Attachment C - VPC Summary - Z-47-23-2.pdf
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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-47-23-2 Date of VPC Meeting October 12, 2023 Request From R1-8 NBCOD (8.67 acres) FH NBCOD (1.11 acres) Request To R-3 NBCOD (9.78 acres) Proposal Multifamily residential townhomes Location Approximately 670 feet south and 1,270 feet east of the southeast corner of North Valley Parkway and Sonoran Desert Drive VPC Recommendation Approval, per staff recommendation VPC Vote 8-0 VPC DISCUSSION: No members of the public registered to speak on this item. Staff Presentation: Adrian Zambrano, staff, provided an overview of rezoning case Z-47-23-2, including the location of the request, surrounding zoning and land uses, and the General Plan Land Use Map designation. Mr. Zambrano displayed the site plan, landscape plan, and elevations for the proposed project and shared that the proposal has not received any letters in support or in opposition to the project. Mr. Zambrano shared the staff findings and stated that staff recommends approval subject to stipulations. Applicant Presentation: Paul Gilbert, with Beus Gilbert McGroder, PLLC, introduced himself and provided an overview of the project. Mr. Gilbert shared the proposed site plan and elevations. Mr. Gilbert discussed surrounding land uses, building heights, and densities that have been approved. Mr. Gilbert stated that the project is consistent with various plans and initiatives. Mr. Gilbert concluded that the proposal is a small-scale and well-landscaped townhome community that is compatible with surrounding land uses and zoning with no neighborhood opposition and has staff recommendation of approval. Questions from Committee: Mr. Johnson asked if the presentation was the same as the one that was provided at the neighborhood meeting. Mr. Gilbert responded affirmatively, noting that it is more ATTACHMENT C North Gateway Village Planning Committee Meeting Summary Z-47-23-2 Page 2 of 3 City of Phoenix • Planning & Development Department 200 West Washington Street, 3rd Floor • Phoenix, Arizona 85003-1611 • (602) 262-6882 refined now with the recommended stipulations. Mr. Johnson asked if the number of units was the same. Mr. Gilbert responded affirmatively. Ms. Krieger stated that the site plan looked different than the one that was shown at the neighborhood meeting. Vice Chair Ricart stated that the Deer Valley Unified School District Governing Board approved an agreement for $1000 per unit for up to 127 units to be provided by Sonoran Reems Holding, LLC, to give back to the school district. Mr. Gilbert concurred. Mr. Johnson stated that the current for the wash on the southeast corner can get very heavy and asked if there is a wall on the southeast corner to protect the units from flooding. Mr. Gilbert responded that there will be protection from the wash, noting that they will have to submit a detailed grading and drainage plan. Ms. Krieger asked if there will be another road connecting to the property to the east. Mr. Gilbert responded affirmatively, noting that they have an agreement with the homebuilder Toll Brothers. Ms. Krieger expressed concerns with a school bus not being able to make turns within the community. Chair Read stated that the school bus stop is at 22nd Drive and Sonoran Desert Drive. Chandra McCarty asked if the pathway along the wash would be installed with this development. Mr. Gilbert responded that they would be paying for and constructing a road across the property to the north. Ms. McCarty asked for clarification that they would build that road even if the property to the north does not develop. Mr. Gilbert responded affirmatively. Ms. McCarty asked for clarification that the multi-use trail along the wash would be a dead end until the property to the north develops. Mr. Gilbert responded affirmatively. Ms. Simon asked if the community would be gated. Mr. Gilbert responded affirmatively. Ms. Simon asked if there is coordination with the property to the north to not be gated. Mr. Gilbert responded that they are coordinating with the property to the north but are unsure of their timing. Ms. Krieger asked if the property to the north would be a 55+ community. Mr. Gilbert responded that there are currently no plans for it to be a 55+ community. Chair Read asked Mr. Gilbert to explain how the homes would be platted for sale at a later date. Mr. Gilbert responded that they have carefully structured this project so that they would have the flexibility in the future to plat the townhomes and make them for- sale units, noting that the units would initially be for rent. Chair Read asked if access to the trail would be by a key through a pedestrian gate. Dawn Fortuna, Principal Planner with Bowman Consulting, responded that there would be a fence along the backyards of the units adjacent to the wash and the trail would be North Gateway Village Planning Committee Meeting Summary Z-47-23-2 Page 3 of 3 City of Phoenix • Planning & Development Department 200 West Washington Street, 3rd Floor • Phoenix, Arizona 85003-1611 • (602) 262-6882 located on the other side of the fence. Ms. Fortuna stated that residents would have a key to access the trail through a pedestrian gate. Chair Read stated that there is a small hill on the property to the north and asked if the road for 22nd Drive would go through the hill. Ms. Fortuna responded that the City wanted that alignment and that the property will be graded appropriately to allow for that access. Ms. McCarty asked if the developer will be contributing to offsite improvements to Sonoran Desert Drive. Mr. Gilbert responded affirmatively, noting that it is part of their arrangement with the property to the north. Vice Chair Ricart asked if the developer has other rental properties around the Valley. Mr. Gilbert responded that they do have several build-to-rent properties around the Valley. Mr. McGill asked if there would ever be road access along the south from the property to the west. Mr. Gilbert responded that there would not be due to separation by the wash. Public Comments: None. Applicant Response to Public Comment: None. MOTION – Z-47-23-2: Vice Chair Ricart motioned to recommend approval of Z-47-23-2, per the staff recommendation. Ms. Krieger seconded the motion. VOTE – Z-47-23-2: 8-0; motion to recommend approval of Z-47-23-2, per the staff recommendation, passes with Committee members Johnson, Krieger, McCarty, McGill, Simon, Stein, Ricart and Read in favor. STAFF COMMENTS REGARDING VPC RECOMMENDATION: None.