Citizen Participation Plan

City of Glendale — Regular Meeting (2020-09-03)

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Citizen Participation Final Report 
for 
Northern Places 
 
 
 
 
 
9433 West Northern Avenue 
 
Case Number: ZON20-01 
 
April 2020 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prepared for: 
Piazza Restaurant Development 
 
 
 
Phoenix, AZ 
 
Prepared by: 
Jon M. Froke Urban Planning, LLC 
 
 
 
Phoenix, AZ

Project Description 
Gregory P. Saltz, PLLC (Property Owner) and Piazza Restaurant Development (Applicant), 
requests consideration of an annexation and rezoning application for property located on the 
south side of Northern Avenue, east of AZ State Route 101 (the “Project Site”). This property 
currently resides in Maricopa County; however, the Property Owner is working with Glendale 
officials towards annexation into the Glendale City Limits.  
 
The rezoning application seeks to rezone the site from RU-43 (County) zoning to PAD (Glendale) 
zoning.  The PAD anticipates a mix of land uses such as commercial, retail, restaurant space, office 
and hotel.  Building heights will be carefully reviewed and will be compatible with adjacent 
development.  Signage may include style similar to Arrowhead BMW and signage found on the 
adjacent casino site.  The proposed land uses will be compatible with adjacent development. 
 
Northern Places will provide additional commercial development along Northern Avenue. Upon 
annexation, the Project Site will serve as the western entryway into the City of Glendale and 
provide visitors with immediate retail and lodging accommodations. Additionally, the project site 
is located just north of the Desert Diamond Casino and the Westgate Entertainment District. As 
such, hotel patrons will have options for shopping, lodging and easy access to the casino and all 
that the Westgate Entertainment District has to offer.  
 
Public Outreach 
Distribution of a notification letter to adjacent property owners was used to notify the public of 
this request.  The letter will be sent to property owners within the required 300-foot notification 
area of the property boundary as well as to individuals listed on the staff provided “Interested 
Parties” and “Additional Notifications” lists. A copy of the letter and the list of recipients are 
provided on the following pages.  
 
Parcel 
Property Owner 
Mailing Address 
142-55-510 
INLAND WESTERN GLENDALE LLC 
PO BOX 2148 MILWAUKEE WI 
53201 
142-55-531 
COLD WATER LLC 
P O BOX 3820 SALEM OR 
97302-0820 
142-55-631 
9494 NORTHERN PROPERTIES LLC 
8398 E VERDE LN SCOTTSDALE 
AZ 85251 
142-56-001D 
WESTSTAR RESIDENCE LLC 
9433 W NORTHERN AVE 
GLENDALE AZ 85305 
142-56-001G 
LC NORTHERN HOME LLC 
9341 W GLEN OAKS N SUN 
CITY AZ 85351 
142-56-001H 
ARIZONA STATE DEPT OF TRANS 
205 S 17TH AVE RM 370 
PHOENIX AZ 85007-3212 
142-56-002B 
RUDOLPH JOHNSON FAMILY TR/UNIFIED 
CREDIT TR 
9702 W GLENDALE AVE 
GLENDALE AZ 85305

142-56-018K 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TR FBO 
TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION 
PO BOX 837 SELLS AZ 85634 
 
The notification area for the project can be seen on the following page. 
 
Project Impacts 
Impacts of the development of the Northern Places will be minimal. Northern Parkway is a 
planned east / west transportation corridor that will provide regional access to the West Valley 
on the Northern Avenue alignment between U.S. 60 and the Loop 303.  Northern Parkway is 
being built from east to west and is currently operational near Luke Air Force Base.  Additional 
phases of Northern Parkway are under construction and are working their way eastwards 
towards the Project Site.  We continue to coordinate the future development of the Project Site 
with the transportation authorities associated with Northern Parkway. 
 
The surrounding land uses include the following: 
  
North: Commercial development, across Northern Avenue, located in the City of Peoria. 
 
East:  Detached, single-family residential. 
 
South:  Commercial development consisting of casino and parking structure. 
 
West:  Agricultural land and AZ State Route 101 (Agua Fria Freeway). 
 
We have thought of about the project from the perspective of individuals affected or otherwise 
interested in this project. The only nearby residences that exist near the property are located to 
the east of the project site. We will take the necessary steps with regard to design, buffers, 
landscaping, and screen walls to limit any potential impacts on the existing residence. 
 
Northern Avenue will provide vehicular access to the site.  The applicant is coordinating the 
future design and construction of the Northern Parkway with the City of Peoria, City of Glendale 
and the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT).  MCDOT has provided some 
preliminary drawings of how Northern Parkway will be designed and widened in the future to 
transition this roadway from a major arteria street to a semi-regional parkway.  Driveway(s) on 
Northern Avenue will be coordinated with the parties noted above.  Coordination of the future 
Northern Parkway with the parties noted above will continue as the conceptual site plan is 
refined for Northern Places. 
 
Conveyance of drainage of storm water will be coordinated for both on-site and off-site flows.  
We have had preliminary discussions with SRP related to their facilities in this area.  Building 
heights will be compatible with adjacent development.  We anticipate that as this area transitions 
from rural residential to commercial development that the existing house on-site as well as the 
existing house to the east will be removed to make way for future development.

Public Notification Area  
 
 
Project Notices & Follow-Up 
Members of the public were informed by the Notification Letter.  Email or telephone calls were 
available should an adjacent property owner or interest party wish to express interest in project 
updates. No response was received as a result of the notification letter. 
 
Planning was updated on citizen participation efforts through the Citizen Participation Final 
Report.  
 
Citizen Participation Plan Schedule 
a. December 2019:  Citizen Participation Plan will be submitted to the project planner. 
b. February 2020:  Plan implementation. 
c. August 2020:  Submittal date for the Citizen Participation Final Report. 
300’ REQUIRED 
NOTIFICATION AREA 
SITE LOCATION 
Project 
Site