The Queen Creek Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of a major general plan amendment and a concurrent rezoning to allow employment/light industrial uses on a triangular 10-acre parcel at the northeast corner of Germann (Germain) and Rittenhouse.

Nathan Warren, a planner with development services, described the request as a change from a neighborhood land-use designation to an industrial/employment designation that would be followed by a rezoning to the town’s Employment A district. Warren said the site is adjacent to an area in the City of Mesa with similar uses and that the parcel’s proximity to railroad tracks and high-voltage easements constrains residential development.

Adam Baugh, representing the applicant, said the parcel is compatible with surrounding employment uses and would create divisible industrial/office spaces in the 6,000–12,000-square-foot range that local businesses can lease. Baugh noted neighborhood outreach and said the only communication received was a letter of support.

Baugh and Warren emphasized that the general plan amendment permits a case-by-case review and that Arizona statutes require two hearings for a major amendment; this meeting was the second hearing. No public commenters signed up to speak during the public hearing and commission members asked no follow-up questions.

A commissioner moved to recommend approval of the major general plan amendment, P24-0140, and the motion passed unanimously. The commission subsequently moved and approved the associated rezoning, P24-0109, to Employment A (lighter industrial) and forwarded the items to town council for final action.

Commissioners and the applicant described this change as aligning the parcel with existing employment and industrial uses across the tracks and along Rittenhouse, and as an opportunity to provide smaller leasable spaces for businesses choosing to remain in town. Warren said no specific tenants are proposed at this stage and that the proposal instead establishes an appropriate zoning category to allow compatible employment uses in the future.

The commission’s recommendation moves the amendment and rezoning forward to town council for a final decision.