Pinal County approves rezoning for 1,263-acre solar project south of Eloy

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 2 approved Ordinance No. 2026-PZ-009-26, rezoning roughly 1,263.1 acres from General Rural to I-3 Industrial to allow development of a utility-scale photovoltaic solar generation facility, a substation and a battery energy storage system south of the City of Eloy.

County staff presented the case (PZ-009-26) and noted the Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended approval by a 7-1 vote with one commissioner abstaining. The ordinance passed as presented with one stipulated condition; the agenda identifies the property as portions of Sections 17, 19 and 20 (Township 09 S, Range 08 E) and lists the affected parcel numbers included in the application.

The application was filed by Sean Lake of Pew & Lake, PLC on behalf of property owners identified in the record. The board’s action approves the rezoning to permit industrial-scale solar and paired battery storage infrastructure on the specified parcels. The approval was recorded on the meeting agenda as “approved as presented with 1 stipulation.”

Next steps named on the agenda include compliance with the stated stipulation(s) and routing to county permitting processes; the transcript did not record a formal roll-call vote tally for the item.