Frustration is mounting with a proposed apartment complex on the city’s southwest side.

No representative appeared at Monday’s Common Council meeting to discuss the vacant property located behind Martinique Village Apartments, located at 1451 McKay Road.

A much larger project was originally proposed by Christian Investments LLC, but drainage concerns, overall density and additional traffic issues became a concern.

The Board of Zoning appeals capped the proposed project at 50 additional units. The Plan Commission then looked at the project and gave a favorable recommendation through a 5-4 vote to send it along to the Common Council.

The next step is to get the vacant land rezoned from R2 (two-family residential) to RM (multiple family residential).

Steve Drake, the New Park Condo Association president, spoke to the council Monday night to continue to bring up concerns from those living near the proposed project.

Drake told the council “there have been no positive responses from residents in the area.”

And while other housing projects are getting green-lighted with little opposition, this project “has been fuzzy from the beginning.”

Councilman Tyson Conrady expressed the need for more rental options in Shelbyville while councilmen Mike Johnson and Scott Furgeson agreed there are density, drainage and traffic concerns.

Councilman Nathan Willis said “it raises red flags for me that they are not making meetings.”

The project was continued Monday night with no decision made by the council.

In other council business, the council approved a PUD ordinance with Arbor Homes to set the development standards for the proposed Isabelle Farms subdivision along State Road 9 south of Rampart Road.

Arbor Homes is proposing a 263-lot subdivision with homes averaging $250,000 purchase prices.

Caitlin Dopher, representing Arbor Homes, expressed getting full approval this fall and ground breaking in the spring.