By Richard H. Dyer | Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA
Plans for replacing the Dreamland Villa golf course with 228 two-story residences and removing an age 55-and-up senior overlay will be discussed by the city of Mesa planning board in February.
The nine-hole course is generally northwest of East Albany Street and North 57th Place, south of University Drive. Adjacent unincorporated Maricopa County housing subdivisions of Dreamland Villa and Velda Rose have age-restricted, 55-and-up senior overlays.
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board was to consider the project Jan. 15 but the developer’s attorney, W. Ralph Pew of Pew and Lake PLC, asked for a month’s continuance to Feb. 19, according to a letter e-mailed to John Wesley, Mesa planning director.
The continuance will allow the applicant time to work with city staff on design criteria for a requested Residential Small Lot 2.5 zoning classification in a Planned Area Development, according to the letter signed Mr. Pew.
