Attachment B - Approval Report 210068.pdf

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Planning and Development Department 
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL – ABND 210068 
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 210068 
Project# 21-3802 
 Quarter Section: 46-25 
Council District: 1 
 
 
 
Location: 
Parkview Lane and 17th Avenue 
 
 
Applicant:  
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Visnansky, The Opus Group 
 
 
Request to waive:  
Portions of eight (8) 33-foot federal patent 
easement running north to south on parcels 
identified by APNs 210-07-002, -026A, -
026B, 210-08-002, -007, -017. 
 
Purpose of request:  
The applicant states the site is being 
developed with two Class A industrial 
warehouse buildings. There are no plans to 
construct right-of-way within the portions of 
the federal patent easements proposed to be 
waived in this application. The remaining 
portions of federal patent easement will 
remain in anticipation of the construction of 
Alameda Road, Parkview Lane, and 15th 
Avenue.   
 
 
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 first introduced associated ABND 210067 by 
reading the case into the record by stating the applicant, location, abandonment request, and 
purpose of the 
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,

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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 210068 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 
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-129-07. 
 
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