Mesa council questions notice process after neighbors say they weren’t notified about Price Manor rezoning

Mesa City Councilmembers spent part of their Sept. 22 study session examining whether residents received legally required notice of a proposed rezoning for the Price Manor project after several neighbors said they had not been notified.

Senior Planner Jennifer Merrill told the council the city requires three forms of public notice before a Planning and Zoning Board hearing: mailed notices sent at least 15 days before the hearing as required by state statute, a sign posted on the site, and a notice published in the newspaper. Merrill said the city supplies an address list that covers a 500-foot radius and registered neighborhoods and homeowners associations within one mile; the applicant mails the letters and provides the city an affidavit attesting the mailings and signposting were completed. “There are 2 essentially 2 steps with citizen participation. The first 1, we call it the Hey Neighbor…