Attachment B - Approval Report ABND 2600048.pdf

Attachment B
Planning and Development Department
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL – ABND 2600048
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 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 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 September 17, 2028), 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.
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Planning and Development Department
September 17, 2026
Abandonment Staff Report: ABND 2600048
Project# 21-3548
Council District: 6
Location: Southeast of West Chandler Boulevard
north of West Liberty Lane, and west of
South 19th Avenue
Applicant: Amy Peron – Norris Design
Request to abandon: To abandon all private accessways, public
utilities easements (PUE), HOA drainage
easements, water & sewer easements,
refuse collection easements, emergency &
service vehicle easements throughout the
Upper Canyon Parcel A4-A5 subdivision
plat (MCR 1863-10).
Purpose of request: The applicant states that the
aforementioned easements will be properly
dedicated through a replat.
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City Staff Comments and Recommendations:
PDD Civil Reviewer – Michelle Flores
Recommend approval with the following stipulation:
1. Approval is recommended with the stipulation that the abandonment and replat be
processed and recorded concurrently, ensuring all necessary easements are re-
established upon recording.
Water Services Department – Leticia Saenz
WSD has NO concerns/issues for this Abandonment of the easements within the entire private
accessways and rededicating them through a new updated replat.
PDD Site Planning – Dru Maynus
Site Planning doesn’t have any conflict with the proposed abandonment request.
Public Transit – Skitch Kitchen
No comments.
Street Transportation Department Utility Coordination – Katrina Mendoza
The Street Transportation Department Utility Coordination has found fiber facilities within
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the proposed abandonment area. Please see attached drawings and permits for your
reference.
Fire Plans Review – Karen Roberts
Recommend approval with the following comments:
1. On future plans please dimension the fire apparatus road, include turn radius. 20’
minimum width required.
2. On future plans please dimension Cul de sac, fire marshal appeal may be required if the
fire apparatus turn radius cannot be met.
3. On future plans please show the location of onsite fire hydrants, spaced 500’ apart in
residential developments.
Street Transportation Department – Joshua A Rogers
The Street Transportation Department has reviewed the attached abandonment application and
has the following:
Stipulations:
1. No Public Utility Easement, Landscape Easement, or Sidewalk Easement located
adjacent to either the Chandler Boulevard or Liberty Lane rights‑of‑way, as established
by the approved Upper Canyon Master Street Plan, shall be abandoned.
Should you have any questions regarding these comments, please contact me at
Joshua.rogers@phoenix.gov.
Solid Waste – Megan Sheets
Recommend approval with the following stipulation:
1. A refuse collection easement is required over the private accessway.
PDD Traffic Division – Derek Fancon
Recommends approval.
Utility Comments
The request was also routed to outside utility companies for their input. Listed below are the
responses from each utility.
Cox – Jamey Wooten
I have reviewed the proposed abandonment request for the Upper Canyon Parcels A4 & A5 –
W Chandler & Liberty Lane Phoenix 85045
Based on the supplied drawings/exhibit that you’ve submitted it has been determined that COX
will allow easement abandonment.
Cox Communications accepts no liability for costs associated with relocation and/or repairs of
existing facilities required due to this proposed abandonment.
If I can be of further assistance or a conflict arises, please contact me using the contact
information below.
Jamey Wooten
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Construction Planner
Spectrum/Charter
4120 E Valley Auto Drive
Mesa, AZ. 85206
Cell: 602-694-1636
Southwest Gas – Susan Mulanax
After reviewing the plans for the above-referenced project, it has been determined that there are
no apparent conflicts between the Southwest Gas system and your proposed abandonment of
the public utility and private accessway easements. Southwest Gas would like to recommend
abandonment of the public utility easements and private accessway easements located at the
above-referenced location.
Thank you for your cooperation on this project. Please contact me if you have any questions or
require additional information (725) 502-3576.
Arizona Public Service
We have researched our records and found that the subject property is not situated within the
APS service territory, and there are no APS facilities within any of the PUEs on this property.
Therefore, APS has no objection to the encroachment within the PUE.
Lumen – Kenley Kohutek
Aries Network Construction Services, on behalf of Lumen/Centurylink, is in receipt of your
request for Abandonment or Encroachment of the abandonment request area.
Inventory of Local Lumen Facilities: Existing facilities already partially placed under P.345057.
Will approve the abandonment as long as already placed facilities are not in the easement and
the design team revises the PUE as stated.
Abandonment/Encroachment Request Overview: Request is to abandon all streets and PUEs
throughout Upper Canyon Parcels A4-A5. Development team agrees to revise PUE to follow
typical PUE alignment and replat.
Recommendation: In the event Lumen facilities need to be removed or relocated, all associated
costs will be at the expense of the requestor/agency/owner. Blue staking is required prior to all
excavation activities. Access for Lumen, or its agents, must be maintained. All facilities are to be
avoided or protected while also maintaining a minimum 12” horizontal and vertical separation.
Lumen reserves the right to mandate modifications or removal of encroachments if it is deemed
there is an impediment. Any damage to Lumen facilities and those costs associated with
repair/replace facilities will be at the cost of the requestor/agency/owner. Lumen will not be held
responsible for any damage or cost to repair, move, or remove any encroached items (i.e.
fence, sign, landscape, pool, etc.) for the purpose of facility management.
Reservation – Approved
Contacts/Notification List
Local Lumen Engineer (Primary Contact)
Karen Schulz 602-357-5712 karen.brown1@lumen.com
Aries Engineer
Chris Nielsen, 702-478-6450, cnielsen@ariesconst.com
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Salt River Project – Michael Laguna
The Salt River Project has no objection to the abandonment of the private accessways, HOA
drainage easements, water & sewer easements, refuse collection easements, emergency &
service vehicle easements as shown on the provided Exhibits. Salt River Project’s facilities are
protected by a stand-alone SRP easement recorded under 2025-0565921.
If you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to contact me at 602-236-
3116.
Stipulations of Conditional Approval
The request of abandonment ABND 2600048 is conditionally approved, and the following
stipulation 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 rights-of-way shall be retained as a public utilities easement with 24-hour
vehicle maintenance access.
2. The developer/applicant to establish a refuse collection easement over the private
accessway. This easement shall be shown on the replat, which must receive staff‑level
approval prior to consideration of the abandonment request. The easement is necessary
to ensure Solid Waste personnel have adequate, safe, and consistent access to the
designated refuse collection area for ongoing service operations.
3. The applicant/developer to process and record the abandonment and the associated
replat concurrently. Both documents shall be recorded with the Maricopa County
Recorder at the same time to ensure that all necessary easements are properly
re‑established upon recordation. This stipulation is necessary to maintain continuity of
access, utilities, and public services following the abandonment action.
4. The applicant/developer shall ensure that no public utility easement, landscape
easement, or sidewalk easement located adjacent to either the Chandler Boulevard or
Liberty Lane rights‑of‑way, as established by the approved Upper Canyon Master Street
Plan, shall be abandoned.
5. Th above stipulations must be completed within two years from the conditional approval
decision dated September 17, 2026.
This conditional approval has been reviewed and approved.
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Signature: ____________________________________________ Date: ________________ 9/28/26
REPORT SUBMITTED BY: Dru Maynus, Abandonment Coordinator
cc Amy Perron, Norris Design, Applicant/Representative
David Neal, Principal Planner/Abandonment Hearing Officer
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