By Cecilia Chan | Gilbert Sun News
A three-story self-storage unit is seeking a conditional-use permit to set up shop near the northwest corner of Higley and Williams Fields road.
The 122,000-square-foot building is proposed on 2.4 vacant acres, according to details discussed during a Planning Commission study session Aug. 2.
The applicant last year held two neighborhood meetings in February and in December to present the project. Six people attended the first meeting, according to staff.
“Some general feedback they heard from both meetings was to pay a little more attention to the landscape buffer along the west boundary,” planner Samantha Novotny said.
She said there also were concerns, including for site safety, transients along the nearby railroad tracks and lighting.
Commissioner Lesley Davis asked if the neighborhood concerns about landscaping had been addressed in the plan presented to the town.
Novotny said that staff felt the landscape buffer met code and in fact exceeded the 30-foot setback by an additional 5 feet.
“I like the direction the building’s going,” Davis said. “I think it’s a nice-looking building and the landscape did look like there was quite a bit there.”
