By J. Graber | Scottsdale Progress
The Scottsdale Design Review Board Oct. 6 recommended City Council’s approval of two projects with a total 380 apartments and delayed action on a third with 281 units.
Recommended for approval are the mixed-use Chaparral Commons with 225 apartments and 11,370 square feet of commercial space near the intersection of Scottsdale Road and Gold Dust Avenue and The Miller, which would bring 141 apartments near the intersection of E. 6th Avenue and N. Miller Road.
Citing a need for more work on aesthetics, the board postponed a vote on The Continental, which would have 281 apartments and 10,000 square feet of commercial space near N. Scottsdale Road and E. Continental Drive. Board Chairwoman Solange Whitehead pointed out that the board can’t be involved in zoning issues or whether or not a project can be built but can only weigh in on a project’s aesthetics.
“The members can’t recommend denial because the proposed use is apartments,” she said, adding it “can recommend denial or stipulate changes to protect road set back standards or because of insufficient landscaping and shade.”
