A Larry H. Miller Collision Center Mesa is to be constructed on 4 acres north of Baseline Road and east of Mesa Drive in Mesa.
The site plan and design for the auto repair facility were approved by the Mesa Design Review Board in a 4-0 vote Sept. 12. Board member Paul Johnson was absent.
As part of the land being rezoned in 1988, the board is to review development site plans, elevations and landscaping for Lots 2 through 7, which include the new collision center, according to a written staff report from Staff Planner Joshua Grandlienard.
“The site plan proposed is for a 42,000-square-foot industrial building for a car-repair facility at the end of an existing flag lot which is going to be screened with an 8-foot screen wall as required by the (planned-area development) and the design guidelines for the overall case. And all ingress and egress will be from Auto Center Drive located on the south side of the site,” Grandlienard said at the board meeting.
Bryce Quigley of Kimley Horn is the applicant. LHM MFD LLC is the owner.
The all-volunteer Mesa Design Review Board is unique in that its composition is set by the zoning ordinance to include two architects; two from other design professions such as landscape architecture, engineering, urban planning, interior design or other design-related background; one contractor or developer; and two residents, according to the city’s website.
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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