A war over zoning regulations is pitting neighbor against neighbor in the idyllic coastal enclave of Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA , where a faction of residents is desperately attempting to block a new mixed-use development, despite the village’s dire housing shortage.

Earlier this month, tensions erupted at a city council meeting in the quaint historic town, after the group opposing the development, known as the JB Pastor project, filed an appeal to block construction on the grounds that the plans lacked adequate parking, among other reasons.

Although the local planning commission had unanimously approved the project after six painstaking years of review, and a report from city staff recommended denying the appeal, the council failed to reach a final ruling on the objections, punting the dec

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