Despite concerns from neighboring residents in Maricopa County, the Surprise Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval for all three parcels of Bonita Ranch, a medium-density development mostly surrounded by the larger Rancho Mercado planned area development in the city’s northern reaches.
Two separate motions were required to recommend changing the density from residential ranch to residential medium density at the July 20 meeting. Two parcels are in the city and effectively an island within Rancho Mercado, but the third is a county island awaiting annexation with Rancho Mercado on three sides and the county to the west.
