Planning commission approves minor general plan amendment and PAD rezoning for 160‑acre Verrado/Yuma project

The Buckeye Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve two related land‑use applications for a 160‑acre master planned community at the southwest corner of Verrado Way and Yuma Road: a minor general plan amendment (case PLZU‑24‑0004) and a rezoning to Planned Area Development (PAD) (case PLZD‑24‑0005).

Mandy Woods, principal planner for the City of Buckeye, presented the combined request on behalf of the applicant, who is identified in the record as Jeffrey Bliley with Gilbert Bliley (applicant presence later referenced as Jeff Liley). Woods described a PAD that divides the site into six development units (parcels A–F) across about 160 acres. The proposal would change roughly 46 acres from the existing Neighborhood land‑use designation to a Business Commerce designation limited to that 46‑acre portion, with the remainder retaining neighborhood‑scale uses. "This is a master plan development, 01/1960 acres total. And it's intended to develop with a mix of…