The design and landscaping for a 7,975-square-foot expansion of an existing recreational vehicle sales and service facility is to be discussed during Tuesday’s meeting of the Mesa Design Review Board.
The board meets at 4:30 p.m. May 12 in the lower council chambers, 57 E. First St. in Mesa.
The service building, which will be part of Little Dealer Little Prices of Mesa, is to be constructed on a 5.8-acre parcel north of McKellips Road and west of Country Club Drive. Primary access will be from North Country Club Drive. A total of 61 parking spaces are to be provided, according to a city of Mesa document.
The design is to include smooth-face concrete masonry units, stucco and metal wall panels.
The landscape plan shows trees such as smoothie cascalote; and shrubs such as gold mound, red yucca and lynn’s legacy.
A substantial conformance improvement permit is being sought for a new accessory service building for Little Dealer Little Prices of Mesa, 2038 N. Country Club Drive, Jason Doty of Scottsdale Architecture wrote in a project narrative.
The existing dealership does much of its service and maintenance work outside or under shaded canopies. The company wishes to provide a safe working environment for its employees and wants to build a new enclosed, air-conditioned building. This building will have eight interior service bays for RVs, he said.
“We are asking for the existing buildings and parking area to remain without major upgrades. After preliminary submittal meeting with the city, it was discovered there were nonconformities on the site that would require extensive demolition and would remove much of the natural character of this historic RV dealership that has been a stable operating business for many decades,” Doty said.
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. Please submit comments at yourvalley.net/letters or email them to AzOpinions@iniusa.org. We are committed to publishing a wide variety of reader opinions, as long as they meet our Civility Guidelines, https://www.yourvalley.net/civility-checklist/.
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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