By Roland Murphy | AZBEX
The Sahuarita Planning and Zoning Commission met earlier this month to hear and discuss development plans and a rezoning request for a 233.4-acre planning area known as Parcel 30.
The site lies east of Interstate 19 and south of Sahuarita Road at the NWC of El Toro and La Villita roads. The property is comprised of three parcels under Town ownership, and the Town of Sahuarita is requesting rezoning from rural homestead to specific plan.
Potential uses include recreation, commercial, office, multiple dwelling residential and other, similar possibilities.
According to the staff report, “A majority of the site is vacant and undisturbed with two exceptions: much of the area north of the railroad line contains the Man in the Maze Park and is the site of the remediation area with an Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Declaration of Environmental Use Restrictions. The remaining portion of the rezoning project area is vacant and undisturbed.”
Twin Buttes Road currently serves as the site’s accessway. El Toro Road, on the southern edge of the property, is being extended, and Twin Buttes will be abandoned once the extension is complete. Primary access will be along El Toro and La Villita roads.
The staff report also says, “As part of a rezoning application, a preliminary development plan is required. The applicant has submitted two concepts, both are very similar with the primary difference being the roadway network. The site will be served by Global Water – Farmers Water Company, Inc. and Sahuarita Water Reclamation Facility. A full Development Plan along with associated documents will be required to be submitted for review and approval by the Town before any development takes place.”
Both development concepts are broken into four development areas and include 1.4 acres of open space at the SEC.
