PLZZ-25-0012 - Yuma & Dean Sundance CMPA - Presentation - CC20260421.pptx

Sundance CMP
Major Amendment –
Yuma Road & Dean 
Road
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Case PLZZ-25-0012
City Council
April 21, 2026

Project Overview
• Applicant: Jeffrey Blilie, Gilbert Blilie, 
PLLC, on behalf of Yuma Dean 10 LLC
• Location: west of the southwest corner of Yuma 
Road & Dean Road (APNs 504-22-861 and 504-21-
870A)
• Request: Amend the Sundance Community Master 
Plan (CMP) to include 8.3 acres as a 
Commercial land use designation for the 
purpose of multi-family residential 
development
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Site Context
• Site: vacant
• North: vacant auxiliary 
field / Windmill Village
• South: single-family 
residential
• East: commercial and civic 
services
• West: single-family 
residential
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General Plan Land 
Use
• Land Use: Master Planned 
Community
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Zoning
• Existing Zoning: 
Commercial Center (CC)
• Proposed Zoning: 
Commercial Center (CC) 
with Sundance CMP Overlay
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Sundance CMP Land Use Exhibit

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Proposed CMPA 
• Inclusion of 8.3 
acres (new Parcel 
34C) within the CMP, 
to be assigned 
Commercial land use
• 34C anticipated to 
develop with 34B to 
form one multi-
family residential 
project
• 34B: 32 units
• 34C: 156 units

Proposed CMPA (cont.)
• Total planned units in Sundance CMP increasing 
from 6,798 to 6,954 units
• Current CMP maximum is 6,933 units; CMPA will 
include exception allowing an additional 21 
units on Parcel 34C only
• Including Parcel 34C, the overall CMP density 
is 3.42 du/ac – consistent with CMP target 
density of 5.1 du/ac
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• CMPA includes 
modified building 
height step-down 
provision
• Accounts for adjacent 
90-foot-wide HOA 
tract and wash 
separating project 
from homes to the 
south
Proposed CMPA – Modified 
Provisions

Public Participation
• Neighborhood meeting: January 26, 2026 at 6PM
• Held at Buckeye Library – Coyote Branch
• Attendees included project team, City staff, one 
Councilperson, and one neighbor
• Legal Notice: March 7, 2026
• Site Posting: March 9, 2026
• Mailing Notice: March 6, 2026
• No speakers at Planning & Zoning Commission 
public hearing
• No formal feedback, opposition, or support 
received
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Future Development & 
Infrastructure
• Companion Site Plan request (Case PLZSP-25-
0037) pending; approval will be administrative
• Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) submitted and 
approved with CMPA
• Developer to complete transportation, water, 
and sewer infrastructure improvements, as 
determined by TIA and Site Plan approval
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Emergency Services & Schools
• Property to be serviced by City Fire and 
Police
• Applicant fulfilled Adequate School Facilities 
notification requirement by notifying Buckeye 
Union High School District (BUHSD) and Liberty 
Elementary School District (LESD)
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Analysis
Furthers goals of the Buckeye General Plan
Conforms to the Buckeye Development Code 
and/or proposes alternate standards that will 
result in high quality development
No outstanding issues from reviewing 
departments
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Recommendation
• Conduct a public hearing
• Adopt Ordinance approving PLZZ-25-0012, 
subject to conditions a) through p)
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