MF rezone denied in Fountain Hills. Is town a no-go for development?

Photo courtesy of Eric Miller Architect/Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

By Roland Murphy | AZBEX

Developers, particularly multifamily developers, have been wary of Fountain Hills for several years, as the town has earned a reputation for difficulty in securing zoning and entitlements for new projects.

With the Town Council’s June 6 denial of a rezoning as part of an 80-unit proposal for Senderos at Fountain Hills, the town has declared itself effectively closed for business and given the development community a loud and clear signal that even the best proposal stands little-to-no chance of bearing fruit.

Even though Senderos at Fountain Hills is a smaller development than we would normally pay much attention to, it turned out to be a proposal representative of multiple issues all at once: Thoughtful development planning, organized opposition willing to use mis- and disinformation to stop a project, backroom pressure, failures of leadership and, ultimately, an active choice to maintain stagnation through adherence to the status quo.

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