Buckeye annexes 3.5-acre parcel near Rainbow Road and Broadway
June 03, 2026 | Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona
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The Buckeye City Council on June 2 unanimously approved Ordinance 16-26 to annex roughly 3.5 acres generally located about 220 feet north of the northeast corner of Rainbow Road and Broadway Road (case PLZM 250087), a county island parcel currently used as farmland.
City staff (Joseph) told the council this is the second hearing on the Rainbow 461 annexation and that all applicable state statute requirements for annexation have been met. The parcel would initially receive a city zoning designation comparable to the county's existing Rural-43 (R1-43) and is part of a larger, roughly 460-acre residential development the applicant plans to pursue; staff said additional rezoning and site-plan applications are likely at a later date.
At the hearing staff noted one prior speaker and a subsequent email expressing concerns about future infrastructure and drainage; during council questions one member asked whether irrigation access to unincorporated neighboring properties had been resolved. Joseph said irrigation and related access issues are matters addressed at the site-plan and platting stage and are not resolved through the annexation action itself.
The council opened and closed the required public hearing (no speaker cards for this meeting) and then voted to approve the annexation ordinance unanimously.
The action annexes the parcel into the city; any future development and infrastructure work will require separate approvals (rezoning, platting and site plan review) where irrigation and drainage concerns raised by neighbors will be further considered.
City staff (Joseph) told the council this is the second hearing on the Rainbow 461 annexation and that all applicable state statute requirements for annexation have been met. The parcel would initially receive a city zoning designation comparable to the county's existing Rural-43 (R1-43) and is part of a larger, roughly 460-acre residential development the applicant plans to pursue; staff said additional rezoning and site-plan applications are likely at a later date.
At the hearing staff noted one prior speaker and a subsequent email expressing concerns about future infrastructure and drainage; during council questions one member asked whether irrigation access to unincorporated neighboring properties had been resolved. Joseph said irrigation and related access issues are matters addressed at the site-plan and platting stage and are not resolved through the annexation action itself.
The council opened and closed the required public hearing (no speaker cards for this meeting) and then voted to approve the annexation ordinance unanimously.
The action annexes the parcel into the city; any future development and infrastructure work will require separate approvals (rezoning, platting and site plan review) where irrigation and drainage concerns raised by neighbors will be further considered.
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