Vote: approved

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PZ-2. TONTO VERDE PARCEL 1 Case #: DMP2015003 Supervisor District: 2 Applicant/Owner: Land Development Services, LLC./ Desert Troon Ltd., LLC. Request: Development Master Plan (DMP) Amendment to change the land use designation from Multi-Neighborhood Commercial to Neighborhood Retail Commercial and Medium Density Residential. Site Location: Approximately at the southwest corner of Rio Verde Dr. and Forest Rd. in the Rio Verde Area. Site Size: Approximately 8.85 acres (701.7 acre DMP) Commission Recommendation: 11/19/15, the Commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of DMP2015003 subject to conditions ‘a’ – ‘w’: a. Development and use of the site shall comply with the narrative report entitled, “Amendment to the Tonto Verde Development Master Plan”, consisting of 12 pages which includes all exhibits stamped received October 26, 2015, except as modified by the following conditions. b. Major changes to this Development Master Plan, with regard to use and intensity, must be processed as a revised application with approval by the Board of Supervisors upon recommendation of the Commission. Minor changes to the Development Master Plan may be administratively approved by the Department of Planning and Development. c. The applicant shall obtain Earth Moving Permit from the County Bureau of Air Pollution Control prior to construction. d. Building permits shall be obtained for any excavation or grading, as well as, for water and sewer-line installation. e. The design of the relocated Forest Service access easement shall be approved by the Tonto National Forest. f. Widening of Forest Drive to provide for right and left turn pockets at the entrance to the Development, per County standards, during Phase I of development for the west side of Forest Road and during Phase III of development for the east side of Forest Road. g. Participation of up to 50%, as determined by Maricopa County Department of Transportation, for possible future signalization of entrance road at Forest Road. Participation is to be bonded for as long as two (2) years after completion of the project. h. Coordination with the County Parks and Recreation and Transportation Departments in the provision of a hiking and riding trail system to connect with the McDowell Regional Park and the Tonto National Forest. i. The area of the Box Bar Ranch (Rio Verde Ranch), shall be surveyed by a qualified archaeologist and a report summarizing the findings shall be submitted to the State Historic Preservation Officer, prior to the approval of any plans for the development of that property. j. Deed restrictions shall state that grass or turfed areas at individual residences are prohibited. k. Firm Wash 10 and Firm Wash 11 as determined by the Tonto Verde Drainage Plan 1992, and associated vegetation shall be retained in their natural state. l. Golf course fairways will be replanted with as much native vegetation as possible. m. The irrigation system shall be of the type which keep over-spray, and wind drift to a minimum. n. Aquatic plants will be utilized in the lakes as a food source for wildlife. o. The use of potable groundwater in refilling lakes and irrigating the golf course is prohibited. p. A 100-foot natural desert buffer zone, along the west and south portion of Parcel 19, to an eight foot wall with a depressed compound area for the golf-maintenance facility shall be provided at the time of development of this area. q. A fifty (50) foot wide buffer of natural desert landscaping will be provided along Rio Verde Drive adjacent to the golf course or any residential land use. A four to five foot high wall or landscape berm shall undulate through this buffer. A combination of wall and berm is allowable to accomplish the intended four to five foot high screen. The golf course rough may encroach into the buffer area. r. A natural desert setback with an average width of fifty (50) feet shall be provided along Rio Verde Drive adjacent to the commercial site. s. Emergency access to Parcel 6 shall be provided and shown on subsequent development plans. t. Thirty (30) percent of the commercial site is to be left as natural desert/open space. u. The following MCESD condition shall apply: 1. Water and sewer service is determined to be provided by Rio Verde Utilities. MCESD has to receive and approve the improvement plans for the utilities. ATC must be issued before Final Plat acceptance. v. The following Engineering conditions shall apply: 1. Based on the conceptual design nature of the information submitted, changes to the site layout and/or a reduction in the number of building lots may be necessitated by the final engineering design of the subdivision drainage infrastructure. 2. Any application for development must demonstrate that historic drainage inflow and outflow flows and characteristics will be maintained. 3. Flow depths across N. Forest Road must comply with Table 6.7 of the Maricopa County Drainage Policies and Standards (for low water crossings). w. 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-44-16-031-M-00)