Theres a big push in Tucson to bring new development to long standing midtown neighborhoods but some of those neighborhoods are looking to build assurances to make sure new development wont destroy what they love about where they live.

Tucson is trying to encourage infill development where new construction blends into old neighborhoods. That way the city has less urban sprawl that makes it harder to deliver city services like utilities and police and fire protection.

But neighborhood activist Ronni Kotwica worried zoning to encourage infill could make neighborhoods a jumble of tiny houses and apartments so tall they make it harder to live in the homes people have now.

The variances have been lessened, and houses can build five feet from your property line now. And would you want to have

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