By Eric Jay Toll for Arizona Builder’s Exchange
Impact Church is pursuing the last steps in the approval process to start building its residential half. The unusual combination of church and multi-family located at the site of the former GM dealership in the Scottsdale Airpark cleared city council approval this spring (AZBEX, Apr. 4).
The apartment community, 15333 N. Hayden Rd., maneuvered through the political process late last year, with controversy over its 65-foot height and the proximity of apartments to the airport (AZBEX, Dec. 17, 2013). The apartments sit on the permissive side of the 55dB noise contour that denotes whether residential uses are permitted or not—on the west side of the line, the church site, no residential is permitted.
