This article originally appeared in The Phoenix Business Journal.
Valley zoning attorney Jason Morris has had his share of tough zoning cases over the years. The founding partner of Withey Morris PLC law firm in Phoenix, is seeing an increase in NIMBYism related to proposed apartment projects across the Valley — even high-end ones.
“This could be from the volume of cases, the level of participation afforded by the internet or from the infill nature of many of my cases — which creates more challenges than cases on the outskirts of town,” Morris, who has been handling multifamily zoning cases for the past 28 years, told the Business Journal.
Sometimes it’s easy for these homeowners to forget they ever lived in an apartment, he said.