Highlights
- The One Scottsdale rezoning — covering a roughly 126-acre site — was continued to May 13, 2026, at the applicant's request.
- The proposed One Scottsdale changes would add 350 for-sale residential units and reduce commercial area by 1,372,145 square feet.
- Four consent items — three wireless facility renewals and a bar expansion at 4441 N. Buckboard Trail — passed unanimously 7-0.
- The full meeting lasted six minutes, adjourning at 5:06 p.m.
The Scottsdale Planning Commission voted unanimously on March 25, 2026, to continue the most consequential item on its agenda — a rezoning application for the One Scottsdale mixed-use development — to its May 13 meeting, at the applicant's request. The commission then cleared four consent items in a single vote and adjourned at 5:06 p.m.
The One Scottsdale case, filed as 20-ZN-2002#5, seeks a zoning district map amendment to the existing Planning Community District with comparable Planned Regional Center zoning for a mixed-use development spanning residential, commercial, and hotel uses across a roughly 126-acre site. The application lists more than 20 addresses and parcels along N. Scottsdale Road, N. 73rd Street, E. Legacy Boulevard, and E. Thompson Peak Parkway. The proposed amendments would add 350 for-sale residential units while reducing commercial area by 1,372,145 square feet. Commissioner Douglas Drake moved to continue the case; Commissioner Michal Ann Joyner seconded, and the motion passed 7-0. The applicant contact is Kurt Jones, reachable at 602-452-2729; city staff contact is Meredith Tessier, 480-312-4211.
On the consent agenda, the commission recommended approval of conditional use permit renewals for two Crown Castle wireless facilities and one Vertical Bridge facility, and approved an amendment to an existing bar permit for Oasis Cafe. Vice Chair William Scarbrough moved approval of all four items after finding that the conditional use permit criteria had been met and that the permits conform with the adopted General Plan; Commissioner George Ertel seconded, and the vote was again 7-0.
The wireless items included a renewal for a 55-foot artificial palm tree at 7220 E. McKellips Road (case UP-0003-2026), a renewal for a 30-foot artificial cactus at 39730 N. Cave Creek Road (case 22-UP-2003#5), and a renewal for a cell facility concealed within a 45-foot church steeple at 4425 N. Granite Reef Road (case 4-UP-2016#3). All three are Type 4 alternative concealment wireless communication facilities.
The fourth consent item (case 7-UP-2016#2) granted Oasis Cafe an amendment to its existing bar conditional use permit to allow a roughly 1,863-square-foot bar expansion on its 6,210-square-foot site at 4441 N. Buckboard Trail, which carries Central Business/Parking District Downtown Overlay and Parking District Vehicle Parking Downtown Overlay zoning. Applicant contact is Lauren Proper Potter, 480-921-2800; staff contact is Greg Bloemberg, 480-312-4306.
The commission also approved the January 28, 2026 regular meeting minutes on a motion by Commissioner David Reid, seconded by Vice Chair Scarbrough, 7-0. All seven commissioners — Chair Joe Young, Vice Chair Scarbrough, and Commissioners Ertel, Drake, Barney Gonzales, Joyner, and Reid — were recorded as present. The meeting was held at City Hall Kiva Forum, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard.
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