Neighbors in Gilbert rap housing plan’s smaller lot sizes

(Photo via City of Chandler)

By Cecilia Chan | Gilbert Sun

A proposal to add an extra single-family home for a total of 13 houses on vacant agricultural land northwest of Lindsay Road and Galveston Street is too dense, say nearby neighbors.

Applicant Upfront Planning nonetheless garnered support from the Planning Commission last Wednesday with its request to rezone the 12.19 acres to smaller lot sizes of 35,000 square feet from the currently zoned 45,000 square feet for an infill project dubbed Gilbert 13.

“I actually have an acre and quarter piece of property there,” said Ryan Boehme. one fo three critics who opposed the proposal. “That’s why we moved to Gilbert, to have acreage and going down from that is taking away the values of what we have at this time.

“Gilbert has been the type of place we wanted to live because it’s where we can spread out and we have the setbacks and the distancing we need to have for the safety.”

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