The company's new proposal has prompted 31 submissions. Sixteen oppose the building compared with 97 at consent hearings in 2006, when Roslyn residents mobilised en masse against the original proposal.
Ten people have written submissions in support of the project, and five were neutral.
Arguments against the building's bulk, shading effects and effects on traffic will again be heard at Dunedin City Council resource consent hearings, being held on September 10 and 11.
Ryman's latest plan was released last month. The company said it had decreased the visual bulk that saw the previous design turned down both by a resource consent committee and the Environment Court.
The latest version of the development has one building instead of two, is further from the boundary on all sides, and has more rooms for residents - 122 compared with the original 100.
The Community Preservation Society, which, with president Will Anglin was prominent at the original hearings, is again fighting the proposal.
The society's submission has noted shading, parking, traffic and the effect of the building on visual and amenity values.
Ryman had shown scant regard for the community by erecting deer fencing to stop use of the site by schools and casual users, the submission said.
"This casual disregard of the neighbourhood characterises the proposed building."
The new proposal was still "large, monolithic" and out of keeping with the area, and the floor space per person was less than the Otago Corrections Facility in Milburn.
A submission on behalf of the Vestry of the St John's Anglican Church complained the "open vista to the present green fields area . . . is replaced by the bulk of a multistoreyed complex", that would shade the vicarage and vegetable garden.
Among the supporters, Richard Macknight, of Roslyn, wrote it was important elderly people were cared for in their own community.
"When I am elderly this is exactly the sort of place that I would want to live in."
Public Health South also supported the proposal, and said the location was ideal for such a facility.
Council planner Lianne Darby said her report for the hearings committee was due next week.
ROSLYN REST-HOME
New proposal:
• 31 submissions.
• 16 in opposition.
• 10 in support.
• 5 neutral.
The changes:
• One building instead of two.
• Is further from the boundary on all sides.
• Has more rooms for residents: 122 compared with the original 100.
