Apache Junction planning commission recommends rezoning for 100-unit multifamily development at Winchester and Junction

The Apache Junction Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 on July 22 to recommend that City Council approve Case PD-25-4-PZ, a rezoning request by Skyline QOZB LLC to allow a two-story, 100-unit multifamily rental development on about 9.4 acres at the northwest corner of Winchester Road and Junction Street.

Planner Erica Hernandez, planning staff, said the application requests rezoning of three parcels (APNs 101-19-0220, 101-19-023B and 101-19-023C) from City Center B-3 and General Rural Low Density Single Family Detached Residential (RSGR) to High-Density Multiple-Family Residential Planned Development (RM-2 PD). Hernandez said the parcels are designated downtown mixed use in the city’s 2020 general plan and therefore did not require a general plan amendment. "This case will be heard by City Council during work session on Aug. 4 and for a public hearing on Sept. 2," Hernandez said.

Hernandez described the project as a gated community with the main entrance on Junction Street, an exit-only on Winchester, a six-foot perimeter wall, and…