Attachment D - PC Summary - Z-39-21-6.pdf
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REPORT OF PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION October 7, 2021 ITEM NO: 12 DISTRICT NO.: 6 SUBJECT: Application #: Z-39-21-6 Location: Approximately 180 feet south of the southeast corner of 44th Street and Clarendon Avenue From: R1-10 To: R-O Acreage: 0.48 Proposal: Office Applicant: Brent Nardecchia, High Place Investment Owner: High Place Investments, LLC Representative: Rod Jarvis, Earl & Curley, P.C. ACTIONS: Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to stipulations. Village Planning Committee (VPC) Recommendation: Camelback East 9/7/2021 Approval, per the staff recommendation. Vote: 14-0. Planning Commission Recommendation: Approval, per the Camelback East Village Planning Committee recommendation, with an additional stipulation. Motion Discussion: N/A Motion details: Commissioner Johnson made a MOTION to approve Z-39-21-6, per the Camelback East Village Planning Committee recommendation, with the additional stipulation as read into the record. Maker: Johnson Second: Mangum Vote: 9-0 Absent: None Opposition Present: No Findings: 1. The proposal is consistent with recommendations of the 44th Street Corridor Specific Plan and the 44th Street Corridor Residential Office Study. 2. The proposal will provide an opportunity for a new small business to locate in the Camelback East area and serve the surrounding neighborhood. 3. The proposed rezoning will allow for conversion of a residential property adjacent to a major arterial to a viable office use. Attachment D Stipulations: 1. The development shall be in general conformance with the elevations date stamped June 14, 2021, as modified by the following stipulations and approved by the Planning and Development Department. 2. The public sidewalk along 44th Street shall be detached with a landscape strip located between the sidewalk and back of curb following the most recent Cross Section of the Street Classification Map and planted to the following standards, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. a. Minimum 2-inch caliper shade trees that provide a minimum 75 percent shade at maturity. b. Drought tolerant vegetation maintained at a maximum mature height of 24 inches and achieve minimum 75 percent live coverage. 3. A minimum 20-foot landscape setback shall be required adjacent to 44th Street and shall include large canopy shade trees 20 feet on center or in equivalent groupings between the sidewalk and proposed site development, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. Twenty-five percent of the trees shall be minimum four-inch caliper and 75 percent of the trees shall be minimum three- inch caliper. Five, five-gallon shrubs per tree, and additional shrubs or live groundcover, shall provide minimum 75 percent live cover at mature size, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 4. A minimum 4-foot landscape setback shall be required along the eastern property line. This setback shall be planted with minimum 8-foot-tall shrubs or plants to provide a tall vegetative buffer from adjacent single-family residences to the east, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 5. All uncovered surface parking lot areas shall be landscaped with minimum 2-inch caliper drought-tolerant shade trees. Landscaping shall be dispersed throughout the parking area and achieve 25 percent shade at maturity, as approved by Planning and Development Department. Shade may be provided with a combination of trees and structural shade. 6. There shall be no internally lit signs on the site. Signage shall be approved by the Planning and Development Department. 7. A minimum of four bicycle parking spaces shall be provided through Inverted U and/or artistic racks located near building entrances and installed per the requirements of Section 1307.H. of the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. Artistic racks shall adhere to the City of Phoenix Preferred Designs in Appendix K of the Comprehensive Bicycle Master Plan. 8. Clearly defined, accessible pedestrian pathways shall be provided to connect building entrances and public sidewalks, using the most direct route for pedestrians, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 9. Where pedestrian pathways cross drive aisles, they shall be constructed of decorative pavers, stamped or colored concrete, or other pavement treatments that visually contrast with the adjacent parking and drive aisle surfaces, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 10. Trees shall be placed to provide 75 percent shade coverage on all pedestrian paths and sidewalks at full maturity, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. Shade structures may be used to meet the shade requirement in places where trees are unable to be located. 11. The developer shall record a cross-access agreement for any shared access drives along 44th Street. 12. The developer shall dedicate a 10-foot sidewalk easement and construct a minimum 5-foot-wide sidewalk and landscape strip along 44th Street, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 13. The developer shall construct all streets within and adjacent to the development with paving, curb, gutter, sidewalk, curb ramps, streetlights, landscaping and other incidentals, as per plans approved by the Planning and Development Department. All improvements shall comply with the current ADA Guidelines. 14. In the event archaeological materials are encountered during construction, the developer shall immediately cease all ground-disturbing activities within a 33-foot radius of the discovery, notify the City Archaeologist, and allow time for the Archaeology Office to properly assess the materials. 15. PRIOR TO PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN APPROVAL, THE LANDOWNER SHALL EXECUTE A PROPOSITION 207 WAIVER OF CLAIMS FORM. THE WAIVER SHALL BE RECORDED WITH THE MARICOPA COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE AND DELIVERED TO THE CITY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REZONING APPLICATION FILE FOR RECORD. This publication can be made available in alternate format upon request. Please contact Angie Holdsworth at (602) 495-5622, TTY use 7-1-1.