Attachment B - Approval Report 230068cr.pdf

City of Phoenix — Formal (2024-05-01)

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Planning and Development Department 
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL – ABND 230068 
Your abandonment request was granted CONDITIONAL APPROVAL. 
This request will NOT be completed until all the stipulations have been met and this request is 
formally adopted by City Council. It is the APPLICANT’S RESPONSIBILITY to ensure that all 
stipulations are satisfied. Please contact Dru Maynus at (602) 262-7403 for questions and 
notification of your completion of the stipulations.  
Upon completion of the stipulations Dru Maynus will schedule your request for City Council formal 
approval. You will receive a copy of the abandonment document after it has been recorded with 
Maricopa County. 
If the stipulations of abandonment are not completed within two years from the date of your 
conditional approval (your expiration date is February 22, 2026 will then expire.  At that time a 
new submittal will be required along with the required payment for the abandonment process.  
Attachment B

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Planning and Development Department  
 
February 22, 2024 
Consolidated Abandonment Staff Report: ABND 230068 
Project# 13-1972 
District: 1 
 
 
 
 
 
Location: 
3131 W Via Dona Road 
 
 
Applicant:  
Heidi Tilson Coe & Van Loo Consultants, 
Inc. 
 
 
Request to abandon:  
Abandon a 1-foot vehicular non-access 
easement adjacent to the west property line 
of 3131 W Via Dona Road. 
  
Purpose of request:  
The applicant states the rear corner of Lot 1 
is overlapping the sight visibility triangle. As 
a result, lot 1 is being replatted to 
reconfigure the corner. The replat of the 
VNAE will be redefined and rededicated to 
follow the revised lot 1 lot line.

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City Staff Comments 
 
Water Services Department – Donald Reynolds 
WSD has no comments for this abandonment. 
 
Street Transportation Department– Joshua Rogers 
The Street Transportation Department has reviewed the attached abandonment application and 
has the following comments: 
1. The VNE abutting APN 204-23-472 is adjacent to two private roads.  Therefore, Streets 
has no comment on the proposed abandonment. 
 
PDD Traffic – Derek Fancon 
Recommend approval. 
 
PDD Site Planning – Dru Maynus 
Approval recommended. 
 
PDD Civil Engineering – Jon Bunch 
Abandonment 230068 located near the intersection of W Via Dona Rd & N 31st Ln is Approved 
Without Stipulations.

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Public Transit Department – Jorie Bresnahan 
No comment received. 
 
Streetlights – Jason Fernandez 
Recommend approval. 
 
Street Transportation Department Utility Coordination – Rozanna Brown 
No comment at this time. 
 
Utility Company Comments 
 
Arizona Public Service (APS) – Kim Paxon 
APS has no objection the abandonment of the VNAE as shown in the attached. 
 
Lumen/CenturyLink – Tori Jacoby 
CenturyLink of Arizona, Inc. d/b/a CENTURYLINK (“CenturyLink”) has reviewed the request for 
the subject vacation and has determined that it has no objections with respect to the areas 
proposed for vacation as shown and/or described on Exhibit “A”, said Exhibit “A” attached 
hereto and incorporated by this reference. 
 
It is the intent and understanding of CenturyLink that this Vacation shall not reduce our rights to 
any other existing easement or rights we have on this site or in the area. 
 
This vacation response is submitted WITH THE STIPULATION that if CenturyLink facilities are 
found and/or damaged within the vacated area as described, the Applicant will bear the cost of 
relocation and repair of said facilities. 
 
Cox Communications – Jacob Horsman 
Based upon the supplied drawings/exhibit that you’ve submitted, Cox finds that there is no 
conflict between the proposed Project and Cox Infrastructure and/or communication facilities 
within the identified area of Project construction or development. Cox’s NO CONFLICT 
determination is based entirely on the drawings, plans and other materials you have submitted. . 
 
Please note, Cox made no determination as to the accuracy of the drawings or plans you 
submitted. You are solely responsible for complying with all utility locate laws (I.E. 811 Locate 
Services, One Call, etc) to verify the location of all utilities, including COX Facilities, which may 
be in the area of the Project. Throughout the duration of the Project, should construction 
activities occur outside the identified area and near Cox Facilities, it will be your responsibility to 
assure such Cox Facilities are supported, protected or otherwise remain undisturbed by 
construction activity.  
 
Should project activities occur in the immediate vicinity of Cox Facilities it will be your 
responsibility to conduct potholing and to properly protect Cox’s Facilities. Cox requests that a 
minimum of 12 inches of vertical and horizontal separation from existing Cox Facilities be 
maintained at all times. Should the scope of the Project change, please contact Cox via the 
below email address. Please at lease 90 days from the date agreed on in the relocation plans.  
 
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact our Corporate Traffic 
Management center at constructionsupport@cox.com.

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Southwest Gas Corporation – Susan R. Mulanax 
After reviewing your request, it has been noted that we have a gas line running in the area 
proposed. Please contact Conflict Review at 602-484-5301 to discuss and review your request 
further. 
 
Salt River Project (SRP) – Michael Laguna 
SRP has no objection to the abandonments as shown in the ABND 230068 package. This is in 
an Arizona Public Service serving area. 
 
 
Stipulations of Conditional Approval   
 
The request of abandonment ABND 230068 is conditionally approved, and the following 
stipulations will need to be met:  
 
1. All utilities within the subject PUEs shall be relocated to locations approved by each 
affected utility company.  All work is to be done by each affected utility company at no 
expense to the affected utility company. An appropriate performance agreement, in an 
approved form and cost amount, must be posted with the Planning and Development 
Department to guarantee the improvements. 
 
2. The above stipulations must be completed within two years from the conditional approval 
decision dated February 22, 2024.  
 
  
This conditional approval has been reviewed and approved. 
 
 
Signature: _______________________________________    Date: February 22, 2024         
 
 
 
REPORT SUBMITTED BY: Dru Maynus, Abandonment Coordinator/Site Planner 
 
cc: 
Applicant/Representative, Chris Clonts, Lennar Arizona, LLC. 
 
Applicant/Representative, Heidi Tilson, Heidi Tilson Coe & Van Loo Consultants, Inc. 
 
Deputy Director of Planning & Development Dept., Miguel Victor