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Residents urge vision for town‑owned ridge parcel and raise dark‑sky, traffic and safety complaints
Summary
During call to audience, speakers asked council to preserve the scenic Pushridge ridge (town‑owned parcel) for a civic use rather than commercial development, urged enforcement of dark‑sky lighting standards regarding large neon signs, raised concerns about an unwarranted traffic signal and lack of neighborhood notice, and reported safety hazards from unleashed dogs and wrong‑way runners on shared paths.
Several Oro Valley residents used the March 18 call to audience to press the council on development, lighting and public‑safety issues near town‑owned properties.
Terry Comer, a 13‑year resident, urged the council to favor a high‑quality, lasting civic use — such as an arts center — for the town‑owned land at Pushview Lane and Oracle Road rather than a commercial development at the ridge’s base. "Pushridge is iconic. It is on our town logo... a commercial development at the base of the ridge does not do our town justice," Comer said, and asked the council to…
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