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Citizen Participation Report Convenience Store/Gas Station – NEC 83rd Ave and Glendale Ave Variance and Conditional Use Permit Request CUP21-03 & VAR21-01 Prepared by: Withey Morris, PLC 2525 East Arizona Biltmore Circle Suite A-212 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Submitted to: City of Glendale Planning Department 5850 West Glendale Avenue Suite 212 Glendale, AZ 85301 Submittal Date: July 29, 2021 VAR21-01 83rd Glendale Convenience Planner Approved - 07/30/2021 1. Background/Project Description On behalf of DeRito Partners, who proposed to develop a new retail gas station store located at the northeast corner of 83rd Avenue and Glendale Avenue (the “Property”). This application requests the following: 1. Variance to reduce the side yard building setback from 60-feet required to 24-feet (east side). Section 5.575, Table 3 2. Conditional Use Permit to continue a convenience store/gas station on the Property. The site has historically operated as a gas station since its original construction in the early 1980’s according to county historical photos. Overtime, the building has been abandoned and the site is fenced off. It has become blight and an attractive nuisance with graffiti and vandalism. The gas station predates the single-family residential that was constructed to the north in the mid 1990’s. In addition, two billboards were constructed on the Property around the mid 1980’s and they will remain on site as-is. DeRito Partners proposes to redevelop the site with a new gas station. The proposed development will reinvigorate a blighted vacant lot and resume a use that has been on this site for years. The development proposes a new gas station and convenience store building (approx. 4,088 sf) located towards the middle of the site in a similar location as the existing structure on the site. In addition, the gas station canopy/fuel pumps are located south of the building toward Glendale Avenue. Access to the site is off 83rd Avenue and Glendale Avenue. However, due to the older engineering and design standards, the current driveway locations will be shifted to meet current code standards. 2. Notification Technique On February 8th, a notification letter describing the variance and conditional use permit proposal and inviting the neighbors to a virtual neighborhood meeting. The letter was sent property owners within a 300-foot radius of the Property. Additionally, the mailing went out to a list of “Interested Parties,” Homeowners Associations and “Additional Notification” addresses as provided by the City. A copy of the letter, affidavit and mailing list are attached as Exhibit 1. In addition, there was additional door-to-door outreach notifying and discussing the project with the residential neighborhoods located to the north and east of the Property. 3. Neighborhood Meeting A virtual neighborhood was held for the proposed project on February 23, 2021 at 5:30pm via Zoom software. There was no one that registered or attended this meeting aside Citizen Participation Report – Variance and Use Permit/83rd & Glendale from the development team and the City planner. However, we stayed on the line for 15 minutes in case someone joined. In addition to this virtual neighborhood meeting, we attended the neighboring Glen Eden Quarterly HOA Board meeting on February 11, 2021. We presented the case to the HOA board and answered their questions about the use. At the end of the meeting, the applicant welcomed the neighbors to contact the development team with any follow-up questions or feedback they may have. Tab 1