ORDINANCE NO. O17-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 16480 NORTH 59TH AVENUE FROM C-O (COMMERCIAL OFFICE) TO G-O (GENERAL OFFICE); AMENDING THE ZONING MAP; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND ORDERING THAT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE IS RECORDED.
Staff Contact: Jon M. Froke, AICP, Planning Director
Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to conduct a public hearing, waive reading beyond the title, and adopt an ordinance for ZON16-06 subject to the stipulations as recommended by the Planning Commission. The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 2.59 acres of land from C-O (Commercial Office) to G-O (General Office). The site is located on the northwest corner of Kings and 59th Avenues.
Background
The site is vacant. The area around the site is built out with commercial, office and residential development. To the north is vacant land, zoned C-O; to the east is the Talavi Town Center, zoned PAD (Planned Area Development), across 59th Avenue; to the south is a Social Security Office, zoned C-O; and to the west is the Spyglass II Subdivision, zoned R1-6 (Single Residence).
Rezoning the site to G-O would allow the operation of a medical use of approximately 16,692 square feet. The existing C-O zoning allows medical uses not to exceed 5,000 square feet.
BioLife proposes to construct a new single story office building which will be consistent with the City's ordinances, codes, standards, and design guidelines. The applicant will dedicate additional right-of-way along 59th Avenue, which will provide room for a new southbound deceleration lane and a new concrete sidewalk on the west side of the street. The applicant will also dedicate additional right-of-way along Kings Avenue for a proposed driveway, new fire hydrant, and a new storm water catch basin on the north side of the street. This will provide complete streets and a...
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