Eleven properties on 3.5 acres at the southwest corner of Ocotillo Road and 205th Place should have a new combined residential and commercial zoning designation, the Queen Creek Planning and Zoning Commission has decided.
Town-staff initiated text amendments for Ocotillo 11, a planned area development, creating a new residential commercial zoning district and rezoning the properties was approved by the commission at a recent meeting.
“This residential-commercial district is one that we are creating with this effort, so that’s the reason behind the text amendments,” Senior Planner Kyle Barichello said to the commission.
The Town of Queen Creek has received a number of requests relating to commercial operations including office, restaurant, co-working and other general commercial services for potential small business owners in this area, Mr. Barichello said in a memo to the commission.
“The reason for the PAD overlay is to add another layer of specificity to this area because there’s a lot of specific things with this area that may not be more appropriate should this zoning district be considered elsewhere throughout town. So that was part of the reason for the PAD --- to really make a unique vision for these 11 properties,” Mr. Barichello said at the recent commission meeting.
The subject parcels are south of the Victoria Heights residential development and north of the Will Rogers Equestrian residential subdivision. The furthest east property is adjacent to the parking area of the Our Lady Guadalupe Church and Popeye’s restaurant development on the corner. The furthest property on the west is immediately adjacent to the Cambridge Academy School, according to town documents.
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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