A homebuilder and Prairie Village resident whose own teardown-rebuild project drew criticism from some of her neighbors two years ago is making an aggressive push to scuttle a new set of home design guidelines set to go before the Prairie Village planning commission next week.
Lynneah Gregory, who is president of Mission-based Reconstruct KC, sent emails to members of the Prairie Village city council on Wednesday that featured photos of the councilmembers’ homes and explanations of how the buildings might not meet the guidelines if they were built today. Some members of the governing body were put off by the emails.
Gregory also lent her name to a press release distributed by the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City that argued the new guidelines would have “unintended consequences” for current homeowners. In the release, Gregory said that because the new restrictions would “impact new builds and remodels equally,” she believed they would discourage refreshing of the city’s housing stock.
“I fear current and potential residents will look elsewhere to meet their housing needs if these standards are approved,” Gregory said in the release.
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