A permit for a comprehensive sign plan for a Total Wine & More at the former location of a Bed Bath and Beyond north of Baseline Road and west of Signal Butte Road recently was approved by the Mesa Board of Adjustment.
The board voted 6-0 Aug. 7 in a consent agenda with other items to approve a special-use permit for the property in the limited commercial with a planned-area development overlay district. Vice Chair Shelly Allen was absent.
The property is approximately 12.74 acres and is part of the larger 66.6-acre commercial development known as Superstition Gateway West, Staff Planner Tye Hodson wrote in a memo to the board.
“The total signage that is being requested is actually allowed. The comprehensive sign plan amendments to the sign plan would allow for signs on the back of the building,” he said during a study session prior to the meeting. “So it is amending the allowed 240 square feet to the total signage that is being proposed at 312.64 square feet.”
Gary Potts of Profession Permits is the applicant. DT-SGW LLC is the owner.
The seven-member Board of Adjustment 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 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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