Highlights
- The owner of 26815 N. 79th Street is seeking to abandon roughly 10,065 square feet of right-of-way along the southern boundary of parcel 212-22-036A.
- The request covers both a 33-foot GLOPE and an underlying 25-foot fee-simple right-of-way along the E. Cavedale Drive alignment.
- The parcel carries Single-family Residential Environmentally Sensitive Lands, Foothills Overlay zoning, and the owner would dedicate property interests to the city in exchange.
- The Scottsdale Planning Commission is scheduled to hear case 3-AB-2024 on May 27, 2026.
The owner of a Foothills-zoned parcel at 26815 N. 79th Street is asking the Scottsdale Planning Commission to abandon approximately 10,065 square feet of right-of-way running along the southern boundary of the property, according to the commission's May 27, 2026 regular agenda.
The request, filed as case 3-AB-2024, covers two overlapping interests: a 33-foot GLOPE and the underlying 25-foot fee-simple right-of-way, both aligned with E. Cavedale Drive. The parcel, identified as 212-22-036A, carries Single-family Residential Environmentally Sensitive Lands, Foothills Overlay (R1-70/ESL/FO) zoning. As a condition of the abandonment, the owner would dedicate property interests back to the city.
Right-of-way abandonments on ESL-zoned Foothills parcels are relatively routine when a mapped road alignment was never built and the owner can demonstrate no public need remains. The practical effect is that the abandoned strip folds into the private parcel, potentially expanding the buildable or usable envelope under the R1-70 lot-coverage rules, though the source material does not specify any proposed construction.
Applicant contact for the case is Bryan Riensche, reachable at 480-310-1737. City staff contact is Jesus Murillo of the Scottsdale Planning and Development department, at 480-312-7849.
The Planning Commission is scheduled to hear the item at its regular meeting on May 27, 2026.
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