Attachment B - Approval Report 210067.pdf

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Planning and Development Department  
 
 
 
 
 
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL – ABND 210067 
 
 
 
   
 
Your abandonment request was granted CONDITIONAL APPROVAL by Christopher DePerro, 
Abandonment Hearing Officer.  
  
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 the Abandonment Coordinator at (602) 256-3487 for 
questions and notification of your completion of the stipulations.  
 
Upon completion of the stipulations your request will be scheduled for City Council action.  
 
If the stipulations of abandonment are not completed within two years from the date of your 
conditional approval (your expiration date is February 3, 2024), this request will then expire.  At 
that time a new submittal will be required along with the required payment for the abandonment 
process. A one-time, one-year extension can be requested prior to the expiration date, with 
applicable extension fee due. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ATTACHMENT B

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Planning and Development Department  
 
 
February 3, 2022 
Abandonment Staff Report: ABND 210067 
Project# 21-3802 
 Quarter Section: 46-25 
Council District: 1 
 
 
 
 
Location: 
1750 West Alameda Road 
 
 
Applicant:  
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Visnansky, The Opus Group 
 
 
Request to waive:  
The 
33-foot 
federal 
patent 
easement 
bordering the west, north, and east property 
lines of the parcel located at 1750 West 
Alameda Road. 
 
 
Purpose of request:  
The applicant states the site is being 
developed 
with 
a 
Class 
A 
industrial 
warehouse building. There are no plans to 
construct right-of-way within the portions of 
the federal patent easement bordering the 
west, north and east property lines. The 
portion of federal patent easement bordering 
the south property line will remain in 
anticipation of the construction of Alameda 
Road. 
 
 
Hearing date:  
February 3, 2022

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Hearing Summary 
Mr. Christopher DePerro, the Abandonment Hearing Officer, called the hearing to order at 9:31 
am on February 3, 2022.  
Ms. Maggie Dellow, the Abandonment Coordinator introduced ABND 210067 by reading the 
case into the record by stating the applicant, location, abandonment request, and purpose of the 
request, as well as City staff research. 
Mr. DePerro then started the discussion by asking the applicant if they would like to add any 
additional comments regarding the abandonment request.  
Mr. Ed Bull indicated that he had a question in regards to stipulation #4 which states, “the 
abandonment shall run concurrent with the dedication of right-of-way as stipulated by PHO 1-
21--Z-128-07.” Mr. Bull asked for clarification on what that stipulation means. Mr. DePerro 
explained that the dedication of right-of-way and the waiver of the federal patent easement 
would both be added to the same City Council meeting agenda for concurrent approval to 
ensure that the abandonment wouldn’t get rid of any easement area without the required 
dedication of right-of-way in its place.

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Mr. Bull asked if this would be completed by plat. Mr. Tom Czerwinski indicated that this should 
be by plat. Mr. DePerro clarified that the plat and the easement waiver would then be approved 
at the same City Council meeting.  
Mr. Bull asked about how stipulation #1 would impact the associated case on the site to the east 
(ABND 210068) because the existing federal patent easements cut through the middle of the 
site. Mr. DePerro explained that for stipulation #1, either option a. or option b. would need to be 
chosen in order to meet the stipulation, and that the applicant could choose what option they felt 
was most appropriate. Mr. DePerro explained that if there are no utilities to relocate, then 
stipulation #1 does not apply and therefore, nothing needs to be relocated and no easements 
would need to be retained.  
Mr. DePerro suggested before making a decision on ABND 210067, the associated 
abandonment on the eastern site should be read into record, and then he could make a decision 
for both cases at the same time.  
Ms. Dellow introduced the associated abandonment case ABND 210068 by reading the 
abandonment case into the record by stating the applicant, location, abandonment request, and 
purpose of the request, as well as City staff research. 
Mr. DePerro asked if comments and stipulations between the two cases were identical. Ms. 
Dellow explained that the comments were identical with the exception of comments from Cox, 
which indicated utilities were located within the area proposed in ABND 210067, but not within 
the area proposed in ABND 210068.  
Mr. Bull asked if the request to waive the federal patent easement would be treated like any 
other right-of-way abandonment. Mr. DePerro confirmed that it would.  
Mr. Bull asked to add it to the record that the request proposed at this hearing should not be 
construed as a request to abandon any right-of-way adjacent to any nearby or neighboring 
properties.  
The Hearing Officer granted conditional approval to ABND 210067 subject to the stipulations 
stated in the staff report. 
 
 
Stipulations of Conditional Approval 
 
The request of abandonment is conditionally approved by the Abandonment Hearing Officer. 
The following stipulations will need to be met:  
 
1. Either a or b shall be complied with: 
a. All utilities 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. 
b. All federal patent easement shall be retained as a public utilities easement with 
24-hour vehicle maintenance access.  
 
2. No abandonment shall be permitted within 40-feet of the property line and Alameda

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roadway alignment. 
 
3. All landlocked parcels shall be replatted, legally combined, or have an alternate legal 
access provided (private ingress/egress easement) to a public street. 
 
4. The abandonment shall run concurrent with the dedication of right-of-way as stipulated 
by PHO 1-21--Z-128-07. 
 
5. All stipulations must be completed within two years from the Abandonment Hearing 
Officer’s decision. 
 
 
This conditional approval has been reviewed and approved by the Abandonment Hearing 
Officer. 
 
 
 
Hearing Officer Signature: ____________________________________    Date: __________ 
 
 
REPORT SUBMITTED BY: Maggie Dellow, Abandonment Coordinator 
 
cc: 
Matt Visnansky, The Opus Group, Applicant 
Christopher DePerro, Abandonment Hearing Officer 
 
4/28/2022