By Roland Murphy | AZBEX
The Surprise City Council voted unanimously last month to approve The Hampton Group’s request to rezone 295.6 gross acres north of the planned Beardsley Parkway and 251st Avenue alignments from rural residential to a combination of single- and multifamily to allow for future development.
Council approved a development agreement for the project in May.
According to the project narrative, the western edge of the property sits at the border with the City of Buckeye and the Festival Foothills Planned Community. The properties to the north, south and east of the site are undeveloped, zoned rural residential and situated within Surprise.
The Surprise 295 request sought rezoning for 272.8 gross acres to R-1 Residential Low-Density for 945 homes and a density of 3.5 units/acre, as well as R-3 High-Density (Urban Neighborhoods) for 22.8 acres for 240 units and a density of 11.9 units/acre.
