A permit has been approved to modify a comprehensive sign plan for a 14-acre development north of Baseline Road and west of Stapley Drive in Mesa.
The Mesa Board of Adjustment voted 4-0 July 2 to approve a consent agenda with two items including a special-use permit to modify the development sign plan at 1840 and 1910 S. Stapley Drive. Chair Alexis Wagner and board members Heath Reed and Todd Trendler were absent.
Four new unilluminated wall signs are planned, Senior Planner Jennifer Merrill said during a study session prior to the meeting.
“The maximum sign area is proposed to be 320 square feet on the north building and 240 square feet on the south building. And the comprehensive sign plan amendment allows for the placement of attached signs on the glass portions of the buildings,” she said. “The original comprehensive sign plan allowed for less square feet of attached signage and it only allowed placement of the signage on the (exterior insulation and finish system) and the nonglazing areas of the building.”
Jim Bacher of Trademark Visual Inc. is the applicant. Cypress Stapley Property LLC is the owner.
The property originally was developed in 2005 and has two-story lobbies with sky-lit, vaulted barrel ceilings, according to a written project narrative.
“Cypress Office Properties is currently repositioning the campus into a prime medical resource for the area with services such as outpatient procedures, imaging, emergency services and general medical care,” it states. “Now that the buildings are filling up with medical tenants, there is a need for updating the building wall sign criteria.”
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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