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Mesa Planning and Zoning Board backs code revisions, asks staff to clarify “change of use” language
Summary
The City of Mesa Planning and Zoning Board on Dec. 10 recommended adoption of two sets of code amendments — one updating board membership and design-review rules and another citywide revision to align with ARS 9-500.49 — and asked staff to clarify what constitutes a “change of use.”
Mesa’s Planning and Zoning Board on Dec. 10 approved a consent agenda and recommended adoption of two ordinance packages that will reshape how some site-plan changes and administrative land-use reviews are handled in the city.
The board voted to adopt item 6A, which revises chapters 66 and 67 of the Mesa City Code to update the organization and duties of the Planning and Zoning Board and the Design Review Board, and to recommend item 6B, a broad set of code changes to multiple chapters of Title 11 to align the city’s administrative review and objective-design standards with Arizona law (ARS 9-500.49). Both actions passed unanimously.
The most substantive public comment came from Adam Baugh, who identified himself as a Mesa resident at 2121 East Highland Avenue and said the draft redline had been released ‘‘about 48 hours ago’’ and he had not had time to fully digest it. Baugh urged the board to narrow or…
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