By Nicole Ludden | Arizona Daily Star
The Pima County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a controversial rezoning request for a new housing development on an abandoned golf course north of Tucson, despite more than a year of opposition from neighbors.
A California-based developer plans to build 310 housing units at the former Quail Canyon Golf Course across about 53 acres of land near the southeast corner of North Oracle and West Rudasill roads. Supervisors voted 4-1, with Supervisor Adelita Grijalva dissenting, to approve the developer’s rezoning request that allows for more housing in the region than currently allowed.
The plan proposes 210 apartment units across seven, three-story buildings in the northern portion of the site and 100 single-family homes in the southern portion. Pima Wash would separate the two sections of the development.