30-townhome development planned along canal in Mesa
Thirty two- and three-story units are planned in five buildings.
City of Mesa
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The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board on Sept. 23 voted 4-3 to recommend the Mesa City Council approve rezoning 1.9 acres from single residence-35 to multiple residence-3 with a planned-area development overlay and approving a site plan review.
A 30-unit townhome development is planned along the Roosevelt Water Conservation District canal north of the northwest corner of East Brown Road and North Greenfield Road in Mesa.
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board on Sept. 23 voted 4-3 to recommend the Mesa City Council approve rezoning 1.9 acres from single residence-35 to multiple residence-3 with a planned-area development overlay and approving a site plan review. Dissenting were Vice Chairperson Jeff Pitcher and board members Jeff Trexler and Troy Peterson.
Two- and three-story units are planned in five buildings. Two amenity areas are planned, one with a swimming pool and a ramada, Staff Planner Jennifer Merrill said during a study session prior to the meeting.
“The nine units that front onto Greenfield Road ... those are the three-story units. The units that front onto the canal are two-story units, and the units along the north edge of the site are two-story units,” she said. “Each unit has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a private yard and an attached two-car garage.”
The landscape plan includes trees such as mesquite, mulga acacia, ghost gum, Texas mountain laurel, purple leaf plum and purple orchid. Shrubs include hopseed bush, valentine bush, Texas ranger, bottle brush and gold lantana, she said.
Tim Boyle of Atmosphere Architects is the applicant. Johnstar LLC is the owner.
Project manager Any Funk said a townhome development is planned.
“This is a market-rent project intended to have appeal for a longterm rental,” he said during the Planning and Zoning Board meeting. “We’ve split the buildings in order to create a space for trees in-between the buildings so that we can have some additional landscaping on the western side of the project.”
Nineteen people against the project voiced their opinions during a public hearing at the board meeting or on submitted comment cards. Concerns included privacy with buildings taller than single-family homes to the west, the new development contributing to traffic and congestion on Greenfield Road, and likely overflow parking west of the canal.
The seven-member Planning and Zoning Board conducts hearings and make recommendations to the city 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.
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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.
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