A new apartment complex won’t be coming to Clinton Parkway and Inverness Drive anytime soon.

City commissioners on Tuesday unanimously agreed to reject a rezoning request for a 164-unit apartment project at the intersection after neighbors expressed concern about the area becoming dominated by large apartment complexes.

“We would be happy with a restaurant going in there or some other type of development, but there are just massive amounts of apartments already there,” said Jamie Hulse, who lives near the intersection.

Several commissioners said they did not want to get into a debate about whether the city had too many apartments currently. But commissioners said they did believe neighbors were right in being concerned about the changes in the planning for the area between Inverness and Crossgate drives.

Originally, the plans for the property between Inverness and Crossgate called for a mix of uses, including a retirement complex slated for where the most recent apartment complex was proposed.

“I hear sentiment from the neighborhood that the plan for this area has gradually changed over time, and they are seeing a plan they once supported slip away,” said Commissioner Lance Johnson, whose engineering firm helped create the original plans for the property in the late 1990s.

The apartments — which were proposed by local developer Michael Stultz — would have been one bedroom units that would have rented for about $500 per month.

The City Commission’s denial of the rezoning request means the property will remain zoned residential-office, which could allow for a mix of homes, banks, administrative offices and other similar uses.