A Raising Cane's restaurant with a drive-thru facility is planned north of McKellips Road on the east side of Power Road in Mesa.
The look and landscaping for the development on 3 acres were discussed at the May 9 meeting of the Mesa Design Review Board.
The property is in the limited commercial zoning district where restaurants with a drive-thru are permitted, Staff Planner Chloe Durfee Daniel said at the board’s May 9 meeting.
“The site is currently vacant. As you can see on the site plan they are proposing a 2,966-square-foot restaurant building with a drive-thru. It does start on a single entry and expands to allow two lanes of stacking distance to allow them flexibility for primetime versus what they’re normally expecting,” she said.
“They do also offer an outdoor patio and integrated canopies with pedestrian links to the sidewalk. There is vehicular access off of Delmon Drive, which then leads out onto Power Road,” Daniel said.
Trees planned include desert museum palo verde, seedless desert willow and Texas mountain laurel. Shrubs include bougainvillea, red bird of paradise, outback sunrise emu, blue bells and jojoba, according to the landscape plan.
Kevin Appelbe of PM Design Group is the applicant. Brad Joseph, BMJ Holdings LLC, Power Investment Holdings LLC and Quattro Mesa LLC are the owners.
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 Twitter @rhdyer. To voice your opinion on this story, connect with us at AzOpinions@iniusa.org.
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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