Town government is moving toward new zoning and general plan use designations for undeveloped land within the Oro Valley Town Center, the 114-acre parcel directly east of Oracle Road near its intersection with Pusch View Lane.
There are three distinct uses of land in the staff-generated proposal, which is up for commission and council review in May. They are:
• A total of 88 acres — essentially, the rolling hills dotted with desert trees below Pusch Ridge — designated as “permanent, protected, open space,” Oro Valley Principal Planner Michael Spaeth said. Existing zoning, which would allow 77 single-family homes on that land, would be eliminated…