Mesa P&Z board approves several zoning items, removes a few from consent agenda; water-pressure questions deferred to permitting
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The board approved multiple consent-agenda zoning items and recommended actions to city council for other rezones. A neighborhood petition supported Encannell by Blandford Homes; water-pressure concerns for that project will be evaluated during permitting.
The City of Mesa Planning and Zoning Board approved a package of consent-agenda items and took individual actions on several rezones during its January 2025 public hearing.
The board approved the consent agenda in a single motion that included minutes from its Dec. 11, 2024 meeting and several zoning cases placed on consent, including a site-plan and special-use permit for SA Recycling (Case PZ25001/ZON24-00784), a rezoning request for Palm Gateway (PZ25002/ZON20-04818) and a preliminary plat for The Craftsman on Elliott (PZ25…/ZON24-0855). Staff recommended approval of the consent items with conditions; the board voted unanimously to adopt the consent agenda.
Staff removed a few items from consent for separate consideration: 4B (Record Gardens) and 5B (preliminary plat Encannell) were taken off consent. The board later approved Record Gardens (discussed in a separate article) and approved Encannell by Blandford Homes (rezoning and preliminary plat) after public input and staff presentation.
During discussion of item 4C/5B (Encannell by Blandford Homes), neighbor Reese Anderson spoke from the podium in support and said he had circulated a petition of neighbors in favor; Anderson identified himself as a nearby resident and asked that the project not worsen local water pressure. “I am just a neighbor of this project… I have my full support of this project along with a lot of my neighbors,” Anderson told the board.
City civil staff (Aaron Amen, senior civil engineer, Development Services) told the board that water-pressure and fire-flow concerns are evaluated at the permitting stage and that a permit-level analysis would determine whether on-site or off-site improvements were required. “The water pressure concerns … will all be addressed during the permitting of the project when they get past the zoning board,” Amen said. He added the permitting review looks at hydrant pressures and the development’s impact on domestic and fire-flow systems.
The board then voted to approve rezoning and the preliminary plat for Encannell by Blandford Homes (Cases ZON24-00891 and PZ25005) with staff-recommended conditions. The board concluded its business and adjourned.
The actions taken forward zoning approvals and recommendations to city council or to permitting, where utility and technical reviews will occur.