Planning & Zoning

The main purpose of the Planning & Zoning Division is to manage all development proposals made to the city to assure that they are consistent with the community's vision and policies as identified in the city's General Plan and the city's adopted regulations as identified in the city's Development Code. Planning staff collaborates with other departments to ensure that each proposal meets all applicable regulations and facilitates the comprehensive process from preliminary and technical meetings through to administrative, Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. Planning staff also provides front counter customer service on planning and zoning information, zoning plan review on building and landscape permits as well as planning representation on a variety of special projects such as the Land Use Policy projects, Capital Improvement projects, Economic Development projects, Development Code updates, CDBG management and Transit planning.

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Electronic Submittal, Plan Review, Permitting and Payments

The city of Buckeye Development Services and Engineering Departments are pleased to announce the implementation of electronic submittal, plan review, permitting and payments.

For your convenience, please contact the following people to initiate this process:

Planning & Zoning
- Wendy Downing at wdowning@buckeyeaz.gov
- Adela Lopez at alopez@buckeyeaz.gov

Building Permits
- Tina Morgan at tmorgan@buckeyeaz.gov

Engineering
- Lupe Cruz at lcruz@buckeyeaz.gov

Below are the summary steps for this process:

Depending on your application type, contact the above person to initiate a submittal.
You will receive an invite to Microsoft One Drive. Click on the link and you will be sent a code to enter and a folder will be created for your project.
Upload your required submittal documents in the folder per application guideline checklist as applicable.
Create EnerGov CSS Portal as shown in instructional link. This will be required to pay for your plan review and permitting fees after invoices are generated.
After your submittal is uploaded, your project will be assigned to the appropriate technician. The technician will confirm when the submittal is complete, process the submittal and generate invoices. The technician will email you the invoices associated with your first submittal and then direct you to make payment in the EnerGov CSS portal.
After payment is made, email your technician and your submittal will move to the plan review queue in Blue Beam and be assigned a plan reviewer or planner as applicable.
When your review is complete, you will be notified via email from your technician that reviewed documents are in your Microsoft One Drive project folder ready to be downloaded.
Second and subsequent reviews will be initiated in the same fashion.
Please note that all documents submitted for review must be PDF format and flattened. Please use the link for information on how to flatten a pdf.

Development Services has updated the Plan Review Timeframes Guidelines.

Planning and Zoning Commission Meetings

Buckeye Planning and Zoning meetings are held regularly on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month (excluding holidays) at 6 p.m. To see all current and past Commission agendas and minutes, please visit the City's Clerk page.

Live audio of the Planning and Zoning Commission meetings will be streamed on the city’s YouTube channel.

Any person who wishes to comment during a public meeting must first complete a speaker request form and submit it to the city clerk prior to the time of the meeting. Speaker request forms are available in City Council Chambers, located at 530 E. Monroe Ave. Buckeye, AZ 85326.

Please limit your comments to three minutes and keep subjects related to city government. If there are numerous speakers for one subject matter, the total time for speakers will be limited to 15 minutes for that subject.

Helpful Planning and Zoning Documents

Updated Process Guides, Applications and Documents

Please use this directory to determine which documents you need to complete your project. If you cannot find what you’re looking for, please contact us directly:

Planning and Zoning