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Buckeye planning staff ask commission to allow limited residential uses inside large employment-designated sites
Summary
City staff proposed a minor general plan text amendment to allow future requests for limited residential and commercial uses within very large employment-designated properties (over 1,280 acres), with conditions to keep employment as the primary use; the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval to city council.
City planning staff on Tuesday asked the Planning and Zoning Commission to recommend a minor general plan text amendment that would allow, but not require, limited residential and commercial uses within very large parcels currently designated for employment uses.
The request, presented by Ken Galica, would amend the general plan text to permit future zoning requests on properties larger than 1,280 acres to include residential or commercial components so long as “residential shall not be the predominant land use,” and the proposal meets strict buffering and design standards, Galica said. “Under no circumstances could a PAD allow for heavy industrial uses directly adjacent to any residential…
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