Goodyear Planning Commission unanimously approves 267-acre I-10 Citrus Gateway mixed-use rezoning

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And remember, it's a great time to be in Goodyear. The April 9th, 2025 Goodyear Planning Zoning Commission meeting is called to order. Good evening and welcome. Would you all please join me in the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Will the secretary note the role? Of course. Commissioner Booth is present.

Commissioner Hegedus is present. Commissioner Nepomino is present. Commissioner Roberts is present. Commissioner Wang is on the phone. And Chairman Climber is present. Vice Chair Sam Beto is absent. We have a quorum. At this time, a vote shall be taken to excuse members unable to attend due to extenduating circumstances. Is there a motion and a second to excuse Vice Chair Sambito from the meeting? I have a motion from Commissioner Hegedus and a second from Commissioner Boose.

Please enter your vote and Commissioner Wang, please voice your vote. I thank you. Motion passes. Item number one is to approve the draft minutes of the last meeting. Will the secretary please read the recommendation? Approve the draft minutes of the planning and zoning commission meeting held on March 12th, 2025. Is there a motion and a second for the staff recommendation? I have a motion from Commissioner Hegodus and a second from Commissioner Roberts. Please enter your vote.

And Commissioner Wang, how do you vote? I. Thank you. Motion passes. Thank you. Now is the time for all citizens who would like to address the planning and zoning commission on any non-aggenda items. Are there any speaker cards? I've not received any for non-aggenda items. Does anyone in the audience wish to speak on a non-aggenda item? Okay. Thank you.

And now this is an opportunity for commission members to disclose any exparte communications they may have had prior to this meeting on any item scheduled for discussion on this agenda. Exparte communication is any outside communication commissioners may have had regarding tonight's agenda. Are there any? Nothing. Okay. There is one public hearing on the agenda tonight. And as a reminder, the planning and zoning commission is a recommendation board for city council.

The commission will vote on each item and forward their recommendation to city council. Council makes the final decision on all items. Agenda item number two is a citrus gateway pad zone and tonight principal planner Guadalupe Ortiz Cortez will be the presenter. Good evening. If you could open the public commission members. I'm going to open the public. Thank you. There you go. Here we have Lupertis Cortez, principal planner. Before you this evening is a resonian request for it citrus gateway.

The subject property is approximately 267 acres. The propy is located west of Citrus Road, south of Rosville Street and south of a residential neighborhood within unincorporated Maricopa County. It is east of North Perryville Road and a row of homes also within unincorporated Maricopa County and it is north of West Bambiran Street and Destiny RB Resort. The red dash line on the screen shows the boundary between the city of Goodyear, Maricopa County, and the city of Buckeye.

The property has had a residential plant area development or P A zoning since 2003 when it was resoneed from Asia Agricultural Urban to the Las Palmas P A. In 2022, the city council approved a P Amendment to resone the property to R14, R16 single family detached and C2 general commercial zoning. Currently, the property cannot be subdivided due to Arizona Water Company's 100-year water designation limitations.

Additionally, the property is located within the Luke Air Force Base graduated density contours. The west half of the property is within half a mile of the 65 noise decibel contour line, which is limited to build a density of 0 to2 dwelling units per acre. The east half of the property is located within a half a mile of the 65 noise stable contour lines which is limited to a density of 0 to 40 dwelling units per acre.

Last year the planning and zoning commission and city council approved a major general plan amendment for the property. The major general plan amendment changed the land use designation for the subject property from neighborhoods to business and commerce. The business and commerce language designation permits various zoning types including higher density multifamily, commercial, business park and light industrial.

However, as we mentioned earlier, the property is limited to the density that it can have um for residential due to the Luke Air Force Base graduated density. The applicant is requesting to resone the property from the Laspalmas P A to I 10 Citrus Gateway P A to allow a mix of business park, light industrial, and general commercial uses. Shown on the screen is the proposed land use district map for the IT 10 Citrus Gateway.

The P A would allow business park district, excuse me, business park district uses across the entire property. The business park district was created by the city in 2023 to provide an option for commercial and employment uses with the need for loading indoors on only one side of the building facing internally to the site and screen from public view.

The business park district would allow uses such as professional offices, data centers, indoor entertainment, manufacturing retail restaurants and warehouses. The P A also proposes to include an option to develop business park and commercial uses adjacent to Citrus Road and on the southwest corner of the site as shown in the peach color on the map.

Commercial zoning would allow uses such as automobile repair shops, banks, retail, restaurants, bus terminals, daycarees, art studios, and uh funeral homes. The P A includes the option to develop business park district uses or light industrial uses 300 ft inward to the site as well as adjacent to the uh offsite water campus on the northwest corner of the site. This is shown in the hot pink.

Uh this means that uh on the head pink area the developer would be allowed to um have business park or light industrial uses. Light industrial uses would include manufacturing offices, parking lots, research facilities and cross warehouses.

The Pad also provides the option to develop either business park, commercial uses or light industrial uses, generally 300 ft inward from the southwest corner of the site and generally located 300 ft inward on the northwest and south portions of the site along uh Citrus Road shown in purple on the map.

All the districts would follow the setbacks provided in the zoning ordinance and codified in the P A including additional setbacks adjacent to residential uses for the business park and commercial districts which are located in the perimeter of the property.

Additionally, the applicant is proposing to develop a frontage road along Roosevelt Street to separate local residential traffic from traffic generated from the site, mitigating any potential traffic impacts to the residential neighborhood to the north and addressing residents concerns expressed during the outreach process for the general plan amendment. The applicant is proposing to allow wireless communication facilities on all districts.

The applicant added this juice to their application after receiving feedback from nearby residents during the general plan amendment outreach process regarding connectivity issues in the area. The P A also prohibits a few uses on the property. The P A maintains the business park district maximum height of 56 feet within 300 ft of the project property line.

So that is those business park those green um areas shown on the map and the peach colors as well 300 ft towards the interior of the site limited to 56 ft in height. Um, additionally, the applicant is proposing to increase uh the maximum height of buildings to 70 feet for all districts inside that 300 uh foot buffer uh with the option of submitting a juice permit application request to increase that building height to 100 ft.

And that use permit application request would allow staff, the planning commission, and the city council to respond to the proposal and consider any um surrounding context at that time. Per the business park district standards, the developer is required to provide a minimum of 5% of the net site for recreational open spaces. Thus, the applicant has included a 10-ft wide multi-use trail with their pad proposal.

This trail would um go along the southern boundary, eastern boundary and northern boundary of the site and a minimum of 10 amenities would be provided throughout the trail. The citizen and public hearing processes were followed. The applicant held a neighborhood meeting in January. It was attended by seven nearby residents.

At the meeting, residents had discussions with the applicant team regarding the frontage road, including egress and ingress access into their properties from Roosevelt Street. Since the initial publication of tonight's meeting agenda, staff received one letter of support from a neighbor resident. Believe that letter was forwarded and also provided to you tonight.

In the letter, a resident expressed support for the project and indicated that the applicant worked with her and her husband to address their concerns. Staff believes that the proposed resoning is in conformance with the evaluation criteria provided in the zoning ordinance and detailed in the staff report.

Staff is recommending the planning and zoning commission forwards a recommendation of approval to the city council subject to the stipulations found in the draft ordinance and attached um to the staff report. Chair, commission members, this concludes staff's presentation. I am available to answer any questions and the applicant is also present tonight. Okay. Are there any questions for staff? Yes. Um well, if you can get your mic on. Sorry. Thank you.

Would you kindly put up that chart again showing the uh the plan right there? Just for the benefit of the public, would you point the uh address entrance point around this property? Thank you, Commissioner Nepomino. uh planning commission. Uh at the reszoning phase, an entrance has not been established to the property. During a samp plan review application, uh entrances to the site would be reviewed and a traffic study would also be submitted for the project and staff will review that as well.

Okay. The other question I have is the the the 10-ft walkway that would be in lie of the 5% requirement for recreational space. The 5 uh% of the recreational open space would include the trail. So that will be in lie of the 5% uh requirement uh recreational space. Is that considered 5% uh requirement for uh recreational space based on the zoning ordinance? Thank you. Commissioner Nepomino Planning Commission staff would review the acreage of the trail with a sip review.

At this moment, the um applicant is providing the trail as part of the 5% recreation open space. And would that be uh lighted that that walkway that walkway? That is a great question. Um I don't believe that we have uh defined all of the details but lighting would be part of the trail that is required um for um it would be next to rideaways and rideways would also be required to be lighted.

So you mentioned in the public uh or in the meeting with the public here between the developer and the public um uh how the concerns of the public been addressed as you mentioned there's been a compromise of some sort. So but from from the city perspective how is that addressed in this proposal? Thank you commissionerino planning commission. Uh, one of the residents uh, concerns for example was uh, traffic. Okay.

Um, specifically for the neighborhood to the north of the project, north of Roosevelt Street. Um, the applicant proposed the frontage road um to separate the traffic between the residential neighborhood and the expected traffic from the site. Uh, mitigating that traffic. For instance, um the frontage road will also have a landscape median that will provide additional buffers uh from the residential neighborhood to the north in the property.

The uh PD outlines that the developer is required to provide a 50 foot landscape buffer along the perimeter of the site toward the northern, southern, and western boundaries. that would also provide additional um buffering from residential neighborhoods adjacent to this site. Okay. The the last comment I have is um I have read the uh proposed ordinance for this project and it's a good narrative of all the uh action taken on this project.

I mean on this property right from um annexing by the city to change in zoning zoning designation and I thought it was pretty good. The only comment I have is you know back in December the the city council approved that resolution changing the zoning designation from uh neighborhood to uh business and commerce. Correct. Uh I wouldn't that that be included in as part of the narrative for this ordinance? Uh thank you Commissioner Anomino Planning Commission.

Uh I uh I apologize if I did not mention it. Um that is correct. The planning commission and city council held multiple public hearings in November or December of last year um changing the general plan lane use designation from neighborhoods to business and commerce. That is correct. So I would hope that if this is approved tonight that before forwarding the ordinance to the uh city council that those would be incorporated. Right. Thank you for the feedback. Yes. Okay.

Okay, that's all I have for now, Mr. Chairman. Okay, only for now. Yeah. Okay. Anything else for staff? So, my understanding is the in the purple, if you put that map back up there again, they're proposing 70 foot limit on the buildings and a special use permit. They'd have to come back to us if they wanted to build it higher. Is that correct? Thank you, Commissioner Hegis, Planning Commission. Um that is correct.

Uh by right if the P A is approved um recommended by you and approved by council the hot pink and purple areas would be allowed a by right height of 70 ft as maximum. And if they wanted to if the developer wanted to pursue 100 ft they would have to um submit a use permit application to staff for review and would be presented for planning commission and city council for feedback and approval. Okay. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Would the applicant like Can I have one more question?

Well, no, you were already relinguished. Anyway, go ahead. Okay. I just forgot to ask you uh just for the benefit of the public, um the Can you describe the setback uh on this? In other words, I've seen this picture here. So, I know there's either 30 ft or 50 foot setback uh depending on on the size, right? So uh in that ter of 50 foot setback there will be no activity in that right other than probably landscaping. Thank you commissioner nippleino planning commission.

The p a proposes uh 56 feet as maximum building height for the perimeter of the site. That would be a 300 foot buffer along along the green and peach areas shown on the map here. Um for the areas within the site that are adjacent to residential be the west or the um southeast uh those buildings would have additional setback requirements based on the building height uh on this development site. Let's see here. I think I have an example here.

For example, um if a building on the west side of the uh development site was proposing a building height of 56 feet, which is the maximum here um along the green area, they would be required to provide a setback of 50 ft plus 5t uh for every foot of additional height over 30 ft. So if it's 56, it would be an 180 foot setback for that building. And as I mentioned earlier, there is a 50-foot landscape buffer that would already be um provided between those properties. Okay. Thank you very much.

Yes. Now, would the applicant like to further in lighteners? Yes, Mr. Chair, if I could. staff would be so kind to pull up our presentation. Just just a few additional details that I'd like to be able to share with the commission. Uh Wendy Redell with the law firm Barry Redell, 6750 East Camelback. My pleasure to be here this evening on behalf of I 10 Citrus Gateway. Let me know when I can touch it. Okay. Thank you. So, obviously you've seen where the site is.

I think one of the unique features of this site is we do sit right at the edge of the city of Buckeye. We do have uh Maropa County both to our north and to our south, but of course we also have Goodyear to our north south and to our east. Um we wanted to also show what is actually all been approved. When you look a little more holistically at Buckeye, when you look at Goodyear, you can see, you know, everything.

When you start on the east side, you've got from the the high school, you've got the Crow Holdings known as um 10 Goodyear. Um obviously, as you come a little bit further west, you ultimately see um our site that we've got the site plan that's plugged in there. And then as you go further west and look at Buckeye's site, you will see up and down Pville. Those are projects that are approved. So that is industrial that has been approved there um in Buckeye as well.

So I think very much in keeping with the context of what you see in the surrounding area frankly both north and south of the freeway. Uh request of course is from the Los Palomos P A U requesting to uh our P A here to allow commercial retail business park and industrial. And one of the questions you may have is uh why why reszone? it wasn't resoned all that long ago to Los Palmus. Uh and the answer is really pretty simple. It's uh one looking at the limitations caused by Luke Air Force Base.

We are within the overflight. So there is not um much density that is ultimately permitted here. You've got the 0 to2 or the 0 to4. Um, probably the other most significant issue is the change in water policy that came out of the governor's office that we don't have the ability to subdivide or plat this for residential development as a result of that water policy.

And of course, um, your point, commissioner, all of this is supported by the general plan amendment that we process before the end of the year to, um, business and commerce. Um, as staff mentioned, we have designed this in a way to be sensitive to the surrounding community. We limited the 300 ft edge um business park uses obviously a pretty significant setback when you get up to the 56 ft.

We've added commercial uses both along Citrus Road and ultimately along Vand Beern and really limited the industrial to the interior of the site. Um you had mentioned as well commissioner about the multi-use trail. So it is it is not in lie of open space but it's something we're providing as part of our open space is having that whole connectivity that will go around the site around Roosevelt Citrus and ultimately down along Van Beern.

Um that was very important to staff from the very first day we started talking about this case. Um you'll also see that we're incorporating these type of trail and fencing amenities that we um we really intend this to be a high-scale project, but we're creating some relatable elements along the edge as part of that trail system as well.

And then also very high quality architecture here um done by Butler Design Group who's done a lot within the city of Goodyear and I think a lot of buildings that have won a lot of awards. Uh I know buildings that this community is very proud um to call their own. Uh and then community engagement. There has been a significant amount of community engagement on this case.

Um both door-to-door outreach that was conducted our neighborhood mean meeting and then we've continued to have um a significant amount of outreach with the neighbors and we're very um honored to finally earn uh support from from Alma through those discussions. Um, you had asked the question, Commissioner, why would we do how'd we get there? Um, the answer to that is is this list really here is we created the private access road along Roosevelt.

I'm going to show you a couple of the exhibits that explain what that means, but we created a landscape buffer between Roosevelt and the street pontage. Uh, we worked with the community to create designated school bus stops on that frontage road. That was a big concern that they had that those were not safe. Uh we added some additional access points from the frontage road at their request.

We have included wireless communication facilities because I think one of the problems they have is wanting more connectivity. Um we've allowed residents to have input on the landscaping kind of along that frontage and in front of their homes. And we were paying for and installing share the road signs and striping on the frontage road. So that just gives you a high level of all the things that we've committed to do for this community.

So, if you go out and take a look at Roosevelt, this is what Roosevelt looks like today. I probably don't have to tell you that. You're probably pretty familiar with it. Um, you'll notice if you're out there for very long, that there's already pretty significant amount of truck traffic. If you go back to that graphic that I showed at the beginning, all of the industrial that has been approved out here, this is already um a truck route that gets utilized quite a bit.

And it's a concern for the neighbors that have frontage there right along Roosevelt. So, if we when we first started, this is not what we're doing, but when we first started and we came in, um this is what it would typical development would look like. You would have our street, we would improve that road and it would go right up against the residential on their road. They would be accessing and using the same road.

Um ultimately through discussions with the community, we just we simply didn't think that was a good a good enough solution and a good enough answer. So, we worked very hard. We got with our design team, our engineering team and our uh traffic engineers, worked with the city, worked with the community and created a solution where we effectively shift the road a little bit south so it still lines up.

We take more of the burden of that road on our property and we create a frontage road for these neighbors. We create a 7 foot landscaped median and essentially keeping that area safe. So there those neighbors there's no one that will have any reason to go on that frontage road unless you live there or you're going to visit a friend. Otherwise you come out onto Roosevelt and then it continues to be used by truck traffic and more commercial traffic.

So really we think creating a much better solution for the community. Um this just there's that road is long and the scale is very difficult to show but at least gives you an idea if you look at it from an overhead perspective. our project on the south. You can see the frontage road on the north and you see Roosevelt. You can see how we shifted that road down and how we've made all of this um ultimately work to create this better solution.

So again, just kind of moving west, you can see the school bus stops up there on the frontage road, what that looks like, and then kind of one more and how it all ultimately all tapers back. So, pretty significant commitment by my client, willing to absorb much more of that road, build the entire road, build the frontage road, build the median ultimately to create a much better solution, uh, we think for the city of Goodyear and for the community.

Um, as I mentioned, it creates safer school bus stops. We brought those school bus stops onto the frontage road, um, then protected from Roosevelt. And so in summary, we would respectfully request your approval. Again, we're here because of Luke Air Force Base and the changes in the water policy, the restrictions on the site. We were very pleased that you guys supported and the council supported the general plan amendment back in December for business and commerce.

Um we've made some pretty significant commitments to the community accommodations as part of this application based on neighbor feedback. Um, those Roosevelt Street improvements I think create a much better situation than frankly even exists out there today. And then I think we're going to have a great beautiful project that Goodyear can be proud of with the multi-use trail and amenities around the perimeter. So with that, Mr.

Chair, I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have and we respectfully request your support. All right. Thank you. Um, are there any questions for this lady? I think see you ready to go. you pushed. No, I just want to thank you because um you you've answered one of my questions more than Yeah. enough. So, this is uh pretty good looking proposal. Thank you. Anyone else? Thank you very much. Thank you. Are there any speaker cards? Yes. Okay. For Dale Hicks. sensing the right. Okay.

All right. And just to let you know, each speaker is limited to three minutes. The screens will let you know how much time you have left to speak. And before you begin to speak, please identify yourself by clearly stating for the record your name and if you are a Goodyear resident. Good evening. Uh my name is Dale Hicks. I'm a Goodyear resident in the county area. I live on Perryville. I'm the third house south of Roosevelt on Pville.

I've seen all the information talk about all the streets around there that they're going to do work on and the entrance points. Pville has two entrances to the freeway, eastbound and westbound. Citrus only has a westbound entrance. So, that's going to put a lot of traffic, a lot of truck traffic on Perryville, which is only two lanes each way. The speed limit if you go south on the street is 40 miles an hour. If you go north on the street, it says 50 miles an hour.

So, which one is it supposed to be on the street? No one's ever said anything about that. And I'd like to find out information what they're going to do about that. They put a stoplight in at Pville and Roosevelt. Now, the traffic backs up past the front of my house in the morning now and I can't get out of my driveway. So, when they put trucks in there, what's that going to do to our street? That's my questions. Thank you. Okay, we have your name and number.

We'll try to get someone u I don't know that we could get an answer right now tonight, but uh someone I'll have someone contact you. Thank you. Okay. Thank you very much. All right. And I've also received two other speaker cards, both in support of the project from Alma Aliveres and Jeff Levy. Neither of which wish to speak. Okay. Anyone else in the audience wish to speak? Okay, come on up. You'll have to turn a speaker card in after you leave there if you would please. Yeah, I got here late.

You bet. Uh chairman commissioners uh Tracy Glass. I'm not a Goodyear resident, but um, my partners and I have owned property adjoining the subject for 40 years. We just hit our 40th anniversary. To put that in perspective, um, Goodyear was newly incorporated. Um, there was no Palm Valley, there was no I 10 yet connected to downtown Phoenix. And um obviously it's come a significant way uh since that time.

We over the years, especially uh lately in the last couple of years, um have been paying a lot more attention to new activity as uh we are uh in the county. uh but very much intend to uh explore the possibility of uh becoming annexed someday which of course uh requires a lot of things that we have not had i.e. uh sewer water flood studies, all kinds of uh data that we're in the process of working on. In a nutshell though, we're really excited to have uh the uh Citrus Group as neighbors.

It's a much needed land use. Uh it helps everybody out. They build the buildings, then you need more homes, and then you need more retail, and then you need more entertainment and city services. And um uh it used to be retail follows rooftops. In our case, it would be something follows industrial because um that's what uh the applicant is going for.

And uh just as evidenced by how full the buildings are getting on the Buckeye side of Pville Road, um I can't imagine that this uh project will do anything but uh complement the area. Um so I'm just here in support and uh want to work with uh the Goliath. were the David but happy to be that and um jointly work on any possible uh utility solutions andor street improvement u traffic signal uh construction etc. All part and parcel of uh being part of a regional development. Um that's it.

That's what I got to say. Thank you for your input. Anyone else? Okay, I'm going to close the public hearing. Will the secretary please read the staff recommendation?

recommend approval of a request to reszone approximately 267 acres generally located at the southwest corner of North Citrus Road and West Roosevelt Street from Los Palmus Planned Area Development P A to I 10 Citrus Gateway P A to allow a mix of business park district BPD, light industrial park I1, and general commercial district C2 land uses on certain areas of the property as set forth in the draft ordinance number 2025. 5-XXX.

Is there a motion for the staff recommendation or you can voice an alternate motion? I have a motion from Commissioner Booth and a second from Commissioner Nefo Mossino. The floor is open for commission discussion. Okay, we can have some discussion on this. I was quite impressed as was Ernie about uh the process they went through.

Particularly the letter we received from Miss Hollivveris reference how much the project uh designers and and developers have gotten with them and helped out the uh people nearby on their concerns. So I see nothing uh that's going to keep me from voting for this project. Anyone else? Yeah, I agree. I agree. Okay. Well, I appreciate the fact that uh the u the developer, the applicant um worked pretty closely with the um uh residents in the area.

And from what they presented today, I thought it was uh uh well uh planned, you know. So um the other thing is I just want to make sure that um the um item I raised in the beginning would be addressed so that um even though we're make making recommendation to the uh city council I want to make sure that this commission have done its homework before making a recommendation to the city council. So, and I think uh uh given what the issues raised today, I think we've done that.

So, we're not rubber stomping any anything to go to the city council. So, and I think um um my concern is just make sure that we've done our homework. So, and um I don't have any major concern not to approve this project. So thank you. Um um transparency, you know, it's just so important being able to sit down and talk to people, being able to understand that having um the company and the people working um to get things done is what this is for and actually been about. So um yes um I concur.

Okay, Commissioner Wang, did you have anything you wanted to say? No, I I totally agree. Especially they're willing to uh listen and work with the community. Um I I have no reason not to uh agree with it. This this is a uh is a good idea. This is a good project. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. All right, then. Please enter your vote and Commissioner Wang, please voice your vote. I Thank you. Motion passes. You have you have Mr. Dick's telephone number on your Oh, yes. Yeah. Yep. Thank you.

Absolutely. Um the recommendation of approval will be forwarded to city council for the April 28th meeting. Okay. Are there any staff communications? There are during the March 12th city council meeting, residents spoke about the need to expand the notification and zoning request process and vice chair um chair vice chairman uh San Vito requested that uh a meeting be uh scheduled to address that item.

Uh for a little bit of background, the zoning ordinance requires mailing notices for all properties that are within 500 feet of the property be to be zoned. And this is in conformance with state statute that requires a 300 ft noticing for public hearings. The comprehensive zoning ordinance that um update that is underway that will include a review of the noticing requirements and studies of best practices in our peer cities.

And this will be brought to the planning and zoning commission and the city council at a future meeting for discussion and direction likely later this year or early next year. And staff did call and leave a voicemail back to that resident after his attendance at the planning and zoning commission meeting. In addition to that, um, at your meeting on March 12th, uh, you heard an item for a 66 acre reszone located at the southwest corner of Interstate 10 in Lichfield Road called Celebration Plaza.

At the March 24th city council meeting, the applicant requested that the item be continued to a future date. So, that will be going back before council and potentially the planning and zoning commission. And those are my updates. All right. If nothing else, the next planning zoning commission meeting will be held on May the 7th at 6 p.m. in this chambush. Uh the meeting is adjourned.