Z250031 - PZ Handout Memo

DATE:  
January 22, 2026 
 
TO: 
 Planning & Zoning Commission   
 
From: 
 Andrew Lorentzen, Planner  
 
SUBJECT: 
 Z250031 – Sun Basin VII    
 
 Agenda Item: 3 
 
 
 
After printing of the staff report, the applicant requested an additional IUPD deviation (C.10)  
removing loading zone requirements from the proposed IND-2 IUPD zoning district. Staff has no 
objection to this request as parking requirements are already requested to be eliminated from the 
proposed BESS facility.  
 
c. The following IND-2 IUPD standards shall apply:  
1. 
Minimum Front Yard – 100’ 
2. 
Minimum Side Yard -100’ 
3. 
Minimum Rear Yard – 100’ 
4. 
Minimum Parking: No Parking required 
5. 
Minimum Screening: Minimum 6’ tall chain-link fences adjacent to 
rural/residential zoning boundaries, including attached barbed wire or 
concertina wire under 8’ in height, and allow all gates to have no attached 
screening. No screen wall, berm or hedges required along front property 
lines.  
6. 
Minimum Paving: Alternative surfacing materials or methods approved by 
Maricopa County Air Quality to minimize dust pollution, such as but not 
limited to, native compacted soil or aggregate base course, may be used in 
driveways and parking areas. 
7. 
Minimum Landscaping/Buffering: No landscaping or irrigation required. No 
screening required adjacent to rural and residential zoning districts. 
8. 
Minimum Sight Visibility Triangles: Within sight visibility triangles at any 
intersection, on-site chain-link fences without screening materials can 
exceed a height of 2’. 
9. 
The IUPD overlay shall limit entitled uses to power generation and 
distribution, BESS facilities and ancillary uses. 
10. 
Loading and Unloading: none required. 
 
 
 
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Applicant correspondence (1 page)

Andrew Lorentzen (PND)
From:
Courtney Van Winkle <cvanwinkle@kpenvironmental.com>
Sent:
Monday, January 12, 2026 5:39 PM
To:
Andrew Lorentzen (PND)
Cc:
Alyssa Menzel; Caleb Weeks
Subject:
Re: Z250031 - Sun Basin VII - Draft conditions of approval. 
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Hi Andrew, 
Hope you had a good weekend. Our only comment on the draft conditions would be to add one item to the 
development standard stipulations: c.10. Loading and Unloading: none required. Otherwise, we do not have any 
revisions to the conditions. 
Thank you very much, 
Courtney Van Winkle, Project Manager 
760.685.0269 
cvanwinkle@kpenvironmental.com 
https://www.kpenvironmental.net