STREET NAME CHANGE VISTA VERDE DR TO TEGAVAH PLACE 03-12-2014 BOS REPORT.PDF

Report to the Board of Supervisors
Prepared by the Maricopa County Planning and Development Department
Board Hearing Date: March 12, 2014
Item: Proposed Street Name Change
Vista Verde Drive to Tegavah Place
Supervisor District: 2
Description:
This item proposes to change the name of a Vista Verde Drive to Tegavah Place, within the
master-planned community of Vista Verde. The street name change is due to new ownership
with a proposal to rebrand and rename the master-planned community as Tegavah. The
change will only affect parcels within the master-planned community which are owned by the
developer, Vista Verde 2013 LLC, who has requested the street name change. Affected
sections include Section 25 and the East Half of Section 26 of T5N, R6E in the Rio Verde Foothills
area.
Evaluation:
The roadway alignment is a meandering loop that acts as a collector route providing access
from the master-planned community’s internal street network onto Rio Verde Dr. It is
appropriate for E-911 and emergency response that this roadway to carry the name of the
community for which it provides the only access. Notification was unnecessary as all
affected properties are owned by the applicant.
The proposed street name was routed to the Maricopa County Department of Transportation
(MCDOT), E-911, the Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), Elections, Rural/Metro Fire Department (RMFD),
Rio Verde Fire District (RVFD), Salt River Project (SRP), and the Postal Service (USPS).
MCSO, RVFD and E-911 have no objections or concerns. SRP has taken issue with the use of
the directional suffix – N. Tegavah Pl. East & N. Tegavah Pl. West. However this directional suffix
is necessary because the roadway is a loop that intersects with Rio Verde Dr. in two separate
locations, and is predominantly N/S in direction rather than E/W. The Maricopa County
Addressing Regulations, Sec. 704 indicates that partial circles (loops) are named and
addressed based upon the N/S grid using suffix directional based upon quadrant – N. Tegavah
Pl. East & N. Tegavah Pl. West.
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Map – subject street alignment showing existing segment and future segment within the master-planned community.
Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the proposed street name change from Vista Verde Drive to Tegavah
Place for the entire meandering loop alignment within the master-planned community of Tegavah
(fka Vista Verde).
Presented by: Wendy Downing, Development Services Specialist, Addressing
Reviewed by: Darren V. Gerard, AICP, Deputy Director
No attachments or enclosures.
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