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City Council ZON25-00056 February 9, 2026 Mary Kopaskie-Brown, Planning Director 1 Request • Council Use Permit to allow for two (2) Freeway Landmark Monument (FLM) signs. 2 Location • East of Signal Butte Road • North of 24 Gateway Freeway • West of Mountain Road • Within Destination at Gateway commercial center 3 General Plan Regional Center Placetype • Regional Centers are the major retail, cultural, recreational, and entertainment destinations in Mesa • FLM’s will facilitate development within Destination at Gateway and attract customers Gateway Strategic Development Plan • Mixed Use Community District 4 Zoning • General Commercial with a Planned Area Development overlay (GC-PAD) • Light Industrial with a Planned Area Development overlay (LI- PAD) 5 Site Photo Looking north from 24 Gateway Freeway offramp (Signal Butte) 6 Site Photo Looking north from 24 Gateway Freeway (Mountain Road) 7 Site Plan • One FLM sign at the corner of Signal Butte and the 24 Gateway Freeway offramp • One FLM sign 500+ feet from Mountain Road and 24 Gateway Freeway 8 Elevations (Signal Butte) 9 Elevations (Mountain) 10 Color & Materials Sign Colors and Materials Destination at Gateway Design Guidelines Colors and Materials 11 Freeway Landmark Deviations • Maximum Sign Area • MZO – maximum 750 square feet of sign area • MZO – double faced signs • Multi-tenant FLM – 615 square feet per sign face (1230 square feet total) • Single-tenant FLM – 542 square feet per sign face (1084 square feet total) • Design and scale consistent with the Destination at Gateway Design Guidelines 12 Freeway Landmark Deviations (cont.) • Separation Requirements • MZO – 2,000 foot minimum separation between FLM’s • Proposed separation – 1,834 linear feet • MZO – 500 feet of separation between a residential use and a FLM • Proposed separation from residential – 500 feet. • Property size, scale, and frontage permits two FLM’s. To maintain residential separation the reduction in FLM separation is requested. 13 Citizen Participation • Notified property owners within 1000 feet, HOAs and registered neighborhoods • Applicant held one (1) neighborhood meeting • 1 attendee • Staff has not received any comments 14 Findings Complies with the 2050 Mesa General Plan Complies with the Destination at Gateway Design Guidelines Complies with the review criteria for a FLM in MZO Section 11-43-7 Complies with Chapter 70 of the MZO for a CUP Staff recommends Approval with Conditions Planning and Zoning Board recommends Approval with Conditions (6-0) 15 16