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Commission approves Aura at San Tan rezoning and general-plan amendment amid debate over commercial floor-area requirement
Summary
The commission voted 7-0 to approve a general-plan amendment and rezoning for a 14-acre site at Market Street/Val Vista, allowing mixed-use multifamily development with reduced ground-floor nonresidential area; staff had recommended denial because the proposal departs from code-required nonresidential floor-area minimums.
The Gilbert Planning and Zoning Commission on consecutive 7-0 votes approved a general-plan amendment (GP24-08) and a rezoning (Z24-20) to allow a mixed-use, high-density residential project known as Aura at San Tan on a 14-acre parcel southeast of Pecos and Val Vista Roads. The approved change amends acreage from regional commercial to residential at 25–50 dwelling units per acre and rezones the property to a Mixed-Use Large district with Planned Area Development overlay.
Ashley (planning staff) told commissioners the applicant proposes roughly 357 multifamily units and about 16,000 square feet of ground-floor office/retail across three buildings and is requesting multiple deviations from…
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