Council gives staff consensus to advance annexation application for roughly 15 acres near Glendale and Alsop
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City staff asked for council consensus to advance annexation ANDash262, which would bring about 15 acres into the city and later allow a Planned Area Development rezoning for a roughly 223,000-square-foot flex industrial building; council granted consensus after debate about a county ‘island’ and neighborhood compatibility.
City staff asked the Glendale City Council for consensus to advance annexation application ANDash262 for about 15 acres northwest of the intersection of West Glendale Avenue and North Alsop Avenue and the council agreed to let staff proceed.
Tabitha Perry, identified in the meeting transcript as assistant deputy director of development services, told the council the applicant proposed two parcels totaling approximately 15 acres currently in the county with a county zoning of RU‑43 (single-family residential). Perry said if annexed the most compatible city zoning would be RR‑45 (single-family) but the applicant intends to request a rezoning to Planned Area Development (PAD) to allow industrial land uses. The applicant’s PAD conceptual plan shows an approximately 223,000-square-foot flex industrial building.
Perry told council staff coordinated an economic analysis with Applied Economics that estimated one-time fees to the city of about $1,300,000 for industrial development and a projected annual net fiscal benefit of about $80,000 under the hypothetical development scenarios presented. She said the subject parcels are within the Norris Contour, which “by state statute” defines compatible and incompatible land uses with the military base; Perry said the companion rezoning will propose land uses that support the base.
Several council members asked questions about contiguity and neighborhood fit. One council member stated they could not support the request, saying the parcels are surrounded by rural residential homes and that a 56‑foot industrial building would be “not a good neighbor.” Perry said the PAD application requests a maximum height not to exceed 56 feet but that the exact height detail was not otherwise specified in the annexation briefing.
Council then asked if there was consensus to advance the annexation application to the next steps — a public petition hearing for input followed by a public hearing for adoption — and the transcript records vocal confirmations and one explicit dissent. The mayor declared that the council had consensus to move the application forward.
No final annexation or rezoning decision was made at the meeting; staff will proceed to public-notice steps and return the annexation and subsequent rezoning for formal hearings and votes at future meetings.
