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Council approves Hancock Hudson Station PAD amendment to allow 218-unit rental community
Summary
The council approved Ordinance 862-25 to amend a PAD overlay, raising the allowable height from 24 to 30 feet and approving a revised site plan for a 218-unit rental development at the southeast corner of 220th Street and Queen Creek Road.
The Town Council on April 2 approved an amendment to the Hancock Hudson Station PAD overlay and a site plan for a multiunit rental project at the southeast corner of 220th Street and Queen Creek Road, voting to adopt Ordinance 862-25.
Principal Planner Les Johnson summarized the proposal as an amendment to the medium-density residential (MDR) PAD overlay to increase maximum building height from 24 feet to 30 feet to accommodate redesigned units. The new site plan reduces the previously approved unit count from 240 to 218 and adds a mix of housing types: single‑story duplexes along the fronting streets and two‑story townhouse fourplexes, fiveplexes and sixplexes internally. Each unit includes a two‑car garage plus two driveway spaces and a private rear yard. The central amenity package includes a pool, a fitness area, a dog park and lawn and paseo spaces.
Johnson said the property was annexed into the town in 2022 under the MDR pad overlay and that the planning commission reviewed the amended plan at a March 26 meeting, unanimously recommending approval. He reported neighborhood outreach on Jan. 6 drew two residents and no formal opposition in writing.
Applicant representative Ralph Pugh described the revised plan as a "good project made better," noting the redesign reduces units, increases bedroom counts to three and four bedrooms, provides garages and larger rear yards and reconfigures access to limit traffic impacts on 220th Street. "The proposal now contains less units. We're down to 218 from 240, and they're all three and four bedroom," Pugh said, adding the applicant plans to seek demolition permits promptly if the council approved.
Council Member McClure, who said she lives near the site, thanked the applicant for "rightsizing" the project to better match community expectations and said she would fully support the amendment. Mayor Wheatley and other council members framed the approval as an example of "missing middle" housing that retains garage parking and family-sized units, rather than smaller units without garages proposed elsewhere.
Council Member Benning moved to adopt Ordinance 862-25; Council Member McClure seconded. The ordinance passed unanimously, 7–0. Town staff said the applicant must pursue standard building permits and any other required approvals following the PAD amendment and site plan approval.
