Credit: RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture/Town of Payson
By Roland Murphey | AZBEX
Simpatico Communities is proposing Pinyon Crest—a new 56.5-gross-acre mixed-use community east of Highway 87 and Tyler Parkway in Payson.
The developer has requested a rezoning from C-2 General Commercial and R1-10-MH Single-family and Manufactured Housing to Planned Area Development for the vacant site, which is surrounded by existing land uses consisting of vacant land, church uses and single- and multifamily residential. Because the 2014-2024 Payson General Plan Land Use Map designates the site for commercial and medium-density residential, no General Plan amendment will be required.
The Payson Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hear the request this week.
Simpatico Communities operates on a comparatively unique business model in that it develops mixed-use communities geared toward both short- and long-term living. The company website says, “Simpatico Communities provides easy home living without the worry of maintenance, service and safety that comes with home ownership.”
