CLEARLAKE – The Clearlake city council unanimously voted to approve the controversial Lake Glenn subdivision map Thursday night during a sometimes heated city council meeting.

More than 40 people turned out for Thursday's meeting to listen to arguments from the public and developer Robert Adelman of Santa Cruz. Ultimately the Council decided to approve the next phase of the subdivision despite public concerns over space, traffic and drainage.

The subdivision was first approved in 1991, with the first phase of construction beginning the following year, said City Administrator Dale Neiman. In all of that time, however, a final subdivision map was never approved, and the tentative map should have expired in 1993, Neiman said.

During the meeting, opponents argued that the subdivision map should be sent back to the Planning Commission while proponents suggested that, if that were to happen, currently agreed upon restrictions on lot size and home square footage would be back on the table for discussion.

This story will be updated with more detail over the weekend.