A special use permit was recently modified for a comprehensive sign plan at an industrial and commercial development west of South Signal Butte Road on the north side of East Elliot Road in Mesa.
The permit was approved in a 6-0 vote by the Mesa Board of Adjustment July 6 of a consent agenda with other items. Board member Chris Jones was absent.
The seven-member board conducts public meetings to hear and decide requests for variances, special-use permits and interpretations of the city of Mesa zoning ordinance and sign code. Members are appointed for staggered terms of three years, according to the city’s website.
The permit will allow modification to a maximum height of detached signs, Staff Planner Robert Mansolillo said at a study session prior to the meeting.
“They are requesting a modification to allow a maximum height of 13 feet for a monument sign rather than the 12 feet as required by code, and all other monument signs and detached signs meet the zoning ordinance allowances,” he said. “There will be three detached signs along Signal Butte Road and two along Elliot.”
Kristi Trisko of Bootz & Duke Sign Co. is the applicant. Whane of Mesa LP is the owner.
The Elliot Tech Center is designed for mixed commercial uses with multiple tenants, according to a written project narrative from Andy Gibson, president of Bootz & Duke Sign Co.
“Some of these tenants do not have street frontage along either Elliot or Signal Butte Road. The intent of creating this comprehensive sign plan is to allow these tenants to have a sign location on a building/street frontage the business is not located on,” Gibson said. “The signage proposed within Elliot Tech Center has a modern theme with a specific color palette of gray accented with dark red. The main tenant monument sign and directional signage are designed to include the same vertical stripe features with a modern theme to match the architectural intent of the buildings.”
Richard Dyer Managing Editor | East Valley @RHDyer
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
By 
Comments
No comments on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here