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Planning commission recommends Rio 1900 PAD and minor general plan amendment, limits growth by 1,900 acre‑foot water allocation
Summary
The commission forwarded recommendations to City Council to rezone King Ranch PAD to Rio 1900 PAD and to approve a minor general plan amendment converting 31 acres to neighborhoods; staff and the applicant emphasized a 1,900 acre‑foot annual water allocation and multi‑decade buildout with significant open space and civic site commitments.
The Goodyear Planning and Zoning Commission on Dec. 3 voted to forward two related items — a minor general plan amendment and a rezone — that together create the Rio 1900 planned area development (PAD) on land currently covered by the King Ranch PAD.
Principal Planner Anne Dolmage outlined a layered land‑use approach for the roughly 1,940‑acre proposal, describing seven character areas intended to focus commercial and higher‑density uses near Cotton Lane and Estrella Parkway while preserving about 30% of the PAD as open space. Staff recommended the commission endorse the minor general plan amendment (31 acres from open space to…
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