Planning & Zoning Commission meets Monday to hear ethanol plant rezoning

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The City of Maricopa’s Planning & Zoning Commission will meet Monday afternoon to hear rezoning requests for the proposed ethanol plant and to review subdivision regulations for a new Chapter 14 of the city code. The agenda for this meeting follows:

Maricopa Planning & Zoning Commission
Monday, January 9, 2006 at 5:00 pm
Maricopa High School Room 1
45012 West Honeycutt Avenue
Maricopa, AZ 85239

1.0 Call To Order

1.1 Pledge of Allegiance

2.0 Roll Call

3.0 Minutes

3.1 Approval of November 14, 2005 Planning & Zoning Meeting Minutes.

4.0 Public Hearing

4.1 ZON05-13 – Pinal Energy, LLC is requesting approval to rezone a 45.5 ± acre site for a proposed ethanol plant within the current City limits. The applicant is requesting to rezone this property from the County zoned designation of “CI-2” (Industrial zone), to the City of Maricopa’s equivalent zoning designation of “CI-2” (Industrial Zone) within the City of Maricopa. This property was recently annexed by the City on September 20, 2005. This property is situated in Sections 6, 7, and 8 Township 5S, R4E. Furthermore, the parcels are identified as Pinal County Assessor’s Parcel Number: 502-43-001J and 502-43-001K. The subject property is south of the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway, and west of the Fuqua Road, and east of White & Parker Road.

5.0 Agenda Items

5.1 ZON05-13. Pinal Energy, LLC is requesting approval to rezone a 45.5 ± acre site for a proposed ethanol plant within the current City limits. The applicant is requesting to rezone this property from the County zoned designation of “CI-2” (Industrial zone), to the City of Maricopa’s equivalent zoning designation of “CI-2” (Industrial Zone) within the City of Maricopa. This property was recently annexed by the City on September 20, 2005. This property is situated in Sections 6, 7, and 8 Township 5S, R4E. Furthermore, the parcels are identified as Pinal County Assessor’s Parcel Number: 502-43-001J and 502-43-001K. The subject property is south of the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway, and west of the Fuqua Road, and east of White & Parker Road. Discussion & Action.

5.2 TXT05-06: This is the second meeting to review the proposed Subdivision Regulations (Chapter 14 of the City Code) specifically for the City of Maricopa. The new Subdivision Regulations would repeal the existing Chapter 14 of the Maricopa City Code, City of Maricopa Subdivision Regulations, in its entirety and adopt a new Chapter 14 of the Maricopa City Code, City of Maricopa Subdivision Regulations. This particular meeting is on the proposed “Article 7, Improvement Requirements” This is an informational and discussion item only Discussion Only.

6.0 Report from Commission and/or Staff

7.0 Call to the Public

The procedures to follow if you address the Commission are: Commission requests that you express your ideas in five minutes or less and refrain from any personal attacks or derogatory statements about any City employee, a fellow citizen, or anyone else, whether in the audience or not. The Chairman will limit discussion whenever he deems such an action appropriate to the proper conduct of the meeting.

8.0 Executive Session

The Planning & Zoning Commission may go into executive session for purposes of obtaining legal advice from the City’s attorney on any of the above agenda items pursuant to A.R.S.§ 38-431.03 (A)(3).

9.0 Adjournment

Note: This meeting is open to the public. All interested persons are welcome to attend. Supporting documents and staff reports, which were furnished to the Commission with this Agenda, are available for review.