Planning and Zoning Commission approves Greenlight Verrado rezoning to Planned Area Development

The Buckeye Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 25 recommended approval of a rezoning that would allow a 46-acre property at the northeast corner of Verrado Way and the Van Buren alignment to be developed as a Planned Area Development (PAD).

Staff said the PAD would divide the site into five parcels for a mix of commercial and multifamily residential uses and would include an expansion parcel for the city’s water campus. Ken Galica, a city planning staff member, told the commission the PAD is intended to implement the city’s Landing Gateway Activity Center vision and that the developer will build required infrastructure and meet design standards.

The rezoning matter was presented to the commission as “Greenlight Verrado” (PLZZ-24-0011). Galica said the site totals “just a little over 46 acres” and that the PAD would create Parcel A, a roughly 5.7-acre commercial parcel, Parcels B and C for market-rate multifamily, Parcel D for “attainable” multifamily product (smaller units aimed at lower-rent thresholds), and Parcel E reserved for an expansion of the city’s water campus. Galica explained that the PAD would tailor…