Attachment F - PC Summary - Z-51-19-4.pdf

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REPORT OF PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION 
March 5, 2020 
 
ITEM NO: 2 
 
DISTRICT NO.: 4
SUBJECT: 
 
Application #:
Z-51-19-4 (Phoenix Country Club Residences PUD)
Location:
Northeast corner of 7th Street and Thomas Road
From:
R-5 M-R
To: 
PUD
Acreage:
2.94
Proposal: 
Phoenix Country Club Residences PUD to allow mixed-use
Applicant:
AGS, LLC
Owner:
Phoenix Country Club
Representative:
Jason B. Morris, Withey Morris, PLC
 
ACTIONS: 
 
Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to stipulations. 
 
Village Planning Committee (VPC) Recommendation: 
Encanto 12/2/2019 Information only.  
Encanto 2/3/2020 Denial. Vote: 6-5. 
 
Planning Commission Recommendation: Approval, per the staff memo dated March 5, 
2020. 
 
Motion Discussion: N/A 
 
Motion details: Commissioner Mangum made a MOTION to approve Z-51-19-4, per the 
staff memo dated March 5, 2020. 
 
 
Maker: Mangum 
 
Second: Montalvo 
 
 
Vote: 6-2 (Busching, Gaynor)  
 
Absent: Johnson  
 
Opposition Present: Yes 
 
Findings: 
 
1. 
The PUD zoning is requested pursuant to the City Council direction provided in 
the approval of Rezoning Case No. Z-41-18. 
2. 
The PUD Development Narrative incorporates the previously stipulated design 
requirements from Rezoning Case No. Z-41-18 and permits active commercial 
uses.  Together these guidelines help to promote an active streetscape along 
two heavily traveled arterial streets.  
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3. 
The proposed development will redevelop a surface parking lot into a move 
active use with enhanced pedestrian amenities. 
 
Stipulations: 
 
1. 
An updated Development Narrative for the Phoenix Country Club Residences 
PUD reflecting the changes approved through this request shall be submitted to 
the Planning and Development Department within 30 days of City Council 
approval of this request.  The updated Development Narrative shall be 
consistent with the Development Narrative date stamped January 28, 2020, as 
modified by the following stipulations: 
 
 
 
a. 
Front Cover: Revise the submittal date information on the bottom to add 
the following: City Council adopted: [Add adoption date]. 
 
 
 
b. 
Page 8, Development Standards Table, Minimum Building Setbacks: 
Modify verbiage for setback encroachments to read “Where ground level 
retail uses are present, setbacks may be decreased up to 12 feet for 
outdoor seating, patio dining and outdoor commercial sales when utilizing 
patio, storefront, gallery, arcade or forecourt frontage types by securing a 
use permit.” 
 
 
 
 
c. 
Page 8, Development Standards Table, Minimum Landscape Setbacks: 
Add “Where ground level commercial uses are present, setbacks may be 
decreased up to 12 feet for outdoor seating, patio dining and outdoor retail 
sales when utilizing patio, storefront, gallery, arcade or forecourt frontage 
types by securing a use permit.” 
 
 
 
 
d. 
Page 9, Development Standards Table, Shade: Update provision to 
include minimum of 75 percent shade on both public sidewalks and 
pedestrian walkways. 
 
 
e. 
Page 9, Development Standards Table, Building Entrances: Add “A 
minimum of two building entrances shall be provided, one on 7th Street 
and one on Thomas Road” at the beginning of this subsection. 
 
 
 
 
f. 
Page 9, Development Standards Table, Building Entrances: Update code 
section reference for pedestrian residences to Section 1305.B.3.a. of the 
Phoenix Zoning Ordinance. 
 
 
 
 
g. 
Page 9, Development Standards Table, Building Entrances: Update 
commercial frontage guidelines to read “In the event ground floor retail or 
commercial uses are proposed on either Thomas Road or 7th Street 
frontages, the length of the commercial frontage shall comply with the 
Patio, Storefront, Gallery, Arcade of Forecourt frontage type standards in 
Table 1305.1 of the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance except for encroachment 
dimensions and wall standards which shall be governed by the setback 
and wall/fence provisions contained within the PUD.”

h. 
Page 9, Development Standards Table: Add a subsection for Streetscape 
Amenities as follows: 
Streetscape Amenities 
The streetscape landscape 
setback areas adjacent to 7th 
Street and Thomas Road shall 
provide at least one public art 
element and one seating area per 
street. 
 
 
 
 
i. 
Page 9, Development Standards Table: Add a subsection for Surface 
Parking Lot Standards as follows: 
Surface Parking Lot 
Any surface parking lot area shall 
be located beyond the landscape 
setback area.  Surface parking 
areas, not behind a building, shall 
not exceed 25 percent of any 
street frontage. 
 
 
 
 
j. 
Page 9, Landscape: Remove reference to conformance with Section 
701.D.4. 
 
 
 
 
k. 
Page 10, Landscape Standards Table, Surface Parking Lot: Update 
second paragraph to read “Shade coverage shall be a minimum of 25 
percent coverage overall.”  
 
 
 
 
l. 
Page 10, Landscape Standards Table, Adjacent to Buildings: Update 
subsection to read “Landscape areas within 5 feet of the building along 7th 
Street and Thomas Road frontages shall be provided with foundation 
plantings containing 75 percent living vegetation ground cover.” 
 
 
 
 
m. 
Page 10, Fences/Walls, Parking Screening Wall: Update subsection to 
read “Vehicles shall be screened by a minimum 3-foot-tall visual screen 
for all parking areas visible from a public street.  Any fencing in excess of 
3 feet shall be open fencing up to a maximum of 6 feet in height.” 
 
 
 
 
n. 
Page 10, Fences/Walls, Perimeter Wall: Update subsection to read 
“Except for parking screen walls and/or commercial frontage standard 
requirements, no fences or walls shall be placed between the streets (7th 
Street, Thomas Road) and any building.” 
 
 
 
 
o. 
Page 11, Design Guidelines, 2nd paragraph: Update last sentence to read 
“The following list details the Project’s design features which will ensure 
the Project adds value to the surrounding residences, businesses, and 
individuals passing through the well-traveled intersection.” 
 
 
 
 
p. 
Pages 11 and 12, Design Guidelines: Reorder the general design 
guidelines section into the following categories and associated provisions:

Streetscape and Site Access 
 
Rebuild and widen existing 7th Street and Thomas Road sidewalks 
to 6-foot width, detached from the curb, where not in conflict with 
underground or above ground utilities, along the limits of proposed 
development. 
 
Maintain all existing interior drives off Thomas Road and 7th Street 
that connect to PCC and private neighborhood streets. 
 
Landscape 
 
Create generous landscaping along Thomas Road and 7th Street 
with continuous double row of Live Oak, or similar species theme 
tree to shade both sides of the sidewalk. 
 
Alternate massings of low-water use, flowering shrubs and 
succulents along streets that create strong identify and visual 
interest. 
 
Integrate planters into the building’s parking structure for 
cascading plants down the face of the garage.  
 
Enhance hardscape, outdoor seating and any water feature and 
specimen planting along drop off and front door to the building. 
 
Maintain and enhance the existing palm-tree-lined drive between 
the PCC and the new residences. 
 
Maintain all landscaping by private association. 
 
Surface Parking Lot Design 
 
Implement new design for the PCC surface parking lot that 
includes better circulation, egress, and abundant evergreen shade 
trees. 
 
Install bio swales which help drain surface water into parking lot 
planter islands, as approved by the Planning and Development 
Department.   
 
Screen guest parking spaces for residences with dense vegetation 
and wall screening consistent with Fence/Wall Development 
Standards. 
 
Building Amenities 
 
Provide rooftop amenity deck on parking garage for building 
residents, with pool area, gardens and activity areas that look out 
over city and mountain views. 
 
Provide private dog park for resident use, taking responsibility off 
surrounding streets and existing residential.  Any fencing or screen 
walls for the dog park shall follow the Fence/Wall development 
standards and accent adjacent building materials to appear as an 
integrated part of the larger building design. 
 
 
 
 
q. 
Page 12, Design Guidelines, Building Façade: Add the following 
guidelines to this section:

 
Provide street-level parking garage building façade, landscape, 
and hardscape to create a safer, more pleasant and livelier 
streetscape for passing pedestrian traffic. 
 
The corner of the building at 7th Street and Thomas Road shall be 
designed with distinctive massing, angled or rounded building 
corners or additional building articulation that emphasizes the 
corner and promotes activity.  This area can include project identity 
signage and/or public art. 
 
 
 
 
R. 
PAGE 11, DESIGN GUIDELINES: ADD THE FOLLOWING AS A 
SUBSECTION TO THE DESIGN GUIDELINES: 
 
BUILDING ARCHITECTURE 
 
THE RESIDENTIAL TOWER AND PODIUM DESIGN SHALL 
UTILIZE A SINGLE, COHESIVE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THAT 
IS CONTEXTUALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA IN FORM 
AND MATERIALITY.  
 
APPROPRIATE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES INCLUDE 
NEOCLASSICAL, MID-CENTURY MODERN, MODERN, ART 
DECO, AND SPANISH REVIVAL. REPRESENTATIVE IMAGERY 
OF ACCEPTABLE ARCHITECTURE IS DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT 7. 
 
INAPPROPRIATE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES INCLUDE 
CONTEMPORARY, HIGH-TECH, AND POSTMODERN AS 
DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT 8. 
 
 
 
 
S. 
PAGES 12 AND 13, DESIGN GUIDELINES: REMOVE IMAGES ON 
THESE PAGES.  
 
 
 
 
T. 
ADD THE “ACCEPTABLE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES 
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGERY” AND THE “UNACCEPTABLE 
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES REPRESENTATIVE IMAGERY” DATE 
STAMPED MARCH 5, 2020 AS EXHIBITS 7 AND 8. 
 
 
 
 
U. 
PAGE 12, DESIGN GUIDELINES, GLAZING: REVISE THE LAST 
BULLET POINT TO READ “SHADE ELEMENTS AND GLAZING 
SCREENING BEYOND FRITTING SHALL BE DONE UTILIZING METAL 
LOUVERS OR SHADE ELEMENTS.  SHADE FOR GLAZING 
SCREENING BEYOND FRITTING SHALL BE DONE UTILIZING METAL 
LOUVERS OR PASSIVE SOLAR SHADING ELEMENTS.” 
 
 
 
 
V. 
PAGE 13, DESIGN GUIDELINES, BUILDING ENVELOPE CLADDING 
MATERIALS: REVISE BULLET POINT THREE TO READ “COLORS ON 
METAL PANELS SHALL BE INTEGRAL TO THE PANEL OR A FINISH 
THAT WILL RESIST WEATHERING AND/OR FADING. PAINTED FINISH 
NATURAL METALS MAY ALSO BE USED SIMILAR TO COPPER, ZINC, 
STAINLESS STEEL OR NATURAL ALUMINUM. THE USE OF HIGHLY 
REFLECTIVE METAL PANELS IS NOT ALLOWED.”

W. 
PAGE 13, DESIGN GUIDELINES, BUILDING ENVELOPE CLADDING 
MATERIALS: ADD AN ADDITIONAL BULLET POINT THAT READS 
“BRICK/CMU – BRICK/CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS ARE ALLOWED.”
 
 
2. 
The existing driveway to Thomas Road shall be reconstructed to a P-1243 
standards driveway to restrict access to right-in/right-out movements only, as 
approved by the Planning and Development Department.  AN ALTERNATIVE 
DRIVEWAY DESIGN OR ACCESS MOVEMENTS MAY BE PERMITTED 
SUBJECT TO AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS SUBMITTED TO AND 
APPROVED BY THE STREET TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 
 
 
3. 
The developer shall remove the gate at the existing driveway to Thomas Road 
or provide a turnaround consistent with the City of Phoenix’s Gate Access 
Control Policy, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 
 
 
4. 
The developer shall remove any unused driveways, as approved by the 
Planning and Development Department. 
 
 
5. 
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. 
 
 
6. 
The developer shall dedicate right-of-way and construct a bus bay (City of 
Phoenix Standard Detail P1256) and bus pad with a minimum depth of 14 feet 
(City of Phoenix Standard Detail P1261) along northbound 7th Street, north of 
Thomas Road. The bus stop pad and bay shall be placed from the intersection 
of 7th Street and Thomas Road according to City of Phoenix Standard Detail 
P1258, as approved by the Public Transit Department. 
 
 
7. 
The property owner shall record a Notice to Prospective Purchasers of 
Proximity to Airport in order to disclose the existence, and operational 
characteristics of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) to future 
owners or tenants of the property. The form and content of such documents 
shall be according to the templates and instructions provided which have 
been viewed and approved by the City Attorney. 
 
 
8. 
The developer shall provide documentation to the City prior to construction 
permit 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 
permanent structure a separate Form 7460-1 shall be submitted to the FAA and 
a “No Hazard Determination” obtained prior to the construction start date.
 
 
9. 
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.

10. 
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. 
 
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