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Commission split on enclosed ground‑floor yards proposed at Tuscany at Gabriela Pointe; staff opposes reduced common open space
Summary
Applicant seeks to convert portions of common open space into private enclosed ground‑floor yards for a multi‑building apartment project; staff says the change would reduce negotiated open space that was approved as trade‑off for deviations, and commissioners were divided.
Staff presented a request to permit extended, fenced ground‑floor yards (private open space) for the West (MFM) side of the Tuscany at Gabriela Pointe apartment complex; the change would reduce common open space in that portion of the development from 43% (approved) to 40%.
Planner Keith Newman said the project is part of a larger roughly 39‑acre apartment complex on the southeast corner of Higley and Warner and that the West side (MFM zoning) previously received deviations in exchange for an increased 43% open space level. The applicant proposes to fence and convert the narrow…
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