A variance has been approved to reduce the minimum lot size requirements in a single residence zone for one parcel in the unincorporated area in the Peralta Estates Unit No. 2 subdivision just east of Apache Junction.
The Pinal County Board of Adjustment on Jan. 25 voted unanimously to approve the variance and to reduce the minimum lot area requirements to 20,000 square feet, or less than half an acre, from the acre requirement of 43,560 square feet for lot No. 46.
The variance will allow the applicant to obtain permits to build a single-family home on one undersized single-residence zoned property with applicable development standards, Case Coordinator Laree Mason wrote in a staff report.
The Peralta Estates subdivision was platted in 1961, creating the existing lot sizes. In 1962, the county introduced the CR-1 single-residence zone with a 20,000-square-foot (0.45-acre) minimum lot size. In 1983, the county introduced the CR-1A single-residence zone to replace the CR-1 zone, establishing the 43,560-square-foot (1 acre) minimum lot size, according to a county document.
A home and garage for a primary residence are to be constructed at the site, land owner Philip C. Karich of Florence wrote in an application for a variance of regulations in an unincorporated area of Pinal County.
“Our home plan is to retain as much of the natural beauty of the area and build a safe environment for our children,” he wrote.
The jurisdiction of the Board of Adjustment is throughout unincorporated portions of Pinal County. The board’s authority extends only to the interpretation of the zoning ordinance and to the granting of variances, according to the county’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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