Attachment E - Opposition - Z-11-22-5.pdf

From:
Bonnie Conrad
To:
Nayeli Sanchez Luna; Council District 5 PCC
Subject:
Z-11-22-5 Rezoning of northeast corner of 107th Avenue and Missouri Avenue from RE-35 to R1-18
Date:
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 1:16:59 PM
Re: Rezoning request: Z-11-22-5 Rezoning of northeast corner of 107th Avenue and Missouri
Avenue from RE-35 to R1-18
I am a resident of Thoroughbred Farms. 
Our neighborhood is a livestock neighborhood, with irrigated acreage properties.
I am not in favor of the rezoning of this property to allow a gated community in the middle of
our neighborhood. 
This property is surrounded on 3 sides by 1 acre - 2 acre livestock properties. 
Our properties are all on septic.  I would not want to be forced on to city sewer, because of this
development being built with city sewer services. 
Our neighborhood is accessed only by 107th Ave, so it is one way in and one way out.  An
increased number of houses and residents will affect the traffic in and out of our
neighborhood.
Putting a gated community with smaller parcels in the middle of a neighborhood that has
acreage properties for livestock is not compatible with our agricultural neighborhood.
The builder says they will make the parcels the same width of the livestock properties that
they will border.  To maintain their proposed lot size, those homes will be closer to the
property line of the livestock property.  
Having a walled in gated community in the middle of our neighborhood is objectionable to
me.  It's like having the king in his walled in castle.
The CC&R's in our neighborhood call for white pipe fencing around each property.  This
allows for an open neighborhood, where neighbors talk to each other.  When I asked the
builder who would maintain the section between their block wall and the existing
neighborhood's pipe fencing, the builder said the livestock property.  He then said maybe
those property owners would like their pretty block wall better then the pipe fencing.  He
made it sound like the homes they were building would be better then the rest of the
neighborhood.
The builder proposes to build smaller lots to the center of their development.  I would prefer
that all the properties were no smaller then a quarter acre.  I am happy that the homes will be 1
story, as I would object to 2 story homes.
I would like to see the development fit into our livestock area, instead of being a walled off
community of smaller lots.  This does not match the existing neighborhood. 
Attachment E

Thank you,
Bonnie Conrad
10612 W Rancho Dr
Glendale, AZ  85307
623-332-6315