Goodyear commission recommends approval of drive‑through use permit at Palm Valley site

The Goodyear Planning and Zoning Commission voted Wednesday to recommend that the City Council approve a use permit allowing a convenience‑use drive‑through in the Palm Valley neighborhood.

Planning manager Christian Williams told the commission the 1.86‑acre site sits at the northeast corner of Indian School Road and Bridal Avenue and lies within a planned area development whose underlying zoning is C‑1 (neighborhood commercial). "My name is Christian Williams, planning manager here with City of Goodyear," Williams said while introducing the request, which he said came from Ed Bull and Madison (Lee/Leake) and would be known as Palm Valley 10 Drive Through.

The proposal is for a roughly 10,000‑square‑foot multi‑tenant building with a single drive‑through lane on the west end of the building and an approximate building height of 22 feet. The preliminary site plan shows nine queuing spaces before the first stopping point (the menu board) — above the city's six‑space minimum — and four spaces between the first stopping point and the pickup window, which staff said aligns with city…