106 homes planned at Hawes Crossing Village in Mesa
Alley-loaded units are 20 feet wide and between 62 feet, 6 inches and 67 feet long, it states in the submittal document.
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The Mesa City Council on Nov. 20 voted 6-1 to approve rezoning 17.4 acres of the 98-acre existing Hawes Crossing Village 1 PAD to include a single-residence development known as Village 1 Phase 2.
A rezoning, planned-area development overlay and major site plan modification have been approved for the development of Hawes Crossing Village north of Elliot Road on west side of Hawes Road.
The Mesa City Council on Nov. 20 voted 6-1 to approve rezoning 17.4 acres of the 98-acre existing Hawes Crossing Village 1 PAD to include a single-residence development known as Village 1 Phase 2. Dissenting was District 6 Councilmember Scott Somers.
Residential uses were never intended for the area under the city’s general or gateway strategic development plans, Somers said prior to the vote.
“Both those plans, when you look at them, neither one of them suggested residential in this area what’s called inside the loop, which is the area between Power Road and the Loop 202. What it envisioned is that an appropriate residential project would be a mixed-use development of buildings of 40 dwelling units per net acre, so that would be more of a low- to mid-rise type of a development,” Somers said.
“Vertically integrated, mixed-use development of families that live above commercial properties that are in concert with the noise contours of the airport,” he said.
What is planned is more of a suburban six to 12 dwelling units per acre, he said.
“Having been part of that planning, having seen that vision that we created more than a decade ago, I can’t sign my name to this,” Somers said. “I will not be in support of this project.”
Heather Chadwick of Lennar Inc. was the applicant. Rijlaarsdam Family Trust is the owner.
The site will be developed as the final phase — Phase 2 — of Hawes Crossing Village 1, according to submittal documents from RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture and Hilgart-Wilson on behalf of Lennar Homes.
A total of 40 alley-loaded and 66 casita home types are planned. Alley-loaded units are 20 feet wide and between 62 feet, 6 inches and 67 feet long. The casita units are 35 feet wide and between 52 feet, 6 inches and 59 feet 6 inches long, it states in the submittal document.
“The proposed development of diverse and high-quality residential units will support existing and future commercial and employment land uses within the vicinity and thus is consistent with the intent of the mixed-use activity center,” it states.
Richard H. Dyer can be reached at rdyer@iniusa.org, or on X @rhdyer. To voice your opinion on this story, connect with us at AzOpinions@iniusa.org.
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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