Most Little Italy residents who responded to a survey taken this fall don’t want a parking lot at 301 S. President St. rezoned to permit construction of an apartment tower with no height limit.

According to Baltimore City Council member Jermaine Jones, about 90 percent of the respondents in the survey said they don’t want the land rezoned to the C-5-DC zoning district, a category that puts no height limit on new construction. Jones said “almost 300” people participated in the survey, which was announced in September and closed Oct. 8.

The survey was conducted on behalf of two community organizations, the Little Italy Neighborhood Association (LINA) and The Original Little Italy Community Organization (TOLICO). The original deadline of Oct. 1 was extended one week to give residents additi

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