Land west of Falcon Field Airport should be rezoned to light industrial with a planned area development overlay for an industrial development, the Mesa Planning and Zoning Board decided recently.
The board on May 24 voted 5-0 on a consent agenda with other items to recommend that the City Council approve a site plan for Western Semi Solutions and rezoning for the 5.7-acre property west of Greenfield Road and north of McDowell Road. Absent were board members Genessee Montes and Troy Peterson.
The site, which is vacant, is zoned light industrial. Access will be from McDowell Road, Planner Kwasi Abebrese said at a study session prior to the meeting.
“The proposed site plan shows the development of an approximately 78,449-square-foot industrial building. It includes truck docks and a loading area that will be located on the west side of the building. It will be screened with an eight-foot-tall masonry wall from public view,” he said.
Glenn Klipfel of ADM Group Inc. is the applicant. Stephen M. Javinett Living Trust, is the owner.
A 40-foot-tall industrial warehouse shell building is planned, according to a written project narrative from ADM Group Inc.
“The proposed shell building shall have a group-use warehouse and be divided — in the future — into eight tenant spaces. This building shall be constructed with concrete tilt-up walls, a hybrid steel/wood roof structure and five main storefront entrances accented with integral colored ground face block and metal canopies,” it states.
The seven-member Mesa Planning and Zoning Board conducts hearings and makes recommendations to council on requests for changes in zoning and on required site plans. It also considers and recommends changes in the city’s long-range plans and in the municipal code concerning planning and zoning matters. Members are appointed for staggered terms of three years, according to the city’s website.
Richard H. Dyer can be reached at rdyer@iniusa.org, or on Twitter @rhdyer. To voice your opinion on this story, connect with us at AzOpinions@iniusa.org.
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.
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