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Gilbert council approves setback reduction for proposed Holiday Inn Express
Summary
The Gilbert Town Council voted 7-0 to approve a planned-area development amendment (Z2418) allowing a southern landscape setback reduction from 20 to 10 feet to accommodate a five-story, 98-room Holiday Inn Express on a 2.6-acre parcel adjacent to the Gilbert Mercy medical campus.
The Gilbert Town Council on April 8 approved Z2418, a planned-area development amendment to allow a five‑story, 98‑room Holiday Inn Express to reduce a southern landscape setback from 20 feet to 10 feet on a roughly 2.6‑acre parcel.
Nicole Russell, senior planner for the Town of Gilbert, told the council the site is zoned general commercial (GC) and is adjacent to the Gilbert Mercy medical complex and Discovery Park. Russell said the applicant seeks the reduced southern setback to accommodate the proposed hotel design and that staff recommended approval subject to conditions in the staff report.
The council asked questions about the adjacent property and ownership of the easement to the south. Vice Mayor Bobby Buckley confirmed with staff that the reduced setback would be adjacent to nonresidential PFNI zoning and the Mercy Medical Complex. Reese Anderson, the applicant’s representative, said he had no further presentation beyond staff unless the council wanted more detail.
Councilmember Jim Torgerson moved to approve items 7, 8 and 9 as written; Councilmember Kenny Buckland seconded. The motion passed on a 7‑0 vote.
Why it matters: the amendment changes standards tied to a previously approved development plan from 2022 and permits a taller, denser hotel footprint than earlier submittals. If built, the project would place a five‑story lodging use closer to the multiuse path easement on the site’s southern edge than code otherwise requires, which has implications for landscaping and pedestrian buffers in that corridor.
The council’s action was limited to the development‑plan amendment; Russell said the approval remains subject to the conditions in the staff report and any subsequent building and permit reviews required by the town.
No member of the public spoke during the public hearing portion on this item, and no amendments to staff conditions were recorded during the council vote.
