Maricopa County's Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission meets Sept. 10, and the first case is a request from Shadow Country, LLC and applicant Sara GilBride of Prefling Engineering to run a 40-acre police sniper training range about 1¼ miles southeast of Vekol Valley Rd. and Interstate 8. The land is zoned Rural-190, so the range requires a special use permit (SUP). Staff recommends approval with conditions and notes an earlier code-enforcement case over unpermitted work on the property, with a compliance deadline now set for Feb. 22, 2027.

The same P&Z meeting takes up the Hassayampa Distribution Center in Tonopah, a 73-acre site near 339th Ave. and Roosevelt St. Agenda item 2 asks to change the future land-use map for 59.5 acres from commercial retail and rural density to light industrial; agenda item 3 asks to rezone the full 73 acres from Rural-43 to IND-2 IUPD. The project is described as a light-industrial commerce park with light manufacturing, assembly, and distribution space near the I-10/339th Ave. interchange; staff recommends approval and approval with conditions.

Also on the calendar is a special use permit for a small, fenced fiber-optic utility compound on a 27-acre parcel at Forepaugh Peak Rd. and the Arizona & California Railroad, about 2 miles north of U.S. 60 near Wickenburg. The compound would be unmanned and closed to the public; staff recommends approval with conditions.

Collectively, these cases show the commission acting as Maricopa County's land-use gatekeeper: it will decide whether unusual rural uses get a green light and whether the county's growth map should shift toward industry in Tonopah. Staff recommendations are available for each item, and they all point to approval, with conditions where noted.

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PZ — September 10, 2026

  • Shadow Country Police Shooting Range Sept. 10, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission Agenda Owner: Shadow Country, LLC district Valley Rd. and I-8 Frwy. in the Vekol Valley area: The county is being asked to let Shadow Country, LLC operate a 40-acre police sniper training range about 1¼ miles southeast of Vekol Valley Rd. and Interstate 8; the range would be law-enforcement only and closed to the public, with up to 19 people on site and no firearms or ammunition stored there. County staff recommends approval with conditions, and notes the property had earlier unpermitted development now under a compliance agreement with a Feb. 22, 2027 deadline. View item
  • Hassayampa Distribution Center Owners: LKJM LLC/ KLT LLC/ JAB-Kids LLC Area Plan changing the designated land use from Community Retail Center and Rural Densities to Light Industrial the Tonopah area: The area-plan half of the Hassayampa Distribution Center request would change 59.5 of the project's 73 acres—about 81.5% of the site—from Community Retail Center and Rural Densities to Light Industrial on the Tonopah/Arlington Area Plan map. Applicant Ed Reichenberg of RAP LLC represents owners LKJM LLC, KLT LLC, and JAB-Kids LLC; staff recommends approval of the amendment. View item
  • Hassayampa Distribution Center Owners: LKJM LLC/ KLT LLC/ JAB-Kids LLC the Tonopah area: The companion zone-change request would rezone the full 73-acre Tonopah site from Rural-43 to IND-2 IUPD, accommodating a proposed light-industrial commerce park: light manufacturing, assembly, and distribution, with 13.5 acres along 339th Ave. kept for commercial uses; staff recommends approval with conditions. View item
  • Wickenburg ILA Owner: Charlene Brungs zoning district California Railroad, approx. 2 miles N of US 60, in the Wickenburg area. Sept. 10, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission Agenda: This request would put a fenced, unmanned fiber-optic utility compound on about 2.1 acres of a 27-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Forepaugh Peak Rd. and the Arizona & California Railroad, roughly 2 miles north of U.S. 60 near Wickenburg. Applicant Jamie Hartig of Ledcor Group represents owner Charlene Brungs; no antennas or towers are planned, and staff recommends approval with conditions. View item