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Sunday, March 28, 2021
State warns Scottsdale to drop general plan proposal BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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proposal to preserve large rural land tracts in northern Scottsdale has drawn opposition from the State Land Department and could open the city to lawsuits under a 2006 law designed to preserve private property rights. The proposal, part of the current draft
general plan under consideration by the city, has the support of the majority of City Council. If approved, it would impact large residential lots north of Deer Valley Road zoned for minimum lot sizes of three acres or more by making it more difficult for property owners and developers to subdivide those lots into smaller parcels to increase the number of homes developers can fit onto the land.
Proponents of the change – including council members Kathy Littlefield, Betty Janik, Solange Whitehead and Tom Durham – have argued it will preserve large horse properties from being redeveloped into smaller lots as small as one acre. “And I just think the public benefit to me is pretty obvious in that we are trying to
Battle brewing On a national ride over downtown Scottsdale project
see GENERAL PLAN page 12
BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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City Council hearing on the $150-million Kimsey redevelopment in downtown Scottsdale was delayed as the city and developer grapple with opposition to the proposed height of the project. The redevelopment proposal from Utahbased PEG Development would replace the two-story Howard Johnson motel and The Venue, a four-story event center that has sat empty for years, with a new hotel and residential building near Indian School Road and Marshall Way.
see KIMSEY page 10
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The Notre Dame Prep hockey team capped off the 2021 season with a state-championship win over Pinnacle and will now compete in the USA Hockey National Championships in Omaha, Nebraska in April For the story, see page 23.. (Courtesy Notre Dame Prep)
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