Z2022118 PZ Handout Memo

DATE:  
January 22, 2025 
 
TO: 
 Planning & Zoning Commission   
 
From: 
 Adam Cannon, AICP, Senior Planner  
 
SUBJECT: 
 Z2022118 – Patterson 5 
 
 Agenda Item: #4 
 
 
 
Since the publishing of the staff report, staff received three (3) additional opposition letters and 
one (1) duplicate opposition letter. The opposition letters are concerned with the intensity of C-3 
zoning, access to Indiana St. from the facility, site design as it pertains to on-site traffic, crime 
and buffering from residential, lighting, property values, architectural character and potential 
impacts to the school.   
 
The original staff report number included a duplicate opposition letter in error, and the number in 
the staff report should be seventy-four (74) opposed instead of seventy-five (75).  With the 
additional letters, the total number opposing the case is seventy-seven (77) individuals 
representing forty-six (46) properties. A case opposition map is also provided in addition to a 
support/opposition map with the 300’ buffer surrounding the subject property.  At this time, a 
supermajority vote of the Board is not required; however, the number and area of parcels required 
to trigger a supermajority vote is close and a supermajority vote may be triggered with additional 
opposition. 
 
 
Attachments: 
 
Case Opposition Map (1 page) 
 
 
 
300’ Support/Opposition Map (1 page) 
 
 
 
Opposition Correspondence (6 pages)

S Mandarin Dr
S Grapefruit Dr
S 196th St
E Natalie
Wy
S 198th St
S 195th
S
t
E Mews Rd
E Via
Park St
E Country
Meadows Dr
E Mews
Rd
E Lawndale Pl
S 188th
St
E Vallejo
St
S 196th
Pl
E Via
Park St
E Via De
Olivos
S 187th
Wy
S 197th St
S 188th
Pl
E Karsten
Dr
S 191st
St
E Cherry
Hills Pl
S Grapefruit Dr
S 198th Pl
E Peg
a
sus
D
r
E Mews Rd
S 196th
Wy
S 197th
Wy
S 195th
Wy
S 193rd Wy
E Melissa Pl
E Vallejo
St
S 196th Wy
S 190th
Pl
E Cherry Hills Pl
S 193rd Wy
E Flintlock Dr
S 197th
St
E Flintlock Dr
S 195th Pl
S 195th Pl
S 193rd
Pl
S 197th Pl
E Indiana
Ave
E Chestnut Dr
E Indiana
Ave
S 189th St
S 192nd Pl
S 195th
St
S
198th
Pl
S 194t
h St
S 187th Pl
E Lawndale
Pl
S 195th St
S 193rd St
E Happy Rd
E Via
Park St
S 186th Pl
S 187th St
E Via
Park St
E Country
Meadows Dr
E Indiana
Ave
S 191st St
S 190th St
E Karsten Dr
E Mary Ann Wy
E Karsten Dr
E Vallejo
St
E Cloud Rd
Sossaman Rd
San Tan Blvd
Riggs Rd
301 W. Jefferson St., Suite 170, Phoenix, Arizona 85003, (602) 506-3601
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Maricopa County OET, GIS Division, 1/21/2025
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575
0
575
287.5
Feet
Case Opposition
Z2022118
Legend
Parcel
Subject Parcel
300' Buffer
Opposition Parcels

S 192nd Pl
E Indiana Ave
S 193rd Wy
E Indiana Ave
Sossaman Rd
Riggs Rd
304
89
066H
304
89
068G
304
89
068H
304
90
016D
304
90
017D
304
90
408B
304
90
408C
304
90
358B
304
90
016F
304
90
408F
304
90
438E
304
90
408G
304
89
946A
304
90
016A
304
90
358A
304
90
016G
304
90
398Q
304
90
077D
304
90
077C
304
89
887B
301 W. Jefferson St., Suite 170, Phoenix, Arizona 85003, (602) 506-3601
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from and against any and all suits, actions, legal or administrative proceedings, claims, demands or damages of any kind or nature arising out of the use of this map, or the data contained herein, in its actual or altered form.
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Maricopa County OET, GIS Division, 1/21/2025
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90
0
90
45
Feet
Opposition and Support
Z2022118
Parcel
Subject Parcel
300' Buffer
Opposition Parcel
Supporting Parcel
All Opposition Parcels
All Supporting Parcels
300' Buffer Interior
300' Buffer Selection
Eligible parcels: 23
Supporting parcels: 0
Opposition parcels: 5
Supporting parcels sq ft: 0
Opposition parcels sq ft: 105,266
Subject parcels sq ft: 221,834
All area inside the 300' buffer sq ft:
778,411
All area inside the 300' buffer -
excluding subject parcel,
ROW and excluded parcels sq ft:
556,577
No-response parcels sq ft: 0
Super Majority opposed parcel acres:
19%
Super Majority opposed parcel number:
22%

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From:
Bob Butterfield
To:
Adam Cannon (PND)
Subject:
Case #Z2022118-Patterson 5; Parcel Number 304-90-077C
Date:
Friday, January 17, 2025 5:30:12 PM
We want to cast our vote against this being approved.  Below are some of the reasons for us to
vote against this rezoning
Concerns: 
1.) Currently there is a lot of noise from the road/intersection this would only increase because
of the increase in traffic.
2..) THere would be a light increase to the pollution
3.) Possible decrease in home values, we purchased our home knowing the area around us was
zoned residential.
4.) There is also concern for the safety of the children that attend middle school
5.)  There are a lot of activities at the school during the week as well as over the weekend.
This creates a parking issue and people jaywalking because of said parking issues.  Increasing
traffic at this intersection and in this area will be dangerous for not only the families that live
here but the families and children that attend the school
Please vote "NO" on this issue
Thanks,
Bob Butterfield
503.329.3546

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From:
Jackie Hampton
To:
Adam Cannon (PND)
Subject:
Fwd: Protest #Z2022118-Paterson 5 - Sossaman Riggs project
Date:
Monday, January 20, 2025 5:49:08 PM
The site is too tight for RV/trailer traffic. 
This will impact Riggs rd.
Thank
Jackie Hampton 
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From: Jackie Hampton <hamptonjackie04@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 5:46 PM
Subject: Protest #Z2022118-Paterson 5 - Sossaman Riggs project
To: <adam.cannon@maricopa.gov>
This email is to notify you that I don't approve of this project. 
Jackie Hampton

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From:
Heather Kennedy
To:
Adam Cannon (PND); PND PZAppeal
Subject:
No C3, please!
Date:
Friday, January 17, 2025 12:46:21 PM
Dear Mr. Cannon and whom else should be addressed,
We are writing you regarding Case # Z2022118-Patterson 5 and the attempt to change the land
from RU-43 to C-3 and to plead our case.  We know you care about your people and how this
would hurt us.
Like many of my neighbors, we did our research while looking for our "forever home".  One
of the factors we considered was the zoning for the land in question across from our
neighborhood.  We were comfortable enough with it becoming residential and, along with
other considerations, that zoning made us decide to make this Indiana Avenue neighborhood
our home and long-term investment.  When we found out that there was an attempt to change
it to C3, we were immediately strongly opposed to this.  C3 allows for too broad a range of
possibilities next to quiet residential and the school.
Learning about the specific impacts that this project would bring, our opposition grew.  Both
of us have attended meetings discussing the proposed impositions.  Indiana is a private
residential street and it is not paved by local government.  The privacy of Indiana, especially
my section that ends in a cul de sac, would be shattered by access to it.  We are especially
against access to Indiana
Both of us are law enforcement officers (LEO's) and both of us are very familiar with the
crime that typically comes with such storage facilities whether it be indoor, outdoor, or RV. 
Tweakers, sex offenders, and burglar nests do not belong next to our quiet,
fastidious neighborhood, or the school!  I understand that the businesses will make attempts at
combating this, but like with all storage businesses, they will only be attempts.  If this project
goes through, this will be a long term issue as time goes on and we have to fight the spread of
"big city crime rates" spreading south as it is through Gilbert now.  This is somewhat
unstoppable, but decisions like this ahead of time will make a huge impact on good people.
The lighting specific to that type of storage business would amount to light pollution when so
close to a very dark neighborhood.  Aesthetics are also a consideration for us and we feel that
the business and its RV shelter structures would be hideous.  Its design, even the updated one,
does not fit the neighborhood or area.  This is a financial consideration too as it affects
property values and our long term investment.
Access to Indiana would impact the privately paved section as well as create dust issues in the
unpaved section.  Access onto Sossaman would be preferable, but the amount of traffic
handled there would be worsened by this business.  We think normal traffic flow would be
impacted and this would probably increase the already growing number (historically) of traffic

crashes.
On top of all that, that section of land seems too tight for that project.  The buffer made up of
landscaping would be too small based on our information.
Thank you for hearing our concerns,
Heather and Brent Meile
19118 E. Indiana Avenue
Queen Creek, AZ 85142
480-294-8225

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From:
Jackie Hampton
To:
Adam Cannon (PND)
Subject:
Protest #Z2022118-Paterson 5 - Sossaman Riggs project
Date:
Monday, January 20, 2025 5:46:39 PM
This email is to notify you that I don't approve of this project. 
Jackie Hampton

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From:
Jason Johannesen
To:
Adam Cannon (PND); PND PZAppeal
Subject:
Protest for Case # Z2022118-Patterson 5
Date:
Friday, January 17, 2025 5:01:58 PM
Mr Adam Cannon and BOS,
My family and I are not in support of this zone change. We ask that you turn it down.
C3 is too intensive with too many unsupported uses next to residential neighborhoods. 
1. Access onto Indiana Street to the south with motorhomes, trailers and delivery would be
disruptive to the homes. 
2. Indiana is essentially a private unpaved street and concerns for dust control would need to
be addressed.
3. We do not want access at all on Indiana Ave. They would need to use another outlet on
Sossaman Road. 
4. This location is small and would not support large rigs and would create more traffic across
the street impacting the school. 
5. We do not want commercial business in front of our homes. 
6. This will negatively impact our property values. 
7. Putting up a brick wall or steel fence is not an option. 
8. Project shows building a lower end building. 
9. The lighting would disrupt residential properties and increase noise. 
10. Would also bring up safety concerns for middle school and increased traffic. 
11. A lot of youth sports take place on the weekend there also. It's already overcrowded and
children and families already jaywalk across those roads because of parking issues. 
Sincerely,
Jason and Stephanie Johannesen
19316 E Lawndale PL
Queen Creek, AZ 85142
480.710.4855
Z2022118