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Gilbert delays decision on Ora Santan rezoning after council debates loss of commercial land
Summary
The Gilbert Town Council on Aug. 5 postponed action on a request to reclassify 14.24 acres at Val Vista Square (Ora Santan) from regional commercial to mixed-use residential, sending the proposal back to the applicant to try to increase ground-floor commercial before the council meets again Oct. 14.
The Gilbert Town Council on Aug. 5 postponed action on a request to amend the general plan and rezone 14.24 acres at Val Vista Square so the developer can return with a revised plan to increase ground-floor commercial area.
Planning staff said the applications, filed as GP-24-08 and Z-24-20 (Ora Santan), would change the property’s general-plan designation from regional commercial to residential 25–50 dwelling units per acre and rezone the site from regional commercial with a planned area development to mixed use large with a planned area development. Staff recommended denial because the project would retain far less nonresidential floor area than the land-development-code requirement for mixed-use districts.
The planning presentation said the applicant proposes 357 units on the 14.24-acre site (about 25.1 dwelling units per acre) in three buildings with ground-floor…
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