A variance to reduce the front setback for a planned manufactured home on property near the southwest corner of Hilton Road and Cactus Wren Street was recently approved at a special meeting of the Apache Junction Board of Adjustment and Appeals.
The board voted unanimously on March 20 to approve changing the front setback from 40 feet to 28 feet as requested by Judy Cook, the applicant.
The 0.62-acre property is zoned RS-GR — general rural low density single-family residence — just like surrounding land is. Required setbacks are 40 feet in the front, 20 feet on the side and 40 feet on the rear, Associate Planner Erika Hernandez said during the meeting.
A home was installed prior to the existing 1985 zoning ordinance. It is on a raised slab, has concrete stairs, a ramp and handrails, she said.
“(T)he request is to reduce the main structure front setback from 40 feet to 28 feet,” Hernandez said. “The new manufactured home and awning would sit 12 feet inside the front setback, but it would meet the side and the rear setbacks.”
Members are appointed for three-year terms and the Apache Junction Board of Adjustment and Appeals meets on an as-needed basis. The primary duty of the board is to hear and decide appeals or decisions made by the zoning administrator in enforcement of the zoning ordinance.
Members also hear appeals from the zoning administrator’s decisions in granting or denying variances and issuance of use permits and hear and decide all matters referred to the board by the zoning administrator, 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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