Second Tuesday of each month

4:30pm

City Council Chambers (lower level)
57 E. First Street

City Code

All Design Review Board meetings are open to the public. The public is invited and welcome to attend the meetings in person, via a video conferencing platform (https://mesa11.zoom.us/j/82508085605) or by calling 888-788-0099 or 877-853-5247 (toll free) using meeting ID 825 0808 5605 (please follow the prompts).

Members of the public can address their comments to the Design Review Board in the following ways:

• Speak in person - Participants may complete a blue speaker comment card upon arrival at the meeting, or download a copy of comment card [PDF] and provide to City Staff prior to the start of the meeting. Each speaker is limited to three minutes, unless otherwise determined by the Chair. If you are with a group, please designate a spokesperson.
  
  Please note, Board Members are not generally permitted to discuss or act on any matters raised by the public that are not specifically on the agenda. Citizens may speak on any item on the agenda. Comments should be relevant to the item being discussed.

• Speak by phone - Persons attending a meeting by phone may speak on an agenda item only.
  
  
  • Submit an online comment card at least 1 hour prior to the start of the meeting.
    
    
  • A phone number is required on the form. Participants who want to speak can attend a meeting by calling 888-788-0099 or 877-853-5247 (toll free) using meeting ID 825 0808 5605 prior to the start of the meeting. Participants will be unmuted when it is their turn to speak.

• Provide agenda related online comments - Persons who wish to provide an agenda related comment for the Design Review Board to review are welcome to complete the online comment card no later than 2:00 pm on the day of the meeting.
  
  Online comments will be provided to the Design Review Board prior to the meeting. Online comments will not be read aloud at the meeting.

Meeting Decorum
All persons attending the Design Review Board meeting are asked to observe the rules of politeness, propriety, decorum, and good conduct. Anyone disrupting the meeting will be asked to leave or will be removed and may not be allowed to return.

For any difficulty accessing this meeting, please call 480-644-2099.

The Design Review Board is composed of seven members who are residents of the City, and who volunteer their services. The Mayor, with the approval of the City Council, appoints the members of the Board.

The Design Review Board is unique in that its composition is set by the Zoning Ordinance to include two architects, two from other design professions (i.e. landscape architecture, engineering, urban planning, interior design or other design-related background), one contractor or developer, and two citizens.

The purpose and duties of the Design Review Board have changed and evolved over the years. The original purpose of the Board was to hear appeals of decisions made by the Building Safety Division regarding the newly adopted Design Guidelines. It now reviews: buildings of four or more stories in height; any multiple residential projects that exceed the RM-2 density range; commercial and industrial projects that have frontage on an arterial street, or that are part of an existing or planned development that has frontage on an arterial street; and any commercial and industrial projects which have, or will have, greater than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of gross floor area. The Board also Reviews parking garages, and City of Mesa municipal projects.

For a full explanation of the duties and responsibilities of the Design Review Board see Title 11 - Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 71 of the Mesa Code of Ordinances.

Board

Staff Contact:
Mallory Ress, Senior Planner
480-644-2067
Mallory.Ress@mesaaz.gov

City of Mesa Planning Division
55 N. Center Street
P.O. Box 1466
Mesa, AZ 85211-1466