Staff Report

City of El Mirage — Regular Meeting (2020-03-03)

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ZONING APPROVAL 
 APPLICATION REQUEST REVIEW  
March 3, 2020 
 
 
APPLICANT INFORMATION 
Case: 
PZ19-11-23 
Owner/Applicant: 
Scott Chambers, Cavco West, Cavco Industries   
Agent: 
Dustin Chisum,   
Request (s): 
Major Site Plan 
 
 
PROPERTY INFORMATION 
Parcel(s): 
509-18-970B 
Address: 
13601 West Joe R. Ramirez Road 
Property History: 
E/I Employment/Industry 
Land Area: 
39.71 ac.  
Building Area: 
480,661 Sq. Ft. 
 
 
ZONING / LAND USES 
Existing Zoning/Land Use: 
E/I Employment/Industry/ Agriculture 
Proposed Zoning/Land Use: 
E/I Employment/Industry/ Light Manufacturing 
ARS 28-8481 Zone: 
80-85 Ldn 
Flood Zone: 
N/A 
  
 
SURROUNDING PROPERTY 
North: 
Agriculture 
East: 
Agriculture 
South: 
Agriculture 
West: 
Light Manufacturing 
 
 
COMMUNITY SERVICES 
Water: 
City of El Mirage 
Sewer: 
Septic 
Electric: 
APS 
Police: 
1.5 Miles 
Fire: 
3.5Miles 
 
 
ACCESS  
Road: 
Joe R. Ramirez Road 
Class: 
Minor Arterial   
Improvements: 
Good 
Condition: 
Good 
SCHOOLS 
District: 
Dysart Unified School District 
Elementary: 
Dysart Elementary School 
High School: 
Dysart High School

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STAFF REPORT 
Compliance with General 
Plan: 
The 
2010 
General 
Plan 
designates 
this 
area as part of the 
Commerce/Industry Park Planning Area and is compatible with the 
General Plan Land Use but requires a recommendation from the 
Planning Commission Board and final action from Council for the 
project to continue with submitting construction and civil plans.  
 
Considerations: 
The applicant, Cavco Industries is proposing a 486,000+/- square foot 
building for light manufacturing on 39.7 acres of land. Cavco Industries 
is a designer and builder of Cavco Industries is a designer and builder of 
systems-built structures including manufactured homes, modular homes, 
commercial buildings, park model RF’s, and vacation cabins. Cavco 
currently has 19 manufacturing facilities nationwide. The El Mirage 
facility will be the newest.  
 
Cavco currently operates in Goodyear, Arizona, in a rented building with 
300 plus employees. The El Mirage facility will be owned and operated 
by Cavco and once up and running the number of employees may 
increase.  
 
Parking Waiver; the applicant is requesting a parking wavier from the 
required 1,068 spaces as per Zoning Code §154.105 (E) (2). Staff has no 
objections to the Parking Waiver request.  
  
City Staff Review 
Staff has reviewed the Zoning Application and recommends approval 
with the following stipulation;      
 
Stipulations: 
1. Applicant shall address the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) 
comments stated in the February 12, 2020, Memorandum with the 
Building and Civil plan submittal. 
 
Planning Commission 
 
The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a Special Meeting on 
Tuesday February 25, 2020, for public comments, discussion and  
recommendation.     
 
Council  
Staff will be seeking final action from Council for the project to proceed 
with building and civil plan submittals, reviews and approvals.     
 
Attachment 
TAC Comments, Application Packet, Luke Comment.