The house was torn down, and trees were removed without ERCA consent we heard. This probably was the old trick to avoid future ERCA concerns if the property was to be rezoned, the old ”ask for forgiveness, not permission, I didn’t know” scenario. Once a saw gets into a tree to chop it down, there is no going back, pay the penalties, get the slap on the hand, and then propose new zoning.

I don’t know why someone felt the need to cut trees down on their vacant lot? Us neighbors had to complain to the city to have the grass cut as it approached 3 feet high. Finally, big commercial, farm style tractors were brought in a couple times to knock the grass and brush down because of the complaints of the overgrown pr0perty, but the owner felt the need to cut trees down?

Don’t add up to me, but I guess it’s back to the ”ask for forgiveness, not permission” strategy used in the rezoning of land.

it is appalling and disheartening that this zoning is even considered, knowing that one person or developer can buy a residential lot for $375,000 and build a $10 million dollar apartment complex on it while neighbors next door takes a loss of their property value on a residential street, don’t make sense.

This results in a return of 25 x times their money, all at the expense of devaluing the surrounding neighbor’s property values, altering a neighborhood, instituting new problematic issues onto current neighbors while the developer creates a windfall for themselves at neighbors’ expense.

This doesn’t make good financial sense to the Lauzon Road residents or to any homeowner anywhere in the City of Windsor if it happened to them, we all welcome new neighbors with homes consistent to the neighborhood, but not apartment buildings.

Bottom line if it’s a commercial venture it should be built on commercial land with commercial roads, commercial sewers, etc. and there is commercial land available, but the developer wouldn’t experience the financial gain utilizing a more expensive commercial property vs rezoning a residential property.

We oppose the apartment complex being built, this is not a site for a commercial venture, this is a parcel of property that should be severed into a few single—family homes consistent with adjacent homes, continuing the green space and habitat in the neighborhood, not an apartment complex.

Destruction of Green Space and Wildlife

We take pride in owning and caring for our green spaces, some extra grass to cut and being able to reside in a mostly fence-free area. All of the neighbors appreciate the wildlife in the area, we all see wildlife daily and watch it roam about freely, we enjoy being able to watch the animals roam. Its why we all moved here, or have stayed here so long.

There are very few fences on the East side of the street and a limited number of fences on the West Side of the street. On my property, I have had deer, turkeys, possum, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, cats, gophers, just to name the animals. My neighbor across the street has a couple of coyotes that frequent her back yard located on Little River.