Attachment B - Approval Report 230033.pdf

City of Phoenix — Formal (2024-08-26)

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Planning and Development Department 
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL – ABND 220033 
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 Dru Maynus at (602) 262-7403 for questions and 
notification of your completion of the stipulations.  
Upon completion of the stipulations Dru Maynus will schedule your request 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 March 14, 2025), this request will then expire.  At 
that time a new submittal will be required along with the required payment for the abandonment 
process.  
ATTACHMENT B
230033

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Planning and Development Department  
 
March 7, 2024 
Consolidated Abandonment Staff Report: ABND 230033 
Project# 21-3730 
District: 4 
 
 
 
 
 
Location: 
 
 
 
 
 
1623 East Weldon Avenue 
 
 
Applicant:  
Jacob Wallace c/o Chuck Jacobs 
 
 
Request to abandon:  
To abandon the Refuse Collection 
Easement as described in Docket 7403, 
Page 419, Maricopa County Recorder.  
 
  
Purpose of request:  
The applicant states this is a Site Plan 
Review requirement.

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City Staff Comments 
 
PDD Planning Department – Nathan Webb 
Recommend approval.  
 
Water Services Department – Donald Reynolds 
WSD has NO stipulations for this Abandonment. The proposed property has existing water 
and sewer mains that can potentially serve the development. 
 
Street Transportation Department– Joshua Rogers 
Streets has no comments unless Public Works has an issue with the proposal. 
 
PDD Traffic – Derek Fancon 
Recommend approval. 
 
PDD Site Planning – Dru Maynus 
Approval recommended.

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PDD Civil Engineering – Darren Chapman 
Civil recommends approval. 
 
Public Transit Department – Jorie Bresnahan 
No comment received. 
 
Streetlights – Jason Fernandez 
Recommend approval. 
 
Solid Waste – Robert Lopez 
The proposed abandonment will have no impact on PW Solid Waste services. 
 
Street Transportation Department Utility Coordination – Rozanna Brown 
No comment at this time. 
 
 
Utility Company Comments 
 
Arizona Public Service (APS) – Kim Paxon 
APS has no objection the abandonment. 
 
Lumen/CenturyLink – Tori Jacoby 
No comment received. 
 
Cox Communications – Jacob Horsman 
I have reviewed the proposed abandonment request for the parcel located at 1631 E Weldon 
Avenue, in Phoenix, AZ.  
 
Based upon the supplied drawings/exhibit that you’ve submitted it has been determined that 
COX has facilities within the Public Utility Easement (PUE) and therefore has denied your 
request to abandon.  
 
Developer to coordinate and reimburse Cox Communications for relocation of facilities within 
easement.  
 
Southwest Gas Corporation – Susan R. Mulanax 
After reviewing the plans for the above-referenced project, it has been determined that there are 
no apparent conflicts between the Southwest Gas (SWG) system and your proposed 
abandonment of the Refuse Collection Easement cited above. SWG would like to recommend 
abandonment of the Refuse Collection easement located at the above-referenced location. It 
should be noted that while SWG has an underground natural gas main line in the same location, 
there is an existing easement to SWG for these facilities. 
 
Salt River Project (SRP) – Michael Laguna 
SRP has no objection to the abandonments as shown in the Refuse Collection Easement as 
shown in the abandonment package for ABND 230033. This is in an Arizona Public Service 
serving area.

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Stipulations of Conditional Approval   
 
The request of abandonment ABND 230033 is conditionally approved, and the following 
stipulations will need to be met:  
 
1. All utilities must be removed or 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. Verification of removal or relocation must be done by the 
applicant and provided to the City of Phoenix, Planning and Development Department. 
 
2. The existing trailer park will need to be vacated and no longer in use before the refuse 
collection easement can be formally abandoned. 
 
3. The above stipulations must be completed within two years from the conditional approval 
decision dated August 1, 2023.  
 
 
 
  
This conditional approval has been reviewed and approved. 
 
 
Signature: ____________________________________________    Date: ________________ 
 
 
 
REPORT SUBMITTED BY: Dru Maynus, Abandonment Coordinator. 
 
cc: 
Applicant/Representative, Jacob Wallace c/o Chuck Jacobs  
Miguel Victor, Site Planning Deputy Director 
Aracely Herrera, Site Planning, Planner lll 
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