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CITY OF EL MIRAGE
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FORM
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Revised: September 2019
 
PURPOSE
Development Applications are reviewed by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) with the intent to provide the 
applicant specific information in preparation to meeting the City’s technical standards and requirements for the 
proposed development project. Information provided by TAC is based on applicant submittals and should be considered
actual and detailed in nature.  
ACTION REQUESTED (Check one)
___  Conditional Use Permit
___  Site Plan Approval 
___  General Plan Amendment:  ___  Major  ___ Minor 
___  Site Plan Amendment
___  Planned Area Development (PAD)
___  Preliminary Plat
___  Planned Area Development Amendment
___  Final Plat
___  Rezoning 
___  Other: _________________________________
PROPERTY INFORMATION: 
Name of Project: _______________________________________________________________ Acreage: __________
Property Address/Location:    
 
 
 
Assessor’s Parcel Number:    
 
 
 
APPLICANT / OWNER INFORMATION: 
Applicant: 
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Owner: 
____________________________________
Address:
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Address:
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City/ST/Zip: 
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City/ST/Zip: 
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Phone: 
____________________________________
Phone: 
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Email: 
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Email: 
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Signature: 
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Signature: 
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(Agreement to act as agent for owner)
(Authorization for agent to act for owner)
___ Application Form
___ Comprehensive Site Plan
___ Deed and/or Title Report
___ Drainage Report
___ A.L.T.A. Survey
___ Phase I Environment Site Assessment
___ Preliminary Landscape Plans
___ Filing Fee (see Fee Schedule starting on page 9)
Official Use
Case No: _______________Date Received: _______________Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting: ______________City Council Meeting: ______________
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8686 North El Mirage Road
Southwest Concrete Storage Facility
051-46-830 and 051-46-831A
1.66 Acres
The Phoenix - New York Company
213 East Georgia Ave
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
602-315-1249
pnyco@earthlink.net
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Southwest Concrete and Paving
12313 West Alice Ave
cnutall@swcp.us
El Mirage, Arizona 85335
623-516-0013
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213 East Georgia Ave., Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Tel: 602-315-1249 Email: pnyco@earthlink.net 
 
 
  
 
The 
Phoenix - New York  
Company 
October 5, 2020 
 
Re: 
Project Narrative Southwest Concrete Equipment Yard 
 
8686 North El Mirage Road 
 
 
This project consists of the development of the two lots at the southwest corner of El Mirage Road and West Alice 
Ave. A.P.N. numbers 501-46-831A and 501-46-830, an area of 72,538 square feet (1.66 acres) for use as an 
equipment yard for Southwest Concrete which has an existing facility adjacent to this project at 12312 West Alice 
Ave. It is the expectation that the two lots shall be combined into one large lot and the existing twelve foot water 
utility easement be removed at the west side of the property and that runs diagonally across the two lots. 
 
This equipment yard will be used for the storage of Southwest Concretes’ various construction equipment and 
vehicles and will be improved in accordance with the City of El Mirage development standards for this type of 
occupancy. There will be approximately ten (10) pickup trucks and two (2) tractor trailer trucks parked on the site 
in addition to other stored materials. 
 
The yard will be paved with a dustproof surface to mitigate airborne particulates caused by the movement of the 
vehicles and equipment around the property. A six-foot high masonry screen wall will be constructed on the north, 
south and west property lines to screen activities within the property from view from the public right of ways and 
the adjacent property to the south. This screen wall shall be constructed to match the character of the existing 
masonry screen wall located at the Southwest Concrete facility. 
 
Security lighting shall be provided on the site which will comply with the City of El Mirage standards for exterior 
lighting. This lighting will be powered from an electrical service to be provided to the site from the utility 
transformers located at the north west corner of the site.  
 
Right-of-way landscaping and public sidewalks will be provided per the City of El Mirage Development standards. 
There will be no on-site landscaping within the screen walled area of the property itself due to the use of the site. 
 
Irrigation water shall be supplied from one of three existing water meters on El Mirage Road located approximately 
1100 feet south of the intersection of El Mirage and Alice Ave. 
 
There will be a manual access gate with Knox Box located on the north end of the property that will allow direct 
access to West Alice Ave. This access will reduce the on-site driving and therefore ambient noise and particulates. 
This gate shall be located as far to the west as allowable to the proximity to the existing APS underground electrical 
vault located at the north west corner of the site. 
 
The existing screen wall along the west property line of the Southwest Concrete facility will be partially removed 
to provide open access from the existing facility to the new equipment yard. 
 
The proposed site will be graded to provide proper drainage in accordance with the City of El Mirage Engineering 
Department standards. The site shall retain its own flow of storm water and only take overflow discharge from the 
existing retention basin at the south end of the existing Southwest Concrete site.

SOUTHWEST CONCRETE AND PAVING
July 19, 2020
8686 NORTH EL MIRAGE ROAD, EL MIRAGE ARIZONA
THE PHOENIX - NEW YORK COMPANY
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Map
PHOTO 1
PROPOSED
EQUIPMENT
YARD
EXISTING
SOUTHWEST
CONCRETE AND 
PAVING
FACILITY
PHOTO 2
PHOTO 5
PHOTO 3
PHOTO 4
PHOTO 6
PHOTO 7
PHOTO 8

SOUTHWEST CONCRETE AND PAVING
July 19, 2020
8686 NORTH EL MIRAGE ROAD, EL MIRAGE ARIZONA
THE PHOENIX - NEW YORK COMPANY
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PHOTO 2:
EXISTING ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS
PHOTO 1:
EXISTING SOUTHWEST CONCRETE GATE AND 
MASONRY WALL
THIS PROJECT TO COPY COLOR SCHEME AND 
MATERIALS
PHOTO 3:
VIEW OF THE SITE LOOKING SOUTH FROM WEST 
ALICE AVE.
PHOTO 4:
VIEW OF CORNER OF NORTH EL MIRAGE ROAD 
AND WEST ALICE AVE FROM THE NORTH

SOUTHWEST CONCRETE AND PAVING
July 19, 2020
8686 NORTH EL MIRAGE ROAD, EL MIRAGE ARIZONA
THE PHOENIX - NEW YORK COMPANY
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PHOTO 6:
VIEW OF SITE TO THE SOUTHWEST ALONG EL MIRAGE 
ROAD
PHOTO 5:
CORNER OF NORTH EL MIRAGE ROAD AND WEST 
ALICE AVE LOOKING WEST
PHOTO 7:
VIEW OF THE SITE LOOKING NORTH WEST ALONG 
EL MIRAGE ROAD
PHOTO 8:
VIEW OF OF THE SOUTH END OF THE SITE AND 
THE ADJOINING PROPERTY FROM EL MIRAGE 
ROAD

10000 N. 31st Avenue, Suite C254 
Phoenix, Arizona 85051 
P. 602-997-2005 
F. 602-997-4006 
www.DDE-engr.com 
July 13, 2020 
City of El Mirage 
Engineering Department 
10000 N. El Mirage Road 
El Mirage, Arizona 85335 
RE:  Drainage Statement for Southwest Concrete – 8646 & 8686 N. El Mirage Rd; El Mirage, AZ 
This statement addresses city requirements to provide a drainage statement with the Pre-Application 
submittal.  A separate Preliminary Drainage Report will be submitted with the Development 
Application submittal.  A Final Drainage Report will be submitted with Construction Plans 
(building permit phase).   The preliminary and final reports will document proposed onsite drainage 
design, retention calculations, analyzing any offsite drainage impacts to the site, and confirming no 
adverse impacts to neighboring properties from the proposed development.  The preliminary report 
will provide analysis at a conceptual level, while the final report will provide a more complete and 
detailed level of analysis. 
The site will be designed to comply with city drainage requirements.  The site will provide storm 
drain facilities as necessary to ensure improvements, structures, and properties within the 
development and neighboring properties will be protected from adverse storm water impacts due to 
the proposed development.  The site will provide stormwater retention of onsite runoff for the 100-
year 1-hour storm (2.4 inches).  Basins will be designed with 4H:1V slopes.  Underground retention 
pipes may be used if there is not enough landscape area at the low end of the site for landscape 
retention basins.  Retention pipes and basins will be designed to drain within 36-hours via drywells.  
There are no proposed buildings.  If the site is affected by offsite storm water runoff, such runoff 
will be routed safely thru the site while matching historic storm water entrance and exit locations on 
the site.   
The developer owns the project site as well as the property directly west of the site (2313 W. Alice 
Avenue).  The property west of the site has been previously developed.  The developer intends to 
remove retention on the south side of the west property to allow for more flat open area storage 
space.  The old retention basin volume will be relocated on the new undeveloped site.

1921 S. Alma School Rd, Ste 204 \ Mesa, AZ 85210 
480.696.1701 
 
 
info@y2keng.com 
 
 
 
 
July 17, 2020 
 
Bruce Spiegel  
Phoenix – New York Company  
 
Phone: (602) 315-1249 
Email: pnyco@earthlink.net  
 
 
Subject:       Traffic Impact Statement – Southwest Paving Company Expansion Site, El Mirage, AZ 
       Southwest Corner of Alice Avenue and El Mirage Road 
 
Dear Mr. Spiegel, 
Y2K Engineering, LLC (Y2K) has been retained to prepare a Traffic Impact Statement (TIS) for the proposed 
expansion of the Southwest Paving Company facility located on the southwest corner of Alice Avenue and 
El Mirage Road in El Mirage, Arizona. The expansion of the existing Southwest Paving Company site will 
consist of equipment storage; no additional buildings are planned to be constructed on site. The expansion 
is anticipated to generate a nominal increase in site traffic. According to the El Mirage Traffic Impact Study 
Manual, a Traffic Impact Statement is required (in lieu of a full Traffic Impact Study) for sites that generate 
fewer than 100 peak hour trips. Access to the site is proposed through one new driveway on Alice Avenue 
along the north side of the site. A vicinity map is shown in Figure 1 and an aerial of the site is shown in 
Figure 2. 
EXISTING ROADWAY NETWORK 
El Mirage Road is a north-south major arterial with three lanes in each direction. A raised median exists 
south of Alice Avenue, and a two-way left-turn lane is present north of Alice Avenue. Curb, gutter, and bike 
lanes exist on El Mirage Road; however, sidewalk and roadway lighting are not present. The posted speed 
limit on El Mirage Road is 50 mph. 
Alice Avenue is a two-lane, east-west, local roadway that provides access to commercial and industrial 
developments. Curb and gutter exist on Alice Avenue immediately adjacent to the proposed site, but are 
not present west of the existing Southwest Paving site. Roadway lighting is present along the south curb of 
Avenue. Sidewalk is present along the existing Southwest Paving and EPCOR sites, but otherwise does not 
exist on Alice Avenue. Alice Avenue is approximately ½-mile long, spanning west from El Mirage Road.  
The intersection of El Mirage Road and Alice Avenue is a three-legged, minor-street stop-controlled 
intersection with a STOP sign on the eastbound approach. The northbound approach provides one 
dedicated left-turn lane, and three through lanes. The southbound provides one shared through/right-turn 
lane and two through lanes. The eastbound approach provides one shared left/right-turn lane.   
An aerial of the surrounding roadway network and existing traffic control is shown in Figure 3.

Southwest Paving Company – El Mirage, Arizona  
July 2020 
 
 
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Figure 1: Project Vicinity Map 
 
Figure 2: Proposed Site and Access

Southwest Paving Company – El Mirage, Arizona  
July 2020 
 
 
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Figure 3: Existing Roadway Network 
 
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT 
SITE LOCATION, LAND USE, AND ACCESS 
The Southwest Paving Company site expansion is located on the southwest corner of El Mirage Road and 
Alice Avenue in El Mirage, Arizona. Th expansion will occur directly east of the existing Southwest Paving 
Company site. Light industrial and commercial developments exist north and south of the site. The 
proposed storage facility will be accessed by one driveway on Alice Avenue, approximately 100 feet from 
the curb line of El Mirage Road. Secondary access will be provided internally from the existing Southwest 
Paving property. The site plan is provided in Attachment A.  
 
TRIP GENERATION 
Trip generation for new developments is typically estimated using the Institute of Transportation Engineers 
(ITE) Trip Generation Manual, 10th Edition. This resource contains data collected by various transportation 
professionals for a wide range of different land uses. Due to the unique nature of the site, data is not 
available in the ITE Trip Generation Manual for this particular use.  
The trip generation for the site was estimated based on the information provided by the Client. The site 
will be used for equipment storage only, and no new structures are planned for the property. The Client 
confirmed that no additional trucking activity or new employees are anticipated with this change. The traffic 
generated by the expanded equipment storage site are nominal. For analysis purposes, a conservative

Southwest Paving Company – El Mirage, Arizona  
July 2020 
 
 
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estimate of 10 new trips during the peak hours was assumed. The estimated trips associated with the 
Southwest Paving Company storage facility expansion are summarized in Table 1.  
Table 1: Trip Generation 
DESCRIPTION OF LAND USE 
VEHICLE GENERATED TRIPS 
AM Peak Hour 
PM Peak Hour 
ID 
Land Use 
Enter 
Exit 
Total 
Enter 
Exit 
Total 
1 
Equipment Storage Site 
5 
5 
10 
5 
5 
10 
"New" Trips Added to Street System 
5 
5 
10 
5 
5 
10 
As summarized in Table 1, the equipment storage facility expansion is anticipated to generate 10 trips 
during the AM peak hour and 10 trips during the PM peak hour.  
SITE TRAFFIC ADDED TO THE SYSTEM 
The traffic associated with the storage facility expansion are shown in Figure 3. The estimated peak hour 
volumes are based on the trip generation and traffic assignment based on access to nearby highways.  
 
Figure 3: Peak Hour Site Traffic Volumes

Southwest Paving Company – El Mirage, Arizona  
July 2020 
 
 
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DRIVEWAY ACCESS REVIEW 
A new site driveway is proposed to directly transport materials to the storage site without impact to existing 
operation on the main property. The site access driveway is proposed on Alice Avenue, approximately 100 
feet west from El Mirage Road. The driveway will be 80 feet east of the existing Southwest Paving driveway 
on the south side of Alice Avenue, and 40 feet west of the existing EPCOR driveway on the north side of 
Alice Avenue.  
The City of El Mirage has published guidance driveway spacing from intersecting roadways. Per Section 
154.104 of the El Mirage City Code of Ordinances, driveways on local streets should be spaced 150 feet 
from major arterials.  
Table 2: City of El Mirage Driveway Distance from Intersections 
 
City of El Mirage Code of Ordinances, Section 154.104 
Due to the limited street frontage on the parcel and the existing utilities on site, it is not feasible to position 
the driveway 150 feet west of El Mirage Road. The driveway is proposed just east of the existing 
transformers, leaving a distance of 100 feet from the existing curb line on El Mirage to the site driveway. 
This distance is anticipated to provide enough storage for a large semi-trailer to queue prior to turning into 
the site.  
REVIEW OF HISTORICAL CRASH DATA 
Three years of crash data (2016-2018) were obtained from ADOT’s Safety Data Mart database within the 
study limits. The study area included Alice Avenue and El Mirage Road within the vicinity of the site.  Over 
the three-year analysis period, two crashes were reported. The crashes are described below and are shown 
in Figure 4. 
• 
July 1, 2016 at 7:42 AM – Intersection of El Mirage Road and Alice Avenue 
This angle crash involved two southbound vehicles, one making a U-turn and one continuing 
south through the intersection. The crash resulted in property damage only (no injuries). 
• 
February 7, 2018 at 2:56 PM – El Mirage Road north of Alice Avenue, near EPCOR driveway 
This rear end crash involved four southbound vehicles and resulted in possible injury. 
During the three-year period, there were no serious injury crashes and no crashes involving vehicles turning 
on/from Alice Avenue. Based on the data reviewed, there is not a significant crash history within the study 
area.

Southwest Paving Company – El Mirage, Arizona  
July 2020 
 
 
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Figure 4: Locations of Crashes  
CONCLUSIONS 
 The traffic generated from the site will be minimal, as it will be used for equipment storage only. 
No buildings are planned for construction, and no additional employees or additional trucking 
activity are anticipated. As a conservative estimate, the proposed equipment storage site is 
anticipated to generate 10 trips during the AM peak hour and 10 trips during the PM peak hour. 
 One new driveway is proposed on Alice Avenue to serve the site, located approximately 100 feet 
west of El Mirage Road. 
 The past three years of crash data (2016-2018) were reviewed to identify any crash trends near 
the site. Two crashes occurred at or near the intersection of El Mirage Road and Alice Avenue, but 
no crashes were related to vehicles turning onto or from Alice Avenue. 
 The Southwest Paving Company expansion for equipment storage is anticipated to have a minimal 
impact on the surrounding roadway network.  Aside from the proposed driveway, no other traffic-
related improvements are recommended.  
We appreciate the opportunity to prepare this study. Should you have any questions, please feel free to 
contact me by email at mbeckley@y2keng.com or by phone at (480) 696-1780. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
 
 
Michelle Beckley, PE 
Project Engineer

Southwest Paving Company – El Mirage, Arizona  
July 2020 
 
 
 
ATTACHMENT A: 
SITE PLAN

213 East Georgia Ave., Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Tel: 602-315-1249 Email: pnyco@earthlink.net 
 
 
  
 
The 
Phoenix - New York  
Company 
July 20, 2020 
 
Re: 
Preliminary Water and Sewer Statement Southwest Concrete Equipment Yard 
 
8686 North El Mirage Road 
 
 
This project consists of the development of the two lots at the southwest corner of El Mirage Road and 
West Alice Ave. A.P.N. numbers 501-46-831A and 501-46-830 the site will have an area of 72,538 
square feet or 1.66 acres, for use as an equipment yard for Southwest Concrete which has an existing 
facility adjacent to this project at 12313 West Alice Ave. 
 
There will be no structures developed on the site at this time and no on-site landscaping due to the 
character of the site and its use. Therefore, there will be no sewage or wastewater produced at the site.  
 
There will be water use on the property for right-of-way landscaping along the north and east property 
lines and some hose bibs for use in the maintenance of equipment. This irrigation system be provided 
per the City of El Mirage Development Standards.  
The supply for this water use shall be either from an expanding the existing system of the Southwest 
Concrete site or providing a new water service and meter from the main on Alice Ave. 
 
As the landscape materials shall be desert low water varieties, we do not estimate that the water usage 
will be excessive.

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10000 N. 31st Avenue
P. 602-997-2005
Suite C254
Phoenix, Arizona 85051
F. 602-997-4006
www.DDE-engr.com
GRAPHIC SCALE
SOUTHWEST CONCRETE AND PAVING
EQUIPMENT YARD
8686 N. EL MIRAGE ROAD, EL MIRAGE, AZ
KEY NOTES - ONSITE
KEY NOTES - OFFSITE
GENERAL NOTES
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Engineering,
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10000 N. 31st Avenue
P. 602-997-2005
Suite C254
Phoenix, Arizona 85051
F. 602-997-4006
www.DDE-engr.com
GRAPHIC SCALE
SOUTHWEST CONCRETE AND PAVING
EQUIPMENT YARD
8686 N. EL MIRAGE ROAD, EL MIRAGE, AZ
NO CONSTRUCTION ON THIS SHEET
MATCH LINE SHEET 2
FOR REFERENCE ONLY