Sign plan approved for HonorHealth Four Peaks Medical Center in Mesa

By Richard Dyer
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A special-use permit has been approved for a comprehensive sign plan for HonorHealth Four Peaks Medical Center at the northeast corner of South Crismon Road and East Hampton Avenue in Mesa.

The Mesa Board of Adjustment on Jan. 7 voted 5-0 on a consent agenda with other items to approve the permit. Board member Gerson Barrera was absent.

The permit is to modify an existing sign plan for a fully developed medical center, Staff Planner Kwasi Abebrese said during a study session prior to the meeting.

“(I)t entails modifications to the height and sign area of four existing detached signs located along the frontages of South Crismon, East Hampton and Southern Avenue. It also entails modifications to 13 existing directional way-finding signs that are located adjacent to drive aisles and parking areas,” he said.

The hospital was formerly known as Mountain Vista Medical Center and was acquired by HonorHealth in October 2024. The updated sign program reflects HonorHealth’s current branding standards and provides a campus-wide sign system, Andrew Chi, planner at Andrew Chi Planning, wrote in project narrative.

“The CSP proposes several detached freestanding signs. Only one sign — the campus monument sign at the northeast corner of Crismon Road and Hampton Avenue — exceeds the maximum height allowed by the Mesa sign ordinance and requires Board of Adjustment approval. All other freestanding signs comply with the applicable height and area standards,” it states.

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.

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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.