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A Pearl District group on Monday elevated its fight against plans for a 23-story tower, filing a notice of intent to appeal to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals.

That action follows approvals of the project by the Portland Design Commission and City Council, which in January turned back an appeal by the group 鈥� Pearl Neighbors for Integrity in Design (PNID).

The Hyatt Place and Allison Residences proposal has stirred opposition in the Pearl District, where it would be the first building to reach a new height limit of 250 feet. The Central City 2035 rezoning plan raised height limits in the Pearl District, Goose Hollow and other close-in neighborhoods, causing some residents to voice fears that those areas would change for the worse.

鈥淭he whole essence isn’t the height so much as the density, the traffic, the impact on the greenway,鈥� said Patricia Cliff, president of PNID.

The building would have 160 hotel rooms and 113 residential units in 197,118 square feet. Otak Inc. is designing the project for Seattle multifamily developer Vibrant Cities and hotelier聽The Sunray Companies聽of Madison, Mississippi.

The project doesn’t adequately consider bicycle traffic or deliveries to the building planned at 350 N.W 12th Ave., Cliff said.

鈥淭he precedent setting of it is incredible,鈥� she said. 鈥淭here are 12 of these quarter-blocks in the South Pearl, south of Lovejoy (Street). Any one of them could be built this way. It’s a preservation idea.鈥�

Attorney Carrie Richter of Bateman Seidel is representing PNID, a nonprofit organization. The group is separate from the city-recognized Pearl District Neighborhood Association, although some members are active in both groups. Richter could not be reached for comment.