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Council approves Aura at San Tan rezoning after developer adds commercial floor space; staff had opposed large deviation
Summary
After revisions that increased ground-floor commercial from earlier proposals, the council approved a general-plan amendment and rezoning for a 14.24-acre residential and mixed-use project at Alvesta and Pecos (Aura at San Tan). Planning staff opposed the sizable zoning deviations but Planning Commission and a majority of council approved the plan
The Town Council approved a rezoning and general-plan amendment for the Aura at San Tan project (GP 24-08 / Z 24-20) on a 5-2 vote Oct. 14 after the applicant enlarged the amount of nonresidential space in response to earlier council feedback.
The 14.24-acre site at the southeast corner of Alvesta and Pecos was previously designated regional commercial on the general plan and zoned RC (regional commercial). The applicant requested a change to a Residential 25–50 dwelling-units-per-acre general-plan designation and a rezoning to Mixed Use Large with a planned area development overlay, to allow a 357-unit multifamily project with ground-floor commercial and office space.
Applicant changes and staff position: At an August hearing the proposal had less commercial (roughly 9,000–16,000…
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