An apartment complex to be expanded at East First Street and North Hibbert can be longer than allowed in the T5 main street flex transect zoning district, the Mesa Board of Adjustment decided recently.
The board on Sept. 1 voted unanimously in a consent agenda with other items to allow variances from the parking access drive maximum width and the maximum footprint depth, with Vice Chair Nicole Lynam and board member Ethel Hoffman absent.
“In this main street area plan, buildings are expected to be at the property line... Lot coverages are often over 90% and structured parking is encouraged,” Staff Planner Evan Balmer said in a study session before the meeting. “This is a request for two variances of the form-based code to allow the construction of a new multiple-residence building and structured parking; it’s an expansion of the existing Cimarron Apartments.”
