A major planned development amendment to 29 acres at Miller Rd. and the I-10 aims to pave the way for commercial development and potentially a hospital.
The land, owned by Amerco Real Estate Company, is currently vacant. It was zoned to general commerce in the early 1990s with a planned area development overlay approved in 2015, limiting land use to multi-family mixed uses and commercial use including retail, food service, hotels and lodging, automotive and transportation.
At the May 20 general meeting, Buckeye City Council approved for the modification of use designations, including for multi-family use to be removed to prioritize commercial development.
“The primary intent of this is to modify that use list by removing the multifamily residential component and proposing a new land use plan with associated uses that are better suited for the current market and the desired character of this commercial gateway into the city,” Principal Planner Mandy Woods said at the meeting. “It is a major amendment because permitted uses are being modified.”
- Miller Rd. Development Unit: 17.2 to 21.2 acres
- Offices, business or professional
- General retail
- Shopping center or plaza mall
- Art gallery or museum
- Veterinary clinic
- Hospital
- Animal hospital
- Clinic or health care facility
- Hotel or motel
- Religious assembly
- Yuma Rd. Development Unit: 8 to 12 acres
- Warehouses
- Retail sales
- Mini-storage, indoor and outdoor
- Vehicle sales and rentals
“It’s a substantially shorter list than what the base district of GC would allow, so this provides a lot more predictability for this property,” Woods said.
The former specific use prohibitions will be carried over including prohibiting adult entertainment, junkyards, heavy industrial and manufacturing.
A neighborhood meeting was held on March 19 and all required legal notices, site postings and mailing notices were supplied in April. On April 22, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that City Council approve the amendments. Woods said there were “no identified outstanding citizen concerns.”
“It furthers goals of the general plan, it conforms to the code or proposes alternate standards that will result in very high quality development,” she said, “and there are no outstanding issues from reviewing departments.”
No speakers from the public requested to comment prior to the council’s unanimous vote approving the amendment.
Read more about the amendment and the development project HERE.
Watch the full City Council meeting HERE.
