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Oro Valley council chooses Concept 2 for Rooney Ranch and directs staff to refine apartment/townhome options
Summary
After extended public comment and staff presentations, council directed staff to refine ‘Concept 2’ for the former Rooney Ranch town‑center PAD into two tentative development paths (2A apartments, 2B townhomes), include property‑value estimates, and take the plans to neighborhood meetings. Vote: 6‑0 to direct staff.
On Jan. 14, Oro Valley’s Town Council directed staff to advance "Concept 2" as the preferred zoning approach for the undeveloped portions of the Oro Valley Town Center PAD (the former Rooney Ranch) and to prepare two refined alternatives — Concept 2A (apartments) and Concept 2B (townhomes/ownership options) — for neighborhood meetings and further entitlement work.
Principal Planner Michael Spathe presented five high‑level concepts and explained tradeoffs: commercial viability depends on site geometry and ADOT access, and multifamily developers repeatedly advised that roughly 12–15 contiguous…
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