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Mesa staff propose sweeping zoning overhaul to streamline site‑plan and design‑review process
Summary
Planning staff presented comprehensive Title 2 and Title 11 amendments to implement state House Bill 2447 by creating objective design standards, consolidating site‑plan and design‑review procedures, and adding alternates to the Planning and Zoning board. Staff recommended redline publication and flagged requests from industry for more time; staff signaled a possible delay to February for stakeholder review.
City planning staff told council that a large package of zoning code amendments — roughly 150 pages covering many chapters — is intended to implement House Bill 2447 and to streamline how the city approves site plans and design elements.
Staff proposed adding three alternates to a seven‑member Planning and Zoning (P&Z) board, revising the board composition to include additional design professionals, and consolidating separate site‑plan and design‑review applications so that plans meeting objective standards could be approved administratively by the planning director. Deviations,…
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