Design reviewed for Valvoline Oil business in Mesa
The Valvoline Instant Oil Change branded facility is to have two service bays for oil change and service, a customer waiting area, restroom, office and ancillary spaces.
City of Mesa
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The Mesa Design Review Board on Aug. 12 discussed the look and landscaping for the approximately 1,700-square-foot facility on 0.7 acres in Avalon Ranch.
A Valvoline Instant Oil Change facility will be constructed 500 feet south of the southeast corner of East Elliot Road and South Power Road in Mesa.
The Mesa Design Review Board on Aug. 12 discussed the look and landscaping for the approximately 1,700-square-foot facility on 0.7 acres in Avalon Ranch. Chair Dane Astle was absent.
The site is more than 213 feet from Power Road.
“It does have a considerable setback from Power Road and has (eight) parking spaces just west of the site,” Staff Planner Sergio Solis said at the meeting. “The way it works is you will drive into the automobile repair site and exit on the east side of the building.”
David Lack of Avalon Development LLC is the applicant. Avalon Ranch LLC is the owner.
The Valvoline Instant Oil Change branded facility is to have two service bays for oil change and service, a customer waiting area, restroom, office and ancillary spaces. A subterranean area of the same size will house workstations under the vehicles, a changing room and equipment, according to a written project narrative.
“The Valvoline facility is designed to match the aesthetic of the adjoining commercial buildings within the new retail center,” it states. “Using gray and dark metal tones, brick veneer base, light wall color and trellis accents, the proposed Valvoline is contemporary in design.”
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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