At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the Ames City Council denied Breckenridge’s request to make the south parcel of State Ave. the position for a new low-density zone housing complex.

Breckinridge, LLC. representative Brian Torresi spoke to the council again on Tuesday about the changes made to the master plan since the August meeting when the council proposed the company make changes.

The council decided that Breckenridge would not be allowed to make the same request for development for another 12 months. The council will look at the city zoning map to make zoning in the area more specific the geographic features of the land. 

Since the beginning of this hearing, the only party to make concessions is the Breckenridge Company, Torresi said. The amount of bedrooms decreased from 450 to 420, at the request of the council during the prior meeting.

Many Ames residents spoke about the increase of traffic that would be a result of allowing the requested amount of dwellings to be built on State Ave.

Sarah Katie, Ames resident, said that parking in the area is already over the maximum amount with spaces on the street at full capacity during the week and illegal parking happening on the weekends already. The company is proposing the maximum amount of dwellings and the minimum amount of parking spaces.

Other Ames residents voiced concern about the lack of awareness to all Ames residents on the issue. The traffic would impact students and community during commutes to and from campus.