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Buckeye staff seek faster approvals by moving more plats and site plans to administrative review
Summary
City staff outlined proposed updates to Buckeye's development code that would shift routine final plats and many site-plan approvals from council to administrative review to speed development and reduce council workload; no formal vote was taken.
City planning staff presented options to City Council to modernize Buckeye's development code and shift more routine land-use approvals to administrative review in an effort to speed project timelines and reduce council time on technical approvals.
The presentation, delivered by Brian, a city planning staff member, summarized which land-use actions would remain under council authority (annexations, general plan amendments, rezones, planned area developments and community master plans) and which routine items staff proposed making administrative, such as many final plats, smaller preliminary plats and a broader set of site plans. Staff noted state law…
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