By Elias Weiss | InMaricopa
The Maricopa Planning and Zoning Commission approved a rezoning request Monday that would allow commercial development along White and Parker Road in one of two rare contested votes that evening. The other measure failed.
The commission voted 5-1 to recommend changing a 5-acre parcel west of White and Parker at Blazen Trail and Seven Ranch Road from rural to commercial zoning. Commissioner Robert Klob cast the lone dissenting vote, citing the lack of a development plan and warning of potential long-term consequences.
“There’s no plan? We’re creating a specialized zoning piece in the middle of one of our prime arterial roads, and we don’t know what it will be,” Klob said in a four-minute back-and-forth with city staff before the vote. “Hopefully, it will be something good at some point, someday, down the road. I just have really strong reservations on what happens tomorrow.”
