Planning commission approves five consent items including Arlington Valley Solar plan change; Cavallero Construction Yard case continued to July 10

The Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Commission on June 12, 2025, recommended approval of five consent agenda items and recorded a continuance for a separate case to a July 10 hearing.

The commission approved a motion to recommend acceptance of consent agenda items 1 through 5, a package that included a comprehensive plan amendment and zoning change for Arlington Valley Solar (CPA240007 and Z240025), a special use permit for RV storage (SU250001), a home-occupation special use permit for NJ Palmer Salon (SU250005), and a modification to extend the validity period for interim outdoor industrial storage (SU250018). The motion was made by Commissioner Milhaven, seconded by Commissioner Layton, and approved by roll call, 6-0.

Staff summarized key consent items. For Arlington Valley Solar (CPA240007), staff said the request is a comprehensive plan amendment to change the land-use designation in the Old U.S. Highway 80 area plan from rural residential to industrial; a companion zoning case (Z240025) seeks a zone change with overlay from Rural-190 and Rural-190 Special Use Permit to Industrial IUPD, and staff recommended approval with conditions a through w. For SU250001 (Northern And Cotton Storage), staff described a special use permit for RV storage in a C-2 CUPD zoning district at the northeast corner of Northern Avenue and Cotton, recommending approval with conditions a through i. For SU250005 (NJ Palmer Salon), staff said it is a special use permit for a home-occupation in the Rural-43 zoning district about a quarter mile west of the southwest corner of Queen Creek Road and Higley; staff recommended approval and noted written opposition had been received but no speakers were present. For SU250018, staff said it seeks modification of conditions to extend the validity timeframe for interim outdoor industrial storage at 1011017 West Happy Valley Road (southeast corner of Happy Valley Road and 11th Avenue in North Phoenix); staff recommended approval with conditions a through h.

Earlier in the meeting staff announced Case Z2024016 (Cavallero Construction Yard, District 5) had been requested for continuance to the July 10 commission hearing; staff said no action was required by the commission on that item at this time. "Case Z2024016 is in District 5 for Cavallero Construction Yard. The applicant has requested a continuance of the case to the July 10 commission hearing. No actions required by the commission," a county staff member said.

The commission did not record any amendments to the consent items during the June 12 hearing. A roll-call tally recorded all six voting members as yes. The actions send the consent items forward as recommendations; specific conditions listed by staff (for example, "conditions a through w") were not read into the record in full during the hearing.

The commission moved on to regular agenda items after the consent and continuance announcements; next on the agenda was the zoning ordinance update (TA250001).