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Resident urges Mesa to change zoning to allow small-scale agriculture on vacant easements
3153620 · April 30, 2025
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Summary
A resident urged the council to revise zoning rules that limit agriculture to 10-acre parcels and said hundreds of acres of power easements with SRP irrigation could support small-scale farming like Steadfast Farms.
Resident Chaz Owensby told the Mesa City Council he supports repurposing vacant parcels and power easements for small-scale agriculture and asked the council to direct staff to review zoning rules that limit agriculture to large parcels.
Owensby described Mesa’s soil as “very rich and…
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