Council rezones 267-acre site to I‑10 Citrus Gateway PAD after applicant adds buffers and frontage road
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The council conditionally rezoned roughly 267 acres at Citrus Road and Roosevelt Street to the I‑10 Citrus Gateway Planned Area Development, approving business park, commercial and limited light-industrial uses with setbacks, a frontage road and height limits; vote was unanimous.
The Goodyear City Council on April 28 unanimously adopted an ordinance conditionally rezoning approximately 267 acres at the southwest corner of North Citrus Road and West Roosevelt Street to the I‑10 Citrus Gateway Planned Area Development (PAD). The adoption, Ordinance No. 2025-1631, was approved after staff and the applicant described community outreach and design features intended to protect adjacent residences.
Staff principal planner Guadalupe Ortiz Cortez told council the property had been zoned as the Las Palmas PAD since 2003 and could not be subdivided under current water designations; the applicant’s PAD proposes business park and commercial districts along Citrus Road with light industrial uses allowed 300 feet inward from the property boundary. The PAD requires additional setbacks adjacent to residential, includes a 50-foot landscape buffer on the west, south and north edges, and proposes a frontage road along West Roosevelt Street to separate neighborhood traffic from project traffic.
The PAD would permit business park uses such as offices, data centers, manufacturing and warehouses, and commercial uses along Citrus Road. The applicant proposed a 56-foot maximum building height along perimeter areas, a 70-foot maximum 300 feet inward, and an option to seek a use permit to raise building height to 100 feet in interior zones; staff noted use permits would undergo separate review.
Council members repeatedly commended the applicant for outreach and design refinements. “I just want to thank the applicant because they’ve really been responsive to the concerns of the residents,” Councilmember Terry said. Vice Mayor asked staff and the applicant to explain the frontage-road configuration and confirmed the project’s design work to address ingress and egress concerns. Multiple councilmembers noted the site’s proximity to industrial approvals across Citrus in the City of Buckeye.
After public notice and a neighborhood meeting attended by seven residents, staff and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval. The ordinance was adopted by council in a 6-0 vote.
Ordinance No. 2025-1631 conditionally rezones the property to the I‑10 Citrus Gateway PAD; staff said final site plans and any use-permit requests would return to the city for future review.