An industrial building is to be constructed east of Horne on the north side of Baseline Road in Mesa.
A development incentive permit to allow for the development was approved by the Mesa Board of Adjustment in a 6-0 vote Feb. 2 of a consent agenda with other items, with Heath Reed absent.
The general plan character area for the property is employment, Staff Planner Kellie Rorex said during a study session prior to the meeting.
“The proposed office warehouse building complies with the employment character area. The site is zoned light industrial,” she said.
As part of the development incentive permit, the applicant is seeking to reduce landscape yards, the number of plants in the landscape yard and the foundation base; allow truck docks to face a street; and increase the building height from the 40 feet permitted in the light industrial district to a maximum of 42 feet.
The applicant is Brent Kleinman, an architect. The owner is AZ Baseline Industrial LP.
The development will be on three contiguous parcels combined and platted into one to form an infill lot of 3.67 acres, Kleinman said in a written project narrative.
“We believe the proposed development is consistent with the general plan for the area and the [light industrial] zoning. Our belief is the requested modifications do not allow for a more intense development than is seen in the surrounding neighborhood and is commensurate with the existing development in the immediate area,” he said. “The architectural elements, construction and landscape materials and other site improvements that we are proposing for this development meet the intent of the design standards of the ordinance.”
Mesa Board of Adjustment meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at the City Council Chambers, 57 E. First St. The seven-member board conducts public meetings to hear and decide requests for variances, special-use permits and interpretations of the city of Mesa zoning ordinance and sign code. Members are appointed for staggered terms of three years, according to the city’s website.
Richard Dyer Managing Editor | East Valley @RHDyer
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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