Name: Paradise Valley Town Council hearing on Franciscan Renewal Center SUP-26-02
Start: 2026-11-12T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Paradise Valley Town Hall

Watch · October 22 Town Council meeting

Hear what the church told our town

Under two minutes, straight from the Town's own meeting recording. When a council member asked for a compromise on the canopy height, here's how it went.

“Why are we having it so high to block all the views for everybody in the area?”

Council Member Pace

“Yeah, I know you lowered to 14, but why isn't it 9 feet like many of them around town?”

Council Member Pace

“So if it gets declined, then I'm going to have more involvement.”

Church representative

Want the full context?Watch the complete October 22, 2026 Town Council hearing on the Town of Paradise Valley's official video archive.

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What is being proposed?

Elevated solar canopies beside homes, blocking your views and setting a bad precedent

The Franciscan Renewal Center is seeking a Major Special Use Permit amendment (SUP-26-02) for multiple elevated solar parking canopies beside residential neighborhoods. These are the project's own renderings.

Blocks your viewsCanopies up to 15 feet high, some about 212 feet long, rising into the mountain views neighbors see every day.

Sets a bad precedentApprove this, and the next large project beside homes points to it and says, “You already allowed it.”

Rendering of large solar canopies in front of Paradise Valley's mountain view — Projected project rendering

Rendering of an elevated solar parking canopy over a parking lot — Projected project rendering

Aerial rendering showing the solar canopy arrays across the parking areas — Projected project rendering · aerial

15 FeetMaximum height

12,000+Square feet

~212 FeetSome array lengths

Dimensions: Town of Paradise Valley public hearing materials, SUP-26-02.

Why residents are concerned

This is about more than one parking lot

Mountain views lost

Canopies up to 15 feet high, with some arrays stretching around 212 feet, sit directly in the sightlines that make Paradise Valley what it is.

Neighborhood character

More than 12,000 square feet of elevated steel and panels beside homes, in the middle of a residential town.

Construction disruption

A large-scale build next to residential streets means months of noise, traffic and equipment for the neighbors closest to it.

Lower options exist

On the record, a council member asked why the canopies couldn't be 9 feet "like many of them around town." The proposal still calls for canopies far taller than that.

It opens the door

If this is approved, it sets the standard for the next large-scale project. Today it's solar canopies beside homes; tomorrow it's the next proposal that points to this one and says, “You already allowed it.” The views we don't protect now are harder to protect later.

Show up. Speak up. Vote no.

Oppose the Franciscan Renewal Center SUP-26-02

Show up

Be at Town Hall on Thursday, November 12 at 6:00 PM. A full room tells the Council that neighbors are paying attention. Arrive a little early.

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Speak up

Ask to speak during the public hearing and keep it short and personal:

Where you live and what you see from your home
The views and neighborhood character you want protected
The precedent this approval would set
Ask the Council to vote no on SUP-26-02

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Official hearing notice

Be in the room when they decide

Thursday, November 12, 2026

6:00 P.M. | Town Hall

Paradise Valley Town Hall
6401 E. Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253

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Rendering of the proposed solar canopies in front of Paradise Valley's mountain view

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