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Opponents of a housing and hotel development project on Hyde Park Square have submitted signatures to put the project on the ballot in November.
Organizers say they submitted more than 18,300 signatures to City Hall Friday. About half — 9,146 — will have to be confirmed as valid in order to qualify for the ballot.
Voters would decide whether to affirm or reverse City Council's recent decision to grant the project the designation of "Planned Development." That designation allows the project to be taller than the previous zoning allowed, and allows the inclusion of a hotel.
The effort to collect signatures was organized by Save Hyde Park Square.
"City Council’s April 23 zone change green-lighted an oversized development that doesn’t fit the scale or character of Hyde Park Square,” said M
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