On July 22, the B of A on a vote of 3-1 approved Ventana's request to increase their building height from the allowable, existing 36 feet to 47.6 feet. Only member John Hickey voted "no," indicating the Rancho Vistoso PAD height restriction should be adhered to.
Not surprising, as we noted in our previos posting,
Board Of Adjustment Will Decide If Ventana Medical Gets A Building Height Variance
Ventana's Gregg Forszt was their spokesperson. The rationale for requesting the height variance was the fact Ventana is remodeling from offices to adding more lab space that requires more High Voltage A/C. These units, Forszt explained, needed to go on the roof and be shielded. Hence, the need for additional height.
Oh. By the way, the OV Council was not part of this decision. As a variance was being requested, Ventana followed procedure and appealed directly to the B of A. The three "yes" voters obviously decided a variance was OK.
3 comments:
So air conditioning units require more then 11 feet in additional height.
They must be big air conditioning units.
Anyway , once again the rules are only for the "little" people.
Money talks and all we can do is squawk!
Why have all these regulations if
they can be changed so easily without a really good reason
Oro Valley Zoning Codes, Chapter
31, #351, Varience:
"Shall mean a modification of the literal provisins of this zoning code granted by the Board of Adjustment upon a finding that strict enforcement of the provisions would cause undue hardship owing to circumstances unique to the individual property for which the varience is granted and NOT CAUSED BY THE APPLICANT FOR SAID VARIENCE".
ARIZONA REVISED STATUTUES, 942.06, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, SECTION H, ITEM 2:
"A board of adjustment may not (section H):
2. Grant a varience of the special circumstances applicable to the property are SELF IMPOSED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER".
It appears to me that special interests have now found a different way to exercise control of the Town of Oro Valley; bypass the pecking order and simply work the system.
The 60' hotel 'adjustment' was referred to as a '"tweak" to the general plan; this 'adjustment' is referred to as a varience. Neither of these 'cram it down their throats' abominations seem to fit in with either the Town or the State 'rules and regs'. Of course we do have recourse and that is to file an appeal with the Superior Court.
In so many words, these Town rapists are saying 'so sue me'.
Thinker,
Since you're an applicant for a position on this board, how would you have voted on this issue?
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