2 cases continued, 1 withdrawn at Mesa Board of Adjustment meeting

By Richard Dyer
Mail | X: @RHDyer

All four items on the Mesa Board of Adjustment’s Oct. 7 consent agenda were passed in a 5-0 vote with Board members Jessica Sarkissian and Spencer Tippetts absent.

Only the minutes from the Sept. 2 study session and public hearing were approved.

“(W)e normally review the items listed in the public hearing agenda ... but they are all being continued or administratively withdrawn,” Chair Troy Glover said at a study session prior to the Oct. 7 meeting.

The three agenda items were to:

• Continue to a date uncertain a substantial conformance improvement permit application for an RV service building on 5.8 acres at 2038 N. Country Club Drive. The permit is seeking deviations from certain development standards for the expansion of an existing automobile/vehicle sales facility.
• Continue to the Nov. 4 meeting a special-use permit request for 1.8 acres at 521 E. Lehi Road. It would allow the combined gross floor area of all detached accessory buildings or structures to exceed 100% of the gross floor area of the primary building and a detached structure to exceed the height of the primary building.
• Administratively withdraw a request for a minor modification to an existing planned-area development overlay for 0.18 acres at 3750 S. Hassett to allow for an increase to the maximum building coverage for one lot in a single-residence subdivision.

The Board of Adjustment 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.

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Richard Dyer
Managing Editor | East Valley

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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.