Two building types are planned with a total of 39 buildings. Each contain two attached single residences for a total of 78 attached single residences.
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The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously Aug. 26 to recommend the city council approve a rezoning and a site plan review for the Park North property as part of a consent agenda with other items.
A 78-lot, two-story attached single-residence development is planned on 5 acres approximately 270 feet east of the northeast corner of South Power Road and East Guadalupe Road in Mesa.
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously Aug. 26 to recommend the city council approve a rezoning and a site plan review for the Park North property as part of a consent agenda with other items.
The rezoning is from limited commercial with planned area development overlay to multiple residence with a planned area development overlay.
The attached single-residence development is compatible with surrounding land uses, which include commercial development to the west, park facilities to the north and east, and a public school across Guadalupe Road to the south, Planner Charlotte Bridges said in a written staff report.
Two building types are planned with a total of 39 buildings. Each contain two attached single residences for a total of 78 attached single residences, she said.
“The first building type is the ‘side by side.’ It consists of two, two-story single residences that share a common side wall,” she said. “The second building type is the ‘front to back.’ It consists of two, two-story single residences that are attached at the first floor rear wall.”
Primary access to the site is from Guadalupe Road via a new bridge across a Flood Control District of Maricopa County canal. A secondary access to Guadalupe Road through the commercial development to the west via a private access easement will be gated for emergency access only, it states.
Rob Stephan of Excolo Development is the applicant. EXDEV Park North LLC is the owner.
The site has limited access due to its location which is bounded by a drainage channel, city park and a commercial development, according to a written project narrative.
“The site is a long-vacant, infill, commercially zoned parcel that has not developed under its current entitlements despite significant growth in the area,” it states.
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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