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Board rezones 43.77 acres for Treckle I‑8 industrial park, approves PAD with conditions
Summary
The Board approved rezoning and a planned‑area development overlay for a 43.77‑acre property near Interstate 8 to allow industrial development and flexible building sizes and heights, including a requested increase to 60‑foot building height, subject to staff‑recommended stipulations.
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors approved on May 7 a rezoning (PZ02724) and a planned‑area development overlay (PZPD02523) to convert 43.77 acres near Interstate 8 and South Treckle Road to I‑2 industrial zoning for prospective industrial park development.
Patrick Z. Roberts, senior planner, summarized the proposal and the staff recommendation: if approved the site would be rezoned to I‑2 with a PAD overlay allowing flexibility in development standards, notably a requested increase in maximum building height to 60 feet and changes to restaurant allowances within the district. Staff received one public letter of support and one letter of opposition (which raised traffic concerns); staff recommended approval with one stipulation for the rezoning case and 11 stipulations for the PAD case.
Garrett Aldrete of The Planning Center, representing the applicant, said the rezoning is a speculative move to attract industrial investment along the I‑8 corridor and described a range of possible building footprints from small warehouses (around 5,000 square feet) to large buildings (50,000–100,000 square feet). "We're looking to rezone all of this, to a single zone of I 2," Aldrete said. He noted the site shares a boundary with the Valley Humane Society parcel and abuts existing sand and gravel use to the west.
Staff and the applicant said a traffic impact analysis was included in materials and potential access points to Treckle Road were conceptual; the opposition letter expressed concern the site could be used as a truck stop, increasing traffic.
The board approved the rezoning with one stipulation and the PAD with 11 stipulations. The approvals are intended to support future industrial development, expand employment opportunities in the county and align the parcel's comprehensive‑plan designation for employment. Supervisors emphasized that final project layouts, traffic improvements and drainage would be evaluated at site‑plan review and that the PAD stipulations must be met before building permits are issued.
Clarifying details from the hearing: site area is 43.77 acres (applicant); proposed maximum building height under PAD would increase to 60 feet (applicant/staff); staff reported one support letter and one opposition letter; rezoning case includes 1 stipulation and PAD case includes 11 stipulations to be met at site plan or permit stage.
