Height exception granted for lakefront building

Port Washington aldermen on Tuesday  granted Ansay Development a special exception that will allow the firm to move ahead with its Newport Shores plan on the city’s lakefront.

However, the Common Council tabled a motion that would have declared the adjoining city-owned property surplus — a matter aldermen will take up again when they meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26.

More than a dozen people spoke at the public hearing on the height exception, many in support of allowing the proposed building to be as tall as 59 feet on its east side.