Attachment E - PC Summary - GPA-DV-3-22-1.pdf

REPORT OF PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION 
May 4, 2023  
ITEM NO: 2 
DISTRICT NO.: 1  
SUBJECT:  
Application #: 
GPA-DV-3-22-1  
Location: 
Approximately 320 feet north of the northwest corner of 17th Avenue and 
Happy Valley Road 
From: 
Residential 3.5 to 5 dwelling units per acre and Mixed Use (Commercial / 
Commerce/Business Park) 
To: 
Residential 15+ dwelling units per acre 
Acreage:
8.00
Proposal: 
Minor General Plan Amendment to allow multifamily residential 
Applicant: 
Benjamin Graff, Quarles & Brady, LLP 
Owner: 
Red Hawk Partners, LLC, et al. 
Representative: 
Benjamin Graff, Quarles & Brady, LLP 
ACTIONS: 
Staff Recommendation: Approval. 
Village Planning Committee (VPC) Recommendation: 
Deer Valley 2/9/2023 Information only - No quorum.  
Deer Valley 4/20/2023 Recommendation - No quorum.  
Planning Commission Recommendation: Approval, per the staff recommendation. 
Motion Discussion: N/A 
Motion details: Commissioner Gaynor made a MOTION to approve GPA-DV-3-22-1, per the 
staff recommendation. 
 
Maker: Vice-Chair Gaynor 
 
Second: Gorraiz 
Vote: 5-3 (Busching, Perez, and Simon) 
Absent: Mangum 
Opposition Present: Yes  
Findings: 
1.
The proposed General Plan Land Use Map designation of Residential 15+ dwelling
units per acre would allow higher density attached townhouses, condominiums, or
apartments, which are consistent with proposed land uses to the west.
2.
The companion rezoning case, Z-59-22-1, proposes a multifamily residential
development, which, as stipulated, protects the character of the surrounding area by
providing additional landscape setbacks and limiting height adjacent to single-family
residential properties to the north.
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3. 
The subject site is appropriate for residential uses at the proposed densities and 
provides new housing opportunities in the Deer Valley Village and in close proximity to 
employment uses.