Vote: approved

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PZ-3. STOTZ FARM Case #: CPA2014006 Supervisor District: 5 Applicant/Owner: Tiffany & Bosco PA / Stotz Farm Inc. Request: Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) to change the land use designation from Rural Development Area to Community Retail Centers. CPA case approval is by Resolution, attached. Site Location: Approximately 1,200’ west of the southwest corner of I-10 and Avondale Blvd. (in the Avondale area) Site Size: Approximately 10.85 acres County Island Status: Class 1 (City of Avondale) Additional Comments: A Plan of Development is not proposed at this time. The City of Avondale expressed concerns to limit potential uses. The Commission recommendation includes prohibition of occupied buildings without sewer connection. Commission Recommendation: On 2/5/15, the Commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of CPA2014006 subject to conditions ‘a’ – ‘c’: Provided the following conditions are met: a. Development and use of the site shall comply with the narrative report entitled, “STOTZ FARM PROJECT NARRATIVE – General Comprehensive Plan Amendment Request”, including all exhibits dated submitted September 15, 2014, and stamped received September 26, 2014, except as modified by the following conditions. b. Until approval of a precise plan of development, the applicant shall submit a written report every five years from the date of Board of Supervisors approval of CPA2014006 which details the status of this project, including progress on obtaining necessary entitlements, licenses, and permits; compliance with the conditions of approval; compliance with the approved narrative report; compliance with the approved land use plan; and justification as to how the approved land use plan still represents appropriate land use planning for the property and unincorporated Maricopa County in accordance with the goals and policies in its comprehensive plan. This report shall be scheduled for public hearing by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (Board), upon recommendation by the Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Commission (Commission), to consider whether the planning justification for this comprehensive plan amendment is still present, and whether the land use designation associated with this comprehensive plan amendment still represent appropriate and better long-term land use planning in accordance with the goals and policies of the Maricopa County Comprehensive Plan. If the Board rescinds this comprehensive plan amendment and reverts the current land use designations back to Rural Development Area, all entitlements associated with this project that were conditional pursuant to the Maricopa County Zoning Ordinance may also be considered by the Board, upon recommendation by the Commission, for reversion to the prior entitlements. In such an event, the comprehensive plan land use map, and, as applicable, zoning map shall be altered to reflect Board action. c. The granting of this change in use of the property has been at the request of the applicant, with the consent of the landowner. The granting of this approval allows the property owner to enjoy uses in excess of those permitted by the land use existing on the date of application, subject to conditions. In the event of the failure to comply with any condition of approval, the property shall change to the land use designation that existed on the date of application. It is, therefore, stipulated and agreed that revocation due to the failure to comply with any conditions does not reduce any rights that existed on the date of application to use, divide, sell or possess the property and that there would be no diminution in value of the property from the value it held on the date of application due to such revocation. The Comprehensive Plan Amendment enhances the value of the property above its value as of the date the Comprehensive Plan Amendment is granted and changing to the prior land use designation results in the same value of the property as if the Comprehensive Plan Amendment had never been granted. (C-44-15-061-M-00)