Attachment D - PC Summary - Z-31-19-1.pdf
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REPORT OF PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION June 4, 2020 ITEM NO: 9 DISTRICT NO.: 1 SUBJECT: Application #: Z-31-19-1 Location: Southwest corner of I-17 and Dixileta Drive From: C-2, R-3A, and R1-18 To: R1-6 and R1-18 Acreage: 138.28 Proposal: Single-family residential Applicant: Lennar Arizona, Inc. Owner: GM Gabrych Family Limited Partnership Representative: Lennar Arizona, Inc. ACTIONS: Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to stipulations. Village Planning Committee (VPC) Recommendation: North Gateway 5/14/2020 Approval, per the staff recommendation. Vote: 6-0. Planning Commission Recommendation: Approval, per the North Gateway Village Planning Committee recommendation with an additional stipulation. Motion Discussion: N/A Motion details: Commissioner Howard made a MOTION to approve Z-31-19-1, per the North Gateway Village Planning Committee recommendation with the additional staff stipulation as read into the record. Maker: Howard Second: Montalvo Vote: 7-1-1 (Busching) (Conflict: Shank) Absent: None Opposition Present: No Findings: 1. The proposal will retain over 100 acres of natural hillside in the Sonoran Preserve priority area for a desert park or mountain preserve. 2. The proposed residential development is appropriately located in close proximity to an employment center and a major transportation corridor. 3. The proposal is compatible and contributes to the character of the area through Attachment D stipulated site and building design features. Stipulations: 1. Prior to the issuance of Final Site Plan Approval, the owner shall convey 118 acres (or an area mutually agreed by the city and the owner) of hillside land selected by the City of Phoenix and located in the area as depicted as Tract A of the final plat, to the City of Phoenix for use as a City of Phoenix desert park and/or mountain preserve. 2. The conceptual elevations shall be administratively approved by the Planning Hearing Officer prior to single-family design review diversity exhibit approval with specific regard to the inclusion of the below elements. This review is for conceptual purposes only. Specific development standards and requirements will be determined by the Planning and Development Department. a. Building materials and colors shall express a desert character and shall blend with, rather than strongly contrast with the desert environment. b. All elevations of the homes shall contain three of the following architectural embellishments and detailing: textural changes, pilasters, offsets, recesses, variation in window size or location, overhang canopies, or similar features. c. Covered porches a minimum of 60 square feet in area at a depth of at least six feet, courtyard areas with low surrounding walls a minimum of 60 square feet in area, or homes with livable space a minimum of 3 feet in front of the front line of the garage, shall be provided in the front façades of a minimum of 50 percent of the elevations offered within the subdivision. d. Decorative garage treatments, including but not limited to, windows, raised or recessed panels, architectural trim, and/or single garage doors. 3. The maximum building square footage per home is 3,600 square feet. 4. All landscape plant material shall comply with the approved plant species list in Appendix A of the North Black Canyon Overlay District, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 5. A minimum of 20 percent of the gross project area shall be retained as open space, exclusive of landscape setbacks, washes and hillside preserve area, with a minimum of 5 percent improved as active/useable open space and centrally located within the subdivision, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 6. Interior walls and privacy fencing, excluding walls located between lots, shall be integral in color or painted to blend with the natural desert environment, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 7. A minimum building setback of 120 feet for residential structures shall be required along the ADOT frontage road right-of-way, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 8. Perimeter walls shall incorporate stone veneer, stonework, varying types of CMU block, or faux stone, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 9. The developer shall construct all streets within and adjacent to the development with paving, curb, gutter, sidewalk, curb ramps, streetlights, median islands, landscaping and other incidentals as per plans approved by the Planning and Development Department. All improvements shall comply with all ADA accessibility standards. 10. Right-of-way totaling 70 feet shall be dedicated for the south half of Dixileta Drive. Frontage of the site plan extending west of the access roadway may be reserved as a right-of-way easement in lieu of dedication, at the discretion and approval of the Street Transportation Department. Construction of Dixileta Drive is required with the initial phase of development, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 11. Right-of-way totaling 208 feet shall be dedicated for the west half of Interstate 17 (178 feet existing and 30 feet new) for the frontage road, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 12. The applicant shall complete and submit the Developer Project Information Form for the MAG Transportation Improvement Program to the Street Transportation Department. 13. If determined necessary by the Phoenix Archaeology Office, the applicant shall conduct Phase I data testing and submit an archaeological survey report of the development area for review and approval by the City Archaeologist prior to clearing and grubbing, landscape salvage, and/or grading approval. 14. If Phase I data testing is required, and if, upon review of the results from the Phase I data testing, the City Archaeologist, in consultation with a qualified archaeologist, determines such data recovery excavations are necessary, the applicant shall conduct Phase II archaeological data recovery excavations. 15. In the event archaeological materials are encountered during construction, the developer shall immediately cease all ground-disturbing activities within a 33- foot radius of the discovery, notify the City Archaeologist, and allow time for the Archaeology Office to properly assess the materials. 16. The developer shall record a Notice to Prospective Purchasers of Proximity to Airport in order to disclose the existence and operational characteristics of Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (DVT) to future owners or tenants of the property as approved by the Aviation Department. 17. The developer shall provide documentation to the City prior to final site plan approval that Form 7460-1 has been filed for the development and that the development received a “No Hazard Determination” from the FAA. If temporary equipment used during construction exceeds the height of the FAA and a “NO Hazard Determination” obtained prior to the construction start date. 18. PRIOR TO PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN APPROVAL, THE LANDOWNER SHALL EXECUTE A PROPOSITION 207 WAIVER OF CLAIMS FORM. THE WAIVER SHALL BE RECORDED WITH THE MARICOPA COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE AND DELIVERED TO THE CITY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REZONING APPLICATION FILE FOR RECORD. This publication can be made available in alternate format upon request. Please contact Tamra Ingersoll at (602) 534-6648, TTY use 7-1-1.