Attachment E - VPC Summary 4-28-2020 - Z-SP-7-19-5.pdf

City of Phoenix • Planning & Development Department 
200 West Washington Street, 3rd Floor • Phoenix, Arizona 85003-1611 • (602) 262-6882 
Village Planning Committee Meeting Summary 
Z-SP-7-19-5
Date of VPC Meeting 
November 26, 2019: Item Continued at Applicant Request 
March 24, 2020: Meeting Canceled 
April 28, 2020: Item Heard and Recommendation Granted 
Request From 
C-2
Request To 
C-2 SP
Proposed Use 
Self-service storage facility and all 
underlying C-2 uses 
Location 
Approximately 280 feet west of the northwest corner of 
41st Drive and Camelback Road 
VPC Recommendation 
Approve with modification. Delete Stipulation No. 6 
pertaining to traffic calming 
VPC Vote 
13-0
 VPC DISCUSSION & RECOMMENDED STIPULATIONS: 
Z-SP-7-19-5: Presentation, discussion, and possible recommendation regarding a
request to rezone approximately 1.27 acres located approximately 280 feet west of the
northwest corner of 41st Drive and Camelback Road from C-2 (Intermediate
Commercial) to C-2 SP (Intermediate Commercial, Special Permit) to allow self-storage
and all underlying C-2 uses.
No members of the public indicated their desire to speak on this topic in advance of the 
meeting. 
Nick Klimek, staff, provided an overview of the site and the request to allow self-service 
storage by Special Permit in a C-2 (Intermediate Commercial District). The request is 
consistent with the General Plan Land Use Plan and, as stipulated, complementary to 
the area. Therefore, the staff recommendation is to approve the request subject to 
stipulations. 
Attachment E

South Mountain Village Planning Committee Meeting Summary 
October 15, 2019 
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City of Phoenix • Planning & Development Department 
200 West Washington Street, 3rd Floor • Phoenix, Arizona 85003-1611 • (602) 262-6882 
Moses Eason, representing U-Haul International, provided background on U-Haul 
International and its origins and its long term interest in holding properties and operating 
all locations as a good neighbor. He then provided an overview of the request which will 
provide a self-service storage facility on a site adjacent to an existing U-Haul 
Showroom.  
 
The neighborhood meetings revealed the most common neighborhood concern was 
that of crime and security in the area; he highlighted several features of the 
development consistent with Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) 
principles. CPTED principles addressed in the design include lighting, the delineation of 
public and private spaces, and the orientation of the buildings perpendicular to 
Camelback Road rather than parallel to provide greater visibility into the site. 
 
He then requested the committee consider the deletion of the stipulation requiring traffic 
calming at entrances and exits. He explained that the nature of the use is not well suited 
to traffic calming measures such as speed bumps because the majority of rental drivers 
drive quite cautiously because they are not familiar with such a large vehicle and 
because the truck is often filled with their valuables which can be damaged if shifted or 
jostled.  
 
Vice-Chairman Shore asked staff if the traffic calming stipulation was common for this 
type of land use and whether the request for relief seems appropriate. Klimek 
responded that traffic calming is often stipulated with commercial and multifamily uses 
with access from arterial streets but that relief from these provisions have not 
specifically been contemplated with regard to self-service storage facilities; that said, he 
concurred that the rationale of the request seems reasonable.  
 
Ammon agreed that traffic calming, while a good idea, may not be appropriate in this 
case especially because U-Haul has a history of long-term ownership meaning that he 
is not concerned with the property turning over to a new user where traffic calming may 
be more appropriate. 
 
LeBlanc asked for additional detail on the topics of conversation at the neighborhood 
meeting and the number of residents who attended the meeting. Eason responded that 
5 or 6 individuals attended the required neighborhood meeting which was held at the 
nearby U-Haul Showroom and that much of the conversation related to crime issues in 
the areas. 
 
MOTION: 
Ammon motioned to approve the request as recommended by staff but excluding 
stipulation No. 6 regarding traffic calming. Keyser seconded the motion. 
 
DISCUSSION:  
 
None.

South Mountain Village Planning Committee Meeting Summary 
October 15, 2019 
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City of Phoenix • Planning & Development Department 
200 West Washington Street, 3rd Floor • Phoenix, Arizona 85003-1611 • (602) 262-6882 
VOTE: 
13-0-0, motion passes with McCabe, Shore, Ammon, Ender, Krietor, Keyser, Sanchez, 
Jones, Solorio, Williams, LeBlanc, Smith, and Fitzgerald in favor and none in abstention or 
dissent.