SU240026 PZ Handout Memo_2

DATE:  
February 5, 2025 
 
TO: 
 Planning & Zoning Commission   
 
From: 
 Rachel Applegate, Planning Supervisor  
 
SUBJECT: 
 SU240026 – Superstition View WCF  
 
 Agenda Item: #4 
 
 
 
Since the publishing of the staff report, staff received comments from Mesa Gateway Airport 
Authority dated 2/5/25 regarding the application. The letter states the site is within the Airport 
Overflight Area (AOA) III from the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority’s Airport Land Use 
Compatibility Plan.  The letter references that the subject site will experience frequent aircraft 
overflights and will be affected by noise. Wireless communication facilities are considered a 
compatible land use in proximity to the airport and referenced requirement for Form 7460 with 
the FAA and other design considerations associated features that could impact pilot’s vision, 
placement of lighting and any sources of electromagnetic interference.  
 
 
Attachment: 
 
Mesa Gateway Airport Authority letter (6 pages)

MESA GATEWAY AIRPORT AUTHORITY 
 
5835 SOUTH SOSSAMAN ROAD  
 
MESA, ARIZONA 85212-6014 
 
PHONE (480) 988 7600 
 
Operated by the Mesa Gateway Airport Authority, a cooperative effort by Mesa, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Gila River Indian Community, and Apache Junction. 
February 05, 2025 
 
Rachel Applegate 
Maricopa County Planning & Development Department 
301 West Jefferson Street, Suite 170 
Phoenix, Arizona 85003 
 
Re:   
Superstition View WCF (SU240026) 
Description: 
Special Use Permit 
Location: 
Mountain & Williams Field Roads 
 
This is a Special Use Permit request to allow 100-foot wireless communication facility monopole and ground 
equipment on a property zoned C-3 CUPD located approximately 297 feet north of the northeast corner of 
Mountain & Williams Field Roads.   
 
This site lies within Airport Overflight Area (AOA) III, as identified in Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport 
Authority’s Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP). It is disclosed that this location will 
experience frequent aircraft overflights and will be affected by noise. Attendees may hear and see 
aircraft landing and taking off from the Airport and will experience aircraft overflights that generate 
noise levels considered by many to be “annoying”.  
 
Wireless communication facilities are generally considered a compatible land use in proximity to the airport. 
Considerations that address airport compatibility with this proposal include:   
 
1- Any proposed permanent, or temporary, structure is required and subject to an FAA filing for review 
in conformance with CFR Title 14 Part 77 (Form 7460) to determine any effect to navigable airspace 
and air navigation facilities. An FAA determination notice of no hazard to air navigation shall be 
provided. 
 
Design Review considerations that address airport compatibility include: 
 
1- Any building uses, design, or features which may obscure a pilot’s vision in any way resulting in glare, 
or flash blindness, should not be permitted. 
 
2- Lighting placement or systems that direct lighting upward or toward the approach paths of aircraft, 
or that could be confused with airport identification or navigational lighting should not be permitted. 
 
3- Sources of electromagnetic interference with aircraft instrumentation, ground-based radar, or 
navigational aids should be considered incompatible in AOA’s and shall be considered through CFR 
Title 14 Part 77 (Form 7460) review.  
 
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this proposal.  If you have any questions, please contact me at 
(480) 988-7649.

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Sincerely, 
 
 
Ksenia Kerentseva  
Airport Planner 
 
Attachment 
 
1- Recorded Avigation Notice & Public Airport Disclosure Map 
 
 
Cc: Bob Draper, Engineering & Facilities Director, MGAA

FAA Traffic Pattern Airspace
FAA Traffic Pattern Airspace
60 DNL
65 DNL
Airport Overflight Area III*
(Airport Influence Area)*
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LEGEND
PUBLIC AIRPORT
DISCLOSURE MAP
Day Night Level (DNL) 
Noise Contour / Airport
Overflight Area Boundary
FAA Traffic Pattern
Airspace Boundary
AIRPORT BOARD EFFECTIVE DATE: 
February, 21, 2017
1. This exhibit has been prepared in 
accordance with Arizona Revised Statutes, 
Sections 28-8485 & 28-8486
2. FAA Traffic Pattern Airspace boundaries
established in accordance with guidelines
provided in FAA Order 7400.2 
3. Airport noise contours were developed 
using the Aviation Environmental Design 
Tool  (AEDT, Version 2c), based on 
total annual operations (take-off and 
landings) of 498,000
NOTES
* Applicable to new development