Agenda - Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

City Hall

20 East Main Street

City of Mesa

Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

Meeting Agenda - Final

Chair Benjamin Ayers

Vice Chair Troy Peterson

Boardmember Jeff Pitcher

Boardmember Genessee Montes

Boardmember Jamie Blakeman

Boardmember Jayson Carpenter

Boardmember Chase Farnsworth

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

4:00 PM

Council Chambers

Consent Agenda - All items listed with an asterisk (*) will be considered as a group by

the Board and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of

these items unless a Boardmember or citizen requests, in which the item will be

removed from the consent agenda, prior to the vote, and considered as a separate

item.

Items on this agenda that must be adopted by ordinance and/or resolution will be on a

future City Council agenda. Anyone interested in attending the City Council public

hearing should call the Planning Division at (480) 644-2385 or review the City Council

agendas on the City's website at www.mesaaz.gov to find the agenda on which the

item(s) will be placed.

Call meeting to order.

Take action on all consent agenda items.

Items on the Consent Agenda

Approval of minutes from previous meetings.

Planning and Zoning minutes from June 10, 2026 Planning and Zoning

Board

*2-a

PZ 26051

Take action on the following zoning cases:

ZON26-00155. “DU 5/6 South Plan Amendment,” 750+/- acres located

PZ 26046

*3-a

between East Elliot Road and East Point Twenty-Two Boulevard, and west of

South Signal Butte Road, but not including the area north of East Rubidium

Avenue and east of South Binary. Major Amendment to the Development

Unit 5/6 South Development Unit Plan (DUP). This request will modify the

boundary of the eastern portion of the DUP to align with East Rubidium, and

establish new boundaries for the District Land Use Group (LUG) and

transition area. (District 6)

Planner: Jennifer Merrill

Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

ZON25-00693. "Homestead at Eastmark," 11.7+ acres located at the

southwest corner of South Signal Butte Road and East Rubidium Avenue.

Major Site Plan Review for a new 261-unit apartment development and 2.2

acres of retail/commercial development. (District 6).

*3-b

PZ 26045

Planner: Jennifer Merrill

Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Review, discuss and make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the

following proposed amendment to the Mesa City Code:

Proposed amendments to Mesa City Code, Title 11, Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8,

30, 31, 33, 34, 43, 67, 81, 86, and 87. The amendments include, but are not

limited to: modifying entryway monumentation requirements; refining building

material and color standards; updating Employment District use tables and

development standards; clarifying lot and land division requirements;

modifying pedestrian connection requirements; modifying standards for

Detached Accessory Buildings or Structures and Accessory Dwelling Units;

updating Live/Work Unit and residential use standards in Commercial

Districts; refining Data Center and Battery Energy Storage System screening

requirements; modifying landscaping and alternative landscape plan

provisions; modifying landscape diversity requirements; updating

Manufactured Home and Recreational Vehicle Accessory Structure

standards; clarifying sign regulations; updating procedural requirements

related to written protests, application review, and expirations; modifying

definitions of “Home Occupations,” “Live/Work Units,” and “Indoor

Warehousing And Storage”; relocating the definition of "Skilled Nursing

Facility" to Public and Semi-Public Use Classification, and adding a definition

for “Hazardous Material Warehousing and Storage.”

*4-a

PZ 26047

Staff Recommendation: Adoption

Proposed amendments to Mesa City Code, Title 11, Chapters 6, 7, 8, 31,

and 86 pertaining to the emerging technology and use of electric

vehicles, specifically Fleet-Based Services and Service Stations. The

amendments include, but are not limited to: adding definitions for

Fleet-Based Services, Accessory Fleet-Based Services, Heavy Fleet-Based

Services, and Accessory Electric Vehicle Charging; modifying definitions for

Light Fleet-Based Services and Service Stations; adding Heavy Fleet-Based

Services, Accessory Electric Vehicle Charging; modifying use tables and

related footnotes to reflect the new definitions; modifying Section 11-31-25

titled, “Service Stations”; and adding Section 11-31-40 titled, “Fleet-Based

Services.”

*4-b

PZ 26050

Staff Recommendation: Adoption

Items not on the Consent Agenda

Adjournment.