Attachment B - Approval Report 230066.pdf

City of Phoenix — Formal (2024-06-26)

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Planning and Development Department 
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL – ABND 230066 
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 February 8, 2026 will then expire.  At that time a 
new submittal will be required along with the required payment for the abandonment process.  
Attachment B

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Planning and Development Department  
 
February 8, 2024 
Consolidated Abandonment Staff Report: ABND 230066 
Project# 06-1843 
District: 8 
 
 
 
 
 
Location: 
North of Elliot Road, South of West 
Capistrano Avenue, East of South 47th 
Lane, and West of S 43rd Avenue 
 
 
Applicant:  
Chad Meyer, RJT Homes/Carver Mountain 
LLC. 
 
 
Request to abandon:  
Abandon a 20’ x 142’ driveway easement 
located on W La Puente Avenue. Abandon 
a 18-foot wide drainage easement that 
commences from the northeast corner of 
Elliot Road and 47th  Lane; traverses on the 
northeast side of 47th Lane; travels east 
along West Capistrano Avenue; continues 
south on both sides of South 44th Lane; 
lastly shifts to the south west side of La 
Puente Avenue within the Carver Mountain 
Estates Plat. 
  
Purpose of request:  
The applicant states the that a new final plat 
will be recorded for the area and the 
existing easements are no longer needed.

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City Staff Comments 
 
Water Services Department – Donald Reynolds 
WSD has One stipulation for this Abandonment. The proposed property has existing water 
and sewer mains that can potentially serve the development. 
1. Any existing water meter boxes or vaults shall be located within the public ROW, water 
easement, or PUE. in accordance with code requirements. 
 
The trail Easement can be abandoned as there is no water meter boxes located within it. 
 
PDD Traffic – Derek Fancon 
Recommend approval. 
 
PDD Site Planning – Dru Maynus 
Approval recommended. 
 
PDD Hillside – Aracely Herrera 
Hillside has no comments at this time. 
 
PDD Civil Engineering – Darren Chapman 
Civil Review recommends approval of this abandonment with the following stipulation: 
 
1. Abandonment is only approved if recorded concurrently with PLAT 220106 – CARVER

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MOUNTAIN ESTATES TWO. 
 
Public Transit Department – Jorie Bresnahan 
The Public Transit Department has no comment on this project. 
 
Parks & Recreation Department – Todd Shackelford 
The Parks & Recreation Department has no comment or stipulation. 
 
Streetlights – Jason Fernandez 
Recommend approval. 
 
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 to the abandonment as the subject property(ies) is/are not located within 
APS service territory. 
 
Lumen/CenturyLink – Tori Jacoby 
CenturyLink of Colorado, Inc. d/b/a CENTURYLINK (“CenturyLink”) has reviewed the request 
for the subject Vacate/Abandonment and has determined that to protect its facilities CenturyLink 
must deny the request at this time for the abandonment of the 188’ Drainage Easement and 20’ 
Driveway Easement dedicated on the “Carver Mountain Estates” plat per Bk. 902 & Pg. 17 
M.C.R. for the purpose of site development. 
 
Lumen may have active facilities located within the 18’ Drainage Easement and 20’ Driveway 
Easement. Recommend owner to have Lumen's facilities located on a Results of Survey and 
submit for further consideration. If Lumen's facilities are found to be located within the 8' PUE, 
then Lumen would approve the abandonment request. If Lumen's facilities are located outside 
the 8' PUE and within the 18' DE or 20' Driveway Easement, Lumen would approve an 
abandonment request provided the owner pays to have Lumen's facilities relocated or dedicates 
a new easement protecting them in place. 
 
In the event Lumen facilities need to be removed, all associated costs will be at the expense of 
the sponsoring agency/owner. 
 
Cox Communications – Jacob Horsman 
Based upon the supplied drawings/exhibit that you’ve submitted it has been determined that 
COX has facilities within the Driveway Easement and potentially within the Drainage Easement 
and therefore has denied your request to abandon.  Need verification easements do not include 
utility language for rights in said easements prior to approval. 
 
Southwest Gas Corporation – Susan R. Mulanax 
After reviewing your request, it has been noted that we have a gas line running in the area 
proposed for abandonment. Permission is NOT granted to abandon the subject private driveway 
easement. 
 
Should there be interest in relocating the gas facilities, the requestor would be responsible for 
the relocation costs. Please contact Conflict Review at 602-484-5301.

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Salt River Project (SRP) – Michael Laguna 
SRP has no objection to the abandonments of the Drainage Easement and 8-foot Public Utility 
as shown on the exhibit. 
 
 
Stipulations of Conditional Approval   
 
The request of abandonment ABND 230066 is conditionally approved, and the following 
stipulations will need to be met:  
 
1. All utilities within the subject PUEs 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. 
 
2. Abandonment shall be recorded concurrently with PLAT 220106 – CARVER MOUNTAIN 
ESTATES TWO.  
 
3. The above stipulations must be completed within two years from the conditional approval 
decision dated February 8, 2024.  
 
  
This conditional approval has been reviewed and approved. 
 
 
Signature: _______________________________________    Date: February 8, 2024         
 
 
 
REPORT SUBMITTED BY: Dru Maynus, Abandonment Coordinator/Site Planner 
 
cc: 
Applicant/Representative, Chad Meyer, RJT Homes/Carver Mountain, LLC. 
 
Applicant/Representative, David George, HilgartWilson, LLC. 
 
Deputy Director of Planning & Development Dept., Miguel Victor 
Stipulation 
deleted by CMES 
6.5.24. ABND ok 
to proceed before 
PLAT approval.