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<br />Sunday, June 23, 1957 ------------------
<br />'Vitb Scliools, Stores, Parks .
<br />Paradise Valley Planners
<br />Predict 102,000 Population ....
<br />By W. R. HARROD
<br />· 'A 58-square-mile are a
<br />Paradise Valley ultimate-·
<br />ly will:
<br />· Be home to 29,143 fam-
<br />ilies containing 102,384
<br />members.
<br />Have one regional shop-
<br />ping center, three com-
<br />munity shopping centers,
<br />and 25 n e i g h b or h o o d
<br />shopping areas.
<br />Boast 29 elementary schools,
<br />10 junior high schools, and two
<br />senior high schools.
<br />Maintain 1,000 ac~es of parks,
<br />including 20 neighborhood play-
<br />grounds; four playfields, six
<br />neighborhood parks, and two
<br />large recreation parks of 120
<br />acres each.
<br />Be completely· devoid of in·
<br />dustries. And its residences will
<br />be in the range from better-class
<br />to mansions.
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<br />THE ABOVE predictions are
<br />contained in a 56-page report on
<br />Paradise Valley prepared after
<br />a year of study . by the Mari·
<br />copa County Planning and Zon·
<br />ing Commission.
<br />The-report is to be the base.
<br />· Cof. ,a, long-Nnge planning pro· 'grani 'for 11ie valley. It is the
<br />ment consultant who did the
<br />population forP.cast" for the
<br />study, does. not predict when
<br />the 102,384 J}opulation will be
<br />reached. He does, however, an;
<br />ticipate that hi 1975 .there will
<br />be 50,000 persdns 'living in the
<br />area. This contrasts 'with' the
<br />present population of 3,838.
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<br />STANLEY K. DABROWSKI
<br />work of Stanley K. Dabrowski,
<br />county planning analyst, and his
<br />assistant, William R. Dedrick,
<br />THE REPORT recommends
<br />, that Paradise Valley be devot-
<br />. e!J s~lely ta . homes, with the
<br />exception of shopping centers to
<br />serve the expected 29,000· fam-
<br />ilies living in the area.
<br />Industrial development, which
<br />would provide livelihood for
<br />many of the family breadwin-
<br />ners, would be concentrated in
<br />Deer Valley, which adjoins
<br />Paradise Valley on the west.
<br />Thirty-nine square miles would
<br />be limited to Residence One lots
<br />with a 35 density. This means
<br />that each lot would be a com~
<br />mercia! acre in area. Slightly
<br />less restrictive Residence Two,
<br />zoning would be permitte,d ,iin
<br />an additional 16 square mi!¢s. ' .
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<br />Although Paradise Valley, ly·
<br />ing northeast of Phoenix, con·
<br />tains some 210 square miles
<br />of area, the study. took in only .
<br />the 58 square miles which have
<br />the town of Scottsdale as their
<br />southern base. The area studied
<br />is bounded roughly by Pima
<br />Road on the east, the Arizona
<br />Canal and McDonald Drive on
<br />the south, 40th Street and Ta.
<br />tum Boulevard on the west, and
<br />Union Hills Drive on the north. The Residence Two zoning
<br />' '\vould be' limited to the 'area James Gilles, planning depart·' bomided by Pima Road,' 'the.
<br />', Arizona Canal and McDo.11ald '
<br />Road, Tatum Boulevard, .and-
<br />. Double Tree Road. · ..
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<br />AND GUEST ranches, highly
<br />popular in the Scottsdale area,
<br />' would be strictly limited under
<br />the long-range plan. The report
<br />has this to say about ~them:
<br />"It is expected that zoning
<br />. for guest ranches will be .. held I to a miilimum in 'the 58-square~
<br />I mile, studi area. Indeed; ther~
<br />) is rnuch .. to be said· for. 'rnain1 · taining the zoning of such de·
<br />velopments at their present
<br />level.''
<br />Less restrictive residential
<br />zoning would be on the western
<br />i edge pf Paradise Valley, adjoin·
<br />: ing Deer. Valley.
<br />"There is an inordinately large
<br />proportion of the land (in the
<br />area) held for single-family
<br />homes on. acre or larger sites,"
<br />the report points out." "This does
<br />not mean, that in 'the future
<br />there may not be a shading of
<br />zoning. in such manner that on
<br />the western side of the villley,
<br />in the area closest Deer Valley,
<br />there could not appropriately be
<br />some lower-priced type of de-
<br />l .. velopment.'' .. ... ...
<br />THE REPORT points out that
<br />residents of the area will do
<br />'their major shopping in Phoenix
<br />and Scottsdale. Therefore, the
<br />shopping centers suggested
<br />would be scattered throughout
<br />the areas and would utilize a
<br />total of 400 .acres.
<br />The report\ indicafes a total
<br />of 570 acres should be devoted
<br />to ·schools to . serve the area.
<br />The 29 · elementary schools
<br />would require 290 acre~, the 10
<br />junior high schools, 200 acres,
<br />and the two senior high schools,
<br />80 acres. The schools, the re-
<br />port urges, should be so located
<br />that they will serve not on~y as
<br />educational centers, but also as
<br />recreational areas and commu·
<br />· nity centers. Thus, they would
<br />serve the valley 12 months out
<br />of the year.
<br />Of the 36,848 acres in the area,
<br />1,000 acres would be set aside
<br />•for public parks and play-
<br />grounds. The 20 neighborhood
<br />playgrounds would be five acres
<br />each in extent, while the neigh·
<br />borhood parks -six are rec·
<br />ommended-would have 15 acres
<br />each. The two large recreation
<br />parks proposed would contain
<br />120 acres each.
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<br />H. S. (CASEY) Abbott,. zon·
<br />ing comiTiission chairma~,. is of
<br />the opinion . that subdividers,
<br />when laying out their tra~ts, '
<br />should be required to set asrde
<br />land for use as public parks.
<br />R. R. McGrew, county plan·
<br />ning and zoning director, said
<br />yesterday that a public hearing
<br />on the over-all zoning program
<br />for Paradise Valley will be held
<br />in the fall.
<br />Apartm~nt Zo~~74~':&o'ft1J~le1
<br />Draws Blast By Property Owners
<br />A new battle loomed yester·
<br />day over zoning in Paradise Val-·
<br />ley ·immediately north of .Scotts-
<br />dale.
<br />The fight will be over the ac·
<br />tion · of the Maricopa County
<br />Planning and Zoning Commis-
<br />sion in recommending hotel and
<br />apa1:tment zoning for a 50-acre
<br />tract on the east side of Scotts-
<br />dale. Road immediately north of
<br />the Safari Hotel, 461 N. Scotts-
<br />dale Rd.
<br />The commission approved zon-
<br />ing for the area bounded by Mc·
<br />Donald Drive, a line a· quarter·
<br />mile west of Invergordon Road,
<br />and the Arizona Canal.
<br />THE PARADISE Valley Im-
<br />provement .(l.ssociation, repre-·
<br />sentcd by attorney Philip P.
<br />Von Ammon, objected to the
<br />zoning recommended for the 50-
<br />acre tract. An unclassified zon-
<br />ing' was placed on the Scottsdale
<br />Road frontage, which would per·
<br />mit granting of a use permit for
<br />· n hotel at a later date. Residence
<br />3 zoning (apartments) was
<br />placed on the balance .of the
<br />tract.
<br />Von, Ammon said the PVIA
<br />\vas unalterably opposed to more
<br />hotels and apartments in that
<br />l. area and would contest the com-
<br />. 1~issi~n~s actipn when it comes .
<br />before the board of supervisors
<br />for final approval early in Feb-
<br />ruary.
<br />UIORNWOOD Acres subdivi-
<br />sion is immediately west of the
<br />50-acre tract and F. E. Ditt-
<br />mer, speaking for the Thorn-
<br />wood Acres· Improvement As-
<br />sociation, said his group desires
<br />the tract be limited to residential
<br />·lots no' smaller tha'n a half-acre.
<br />The subdivision in which he
<br />Jives, Dittmer said, will be dam-
<br />aged by a hotel and apartments
<br />across the street.
<br />at the northeast corner of In·
<br />dian School and 33rd Avenue.
<br />Recommended Commercial ~
<br />zoning for a lot at the northeasl
<br />corner of Indian School and 33rc
<br />Drive.
<br />Recommended granting a use
<br />permit to the Western Saddle
<br />· Club of Glendale to operate a
<br />riding ring and polo 1field on the
<br />west side of43rd Avenue, begin·
<br />ning 660 feet north of Glendale
<br />Avenue. The tract is 660 feet
<br />square.
<br />Recommended granting a use
<br />Arthur T. La Prade Jr., at· permit to -establish a day nurs· torney representin~ a syndicate ery on the west side of Smith owning the 50 acres, said there/ Lane, beginning 250 feet nor~ was a genuine need for apart-of Thomas. ) ments in that area. He added
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<br />that the Scottsdale Road front-
<br />age was suitable only for a high
<br />class hotel.
<br />COL. CHARLES.Bathurst, zon-
<br />ing commissioner from Scotts-·
<br />dale, moved that the area on the
<br />east side of Scottsdale Road
<br />from McDonald Drive to Bonita
<br />Vista Estates be given a Resi-
<br />dence 1 classification, with Jots
<br />of one-acre minimum size.
<br />. Froin Bonita Vista Estates to
<br />the 50-acre tract would carry
<br />the same classification but with _
<br />lotS' a commercial acre in size.
<br />On the west side of Scottsdale
<br />Road· one-acre lots would be re-
<br />quired from McDonald south to
<br />Coronado Road. From that point
<br />the size of lots would graduate
<br />·down to 18,000 square feet-half
<br />a commercial acre-in the re-
<br />sort area at Camelback Road.
<br />THE ZONING commission, in
<br />other actions:
<br />Recommended g r a n t i n g a
<br />three-year use permit for opera·
<br />tion of a vegetable packing shed !
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