Via City of Yuma
By Mara Knaub | Yuma Sun
A Yuma developer is hoping that third time’s the charm when it comes to a request to rezone seven acres at 24th Street and Avenue 9E from agriculture to medium density residential with the intention of building an 84-unit apartment complex.
Donna White, who led a previously successful referendum against the rezoning request previously approved by the council, says nothing has changed and is ready for another fight.
“If you want to play this game again the third time, I’m ready,” White told the council.
Nevertheless, the council, in a divided vote, again approved the rezoning request that would allow the apartment project.
The developer, Saguaro Desert Land, which is owned by Hall’s General Contractors, has not given up, even though voters previously nixed it in a referendum. In 2016, following the rezoning approval by council, opponents gathered enough signatures from city residents to initiate a referendum, which placed the rezoning decision in the hands of the voters.
