000 square feet, will be divided into three parcels. Gessner said he is hoping lots will be for sale in early 2012. The first parcel is 4,223 sq. ft. Parcel two is 5468 sq. feet, and parcel number three is planned for 4,961 square feet.
In 2006, when an Argay homeowner wanted to build a house in his large backyard, the neighborhood association organized to stop it, hiring an attorney who specialized in land use. Rather than incur additional legal costs defending his right to build, the property owner shelved his infill plans.
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