By Bob Cappel
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Losing Scottsdale’s Icons
Entrance to Greasewood from Alma School Road.
Note. The following is an excerpt from Bob Cappel’s “Sneak Peeks” column in the July-August issue of A Peek at the Peak magazine.
Losing Scottsdale’s Icons
Since the May-June issue was published, we’ve learned of the future loss of two of Scottsdale’s iconic restaurants from their current locations, Greasewood Flat and Pinnacle Peak Patio. Taylor Morrison Homes has purchased the property where Greasewood Flat currently resides and has proposed to redevelop the 48.8-acre property to contain 90 single family homes. This will require rezoning two areas from the current C-2 & R1-190 zoning to R-4 (10.8 acres) and R1-10 (8.0 acres).
On May 23, 2014, Taylor Morrison submitted a Major General Plan Amendment, Case Number 455-PA-2014, to rezone and rebuild the Greasewood Flat restaurant and bar on a 10-acre site next to the McDowell Mountain Preserve north of the Pinnacle Peak Road alignment and east of 128th Street (see article). The amendment requires rezoning from the current “Rural Neighborhoods” and “Natural Area Open Space” to the “Cultural/Institutional or Public Use” category.
Pinnacle Peak Patio, Front Entrance.
Locating this, or any commercial property, in this sensitive area next to the Preserve has resulted in serious concerns about possible noise, light, sound amplification, and human activity negatively affecting the Preserve. Cconcerns have also been voiced about the increased traffic this project, along with the additional homes in this area and the Sereno Canyon Resort, will bring through Troon via Happy Valley and Ranch Gate or via Alma School and Jomax Roads.
There’s certain to be heated discussions about the changes taking place at Greasewood and Pinnacle Peak Patio. Visit GppaBlog.org (Planning & Development) for the up-to-date information and reader commentary. We invite you to join the online discussion.
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