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Resident urges Mesa to relax zoning to permit small-scale agriculture on vacant parcels
2156823 · January 28, 2025
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Summary
At public comment, Chaz Owensby urged the council to change zoning rules that he said limit agriculture to 10-acre parcels and prevent use of easements and small lots for farming. He said small, intensive farming could restore local food production on underused land.
Chaz Owensby told the council during public comment that Mesa has fertile soils and unused easements that could support small-scale agriculture if zoning limits change.
Owensby said much of Mesa’s productive soil now sits under concrete and asphalt and that some small…
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