HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Records - The Arizona Daily Star (4) THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR TUCSON,FRIDAY,AUGUST 5, 1977
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Proposed addition - Residents of the Tucson Nation
a1 Club area have asked Oro Valley to annex a region roughly within t
shaded area. Boundaries are uncertain in the cross-hatched section. T
shaded portion currently is proposed for urban development in the coun
ty's Tortolita Area Plan.
Tucson National area group '
seeks Oro Valley annexation
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mittee is planned this month before the population into other parts of the metropoli-
matter is brought to the Oro Valley council, tan area.
Because Oro Valley is incorporated, it He said, "The urban area of the plan is
handles its own planning and zoning and has designed to accommodate 38,000 people by
been excluded from the county plan,as has the year 2000."
Marana on the west. The county has pro-
tected Oro Valley's boundaries from its But MacVittie pointed out that the large
urban zone by planning low-density develop- population to be annexed could have unfor-
ment in adjoining areas. tunate political consequences."The political
center of the town could shift from what is
The annexation would have to include all now Oro Valley to Tucson National."
land between Tucson National and Oro Val-
ley, and that would add the Rancho Verde Those seeking annexation are keeping a
development for an area roughly bounded low profile. Neither their names nor their
by Shannon Dr. on the west,Magee Rd. on numbers are known, and Engle has been
the south and Overton Rd. on the north.
designated their sole spokesman. He said
A county planner said the major impact they are not representing Tucson National
of annexation on the Tortolita Plan would be Golf Club and Estates.
the removal of high-density zones, forcing
the county to increase densities in other "They are just a group of homeowners
areas,or to assume a smaller total popula- from that area," he said. He also did not
tion for the Tortolita region. know if the move would be favored by the
The latter, says Lance R. MacVittie, golf club, host of the annual Tucson Open
principal planner, would force that future golf tournament.
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