Commission backs Vantage Data Center sign program amendment allowing campus monument at Bullard and Van Buren

The Goodyear Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval Feb. 2025 of an amendment to the Vantage Data Center Comprehensive Sign Program (CSP) that would allow a campus monument sign at the southeast corner of Bullard and Van Buren. The recommendation will be forwarded to City Council for final action on Feb. 24.

Senior Planner Kyle Abbott told the commission the amendment adds a corner monument that exceeds Article 7 regulations and therefore requires commission review and council approval. The amended CSP would permit a campus-identification monument — to identify the Vantage Data Center campus rather than a specific building — with a maximum height of 12 feet and a combined logo and copy area not to exceed 96.5 square feet.

Abbott said the amendment also aligns the CSP with the final approved site plan, which reduced the campus from three buildings in the original September 2020 site plan to two buildings in the March 2024 approved plan. "Staff evaluated the impact of the proposed CSP amendment with no major concerns being found," Abbott said.

The proposed monument preserves the campus architectural features, including a concrete wall and vertical cell element, and the CSP sets the allowed logo and copy areas and sign locations. Abbott said the sign location is outside the site visibility triangle and therefore will not create adverse sight-line issues.

No public comments on the item were received at the hearing. The commission voted to recommend approval; the motion passed and will be forwarded to City Council on Feb. 24 for final approval.