Buckeye commission continues Jackson Place manufactured-home park after notice dispute

The Buckeye Planning and Zoning Commission voted to continue review of the Jackson Place manufactured-home park conditional use permit and site plan (case PLZU-25-2) to the commission's Oct. 14 meeting after a nearby property owner said he had not received mailed notice of the hearing.

The continuance follows public comment from Jay Broadbent, part owner of the Broadbent Levitt office building, who told the commission, "If this project goes through, I'm out of here," and said notices were mailed to a P.O. box he said he closed three years ago. Staff responded that mailed notice had been produced from assessor records and that the relevant statute requires mailing to addresses listed in the county assessor's rolls.

Why it matters: The project is a small, downtown infill residential proposal and would place eight park-model manufactured homes on a roughly 0.3-acre lot at the northwest corner of Jackson Avenue and South Second Street in Downtown Buckeye. The commission's decision to delay allows staff and affected parties additional time to confer with the property owner and the applicant before the commission acts.

City staff presen…