Oro Valley holds neighborhood meeting on 73-acre master plan at Lambert and La Cholla; residents press for buffers, drainage and traffic studies

A neighborhood meeting that began at 6:00 p.m. brought town staff, the applicant and about two dozen residents together to review a proposed 73‑acre master development plan at the northeast corner of Lambert Lane and La Cholla Boulevard in Oro Valley.

Kyle Packer, the town’s senior planner and meeting facilitator, said, “This proposal is for a master development plan for 73 acres at the Northeast corner of Lambert Lane and La Cholla Boulevard,” and emphasized that the meeting’s purpose was to gather neighborhood feedback on design details rather than on the uses themselves, which he said are already allowed under the site’s existing zoning.

The applicant’s representative, Paul Oland, said the master plan shows three components — “We’ve got a single family element. We’ve got a multifamily element. And we’ve got a commercial element.” — and that the single‑family portion would be developed first as phase 1 by homebuilder D.R. Horton.

Why it matters: the plan would add new housing and a neighborhood commercial node adjacent to existing Canada Hills homes and Panorama Views park. Neighbors said the design and engineering choices — including exact lot placement, grading and riparian crossings — will determine whether the project preserves view corridors, protects adjacent yards from glare and runoff, and avoids increased traffic and safety risks on La Cholla and Lambert.

Key project details presented and clarified

- Zoning and allowed heights: staff said the three mapped zones on the site were translated from prior Pima County zoning at annexation; R‑1‑10 (single family) and R‑6 (multifamily) allow building heights up to 25 feet, and C‑2 (commercial) allows up to 30 feet. Packer noted that those permitted uses…