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, October 22, 2025

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.

Minutes from the September 23, 2025 Planning and Zoning Board Special

Meeting.

PZ 25095

PZ 25089

Minutes from the September 24, 2025 Planning and Zoning Board Meeting

Take action on the following zoning cases:

ZON25-00426 “Parcel

Medina

Station”

13.5±

acres

located

PZ 25090

approximately 1,100 feet southeast of the intersection of East Southern

Avenue and South Signal Butte Road. Site Plan Review for the development

of a 276-unit multiple residence development. (District 5)

Planner: Kellie Rorex

Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Discuss and make a recommendation to the City Council on the following

zoning cases:

ZON24-00998 "623 S Mesa Dr," 0.6± acres located approximately 1,420

feet south of the southeast corner of East Broadway Road and South Mesa

Drive. Rezone from Multiple Residence-2 (RM-2) to Multiple Residence-4

with a Bonus Intensity Zone overlay (RM-4-BIZ) and Site Plan Review for a

15-unit multiple residence development. (District 4)

PZ 25091

Planner: Jennifer Merrill

Staff Recommendation: Continued to the November 12, 2025 Planning

and Zoning Board meeting.

ZON25-00256 "Sun Devil Auto - Signal Butte" 5.9± acres located

approximately 280 feet east of the northeast corner of East Southern Avenue

and South Signal Butte Road. Major Site Plan Modification and amending

Conditions of Approval Nos. 1, 6, 7 and 9 of Ordinance No. 3884 for the

development of an approximately 7,689± square foot Minor

PZ 25092

Automobile/Vehicle Service and Repair facility. (District 5)

Planner: Charlotte Bridges

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 Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 31, 86, and 87 of Title

11 of the Mesa City Code pertaining to pertaining to Battery Energy Storage

Systems. The amendments include, but are not limited to: adding definitions

for Battery Energy Storage System, Battery Energy Storage System Facility,

Augmentation, and Nameplate Capacity; modifying land use tables to add

Battery Energy Storage System and Battery Energy Storage System Facility;

establishing development and other standards specific to Battery Energy

Storage System Facilities. (Citywide)

PZ 25093

Planner: Rachel Phillips

Staff Recommendation: Adoption

Proposed amendments to Chapters 5, 8, 31, 32, 86, and 87 of Title 11 of the

Mesa City Code pertaining to Middle Housing. The amendments include, but

are not limited to: modifying land use tables and footnotes to permit Middle

Housing in certain circumstances; adding eligibility requirements and

development standards for Middle Housing; adding parking requirements for

Middle Housing; modifying the definition of “Single Residence, Attached”;

adding definitions for “Duplex”, “Fourplex”, “Middle Housing”, “Structure,

Attached”, “Structure, Detached”, “Structure, Semi-Detached”, “Townhouse”,

and “Triplex”. (Citywide)

PZ 25094

Planner: Rachel Phillips

Staff Recommendation: Adoption

Adjournment.

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