Attachment B - Approval Report 190083.pdf

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Planning and Development Department 
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL – V190083A 
Your abandonment request was granted CONDITIONAL APPROVAL by Christopher DePerro, 
Abandonment Hearing Officer.  
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 Robert Martinez at (602) 495-0156 for questions and 
notification of your completion of the stipulations.  
Upon completion of the stipulations Robert Martinez will schedule your request for City Council 
action.  
If the stipulations of abandonment are not completed within eighteen months from the date of 
your conditional approval (your expiration date is July 23, 2021), this request will then expire. 
At that time a new submittal will be required along with the required payment for the abandonment 
process. A one time, one-year extension can be requested prior to the expiration date, with 
applicable extension fee due. 
Attachment B - Approval Report

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Planning and Development Department  
 
 
January 23, 2020 
Abandonment Staff Report: V190083A 
Project# 19-190 
 Quarter Section: 50-20 
 
 
 
Location: 
Southeast Corner of West Dynamite 
Boulevard and North 39th Avenue 
 
 
Applicant:  
 
 
 
 
 
Eric Hopkins; Kimley-Horn  
 
 
Request to abandon:  
To abandon 40 feet of right-of-way along 
West Dynamite Boulevard and North 39th 
Avenue. 
 
 
Purpose of request:  
The applicant states: The abandonment and 
rededication of these rights-of-way allows 
for the planned community, without 
encroaching onto the Deem Hills Recreation 
Area, the CAP Canal, and the property 
owned by the Arizona State Trust Land. 
 
 
Hearing date:  
 
 
 
 
January 23, 2020

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Hearing Summary 
 
Ms. Emily Dawson, the Site Planning, read the case into the record.  
Mr. Christopher DePerro, then turned the discussion over to the applicant. 
Susan Demmitt on behalf of Taylor Morrison stated that they are proposing modification to the 
original abandonment request. Due to discussions with both Street Transportation Departments, 
about the desire to maintain certain portions of right of way due to the potential of future access 
to the preserve or across the cap canal, (new exhibits were provided). Original was the entire 
40-foot strip along 39th Avenue and Dynamite Blvd. right-of-way, what was agreed to with 
Streets Transportation Department was to abandon the entire strip on 39th Avenue and are 
abandoning the entire 40-foot right-of-way and replace it with a 15-foot wide right of way 
easement along that edge of the property. She also stated that they have agreed to maintain the 
entire right-of-way along Dynamite Blvd., so we are not abandoning anything along the north 
side.

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The Hearing Officer clarified that the applicant is wanting to retain a 15-foot wide right-of-way 
easement in addition to the new dedicated 50-foot right-of-way.  
Mr. Chris Kowalski noted that there is a recreational facility there, so it will allow for future 
access to 39th Avenue and Dynamite creating a potential for 39th Avenue to go over the Cap 
canal. 
Ms. Demmit noted that the purpose of a right-of-way easement and not dedication was due to 
the potential setback on a couple of lots. 
The Hearing Officer noted that right of way easements is treated the same as right-of-way. The 
Hearing Officer determined that since the development is adjacent to a preserve there is no 
perimeter setback. 
The Hearing Officer discussed the stipulations with the applicant. 
 
The Hearing Officer granted a conditional approval with revised stipulations.  
 
Stipulations of Conditional Approval 
 
The request of abandonment, is conditionally approved by the Abandonment Hearing Officer. 
The following stipulations will need to be met: 
  
1. Either a or b shall be complied with: 
a. All utilities 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.  
 
b. All right-of-way shall be retained as a public utilities easement with 24-hour vehicle 
maintenance access.  
 
2. Consideration which provides a public benefit to the City is required in accordance with 
City Code Art. 5, Sec. 31-64 and Ordinance G-5332.  Cost for abandoned Right-of-Way 
adjacent to property not zoned single family residential will be $500 OR Fair Market 
Value whichever is greater.  Cost for property zoned single family residential is $1.00 a 
square foot for the first 500 square feet, $0.10 a square foot thereafter; OR Fair Market 
Value at the option of the Planning and Development Director or designee. The applicant 
shall submit calculation and fee to Planning and Development Department. The 
applicant shall request a selection of approved appraisers from the current list 
maintained by the Real Estate division of the Finance Department. 
 
3. None of the existing right-of-way along Dynamite Boulevard shall be abandoned. 
 
4. A public street connection from the existing terminus of 39th Avenue to Dynamite 
Boulevard shall be dedicated through the new subdivision plat as approved by the Street 
Transportation and Planning and Development Departments. 
 
5. Sufficient right-of-way shall be rededicated along 39th Avenue frontage to accommodate 
the trail and the existing water line. Said right-of-way will remain contiguous to the Deem 
Hills Recreation Area and be sufficient to allow access to the Area as determined by the

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Street Transportation Department. 
6. The abandonment must be recorded concurrent with the subdivision plat.
7. All stipulations must be completed within eighteen months from the Abandonment
Hearing Officer’s decision.
This conditional approval has been reviewed and approved by the Abandonment Hearing Officer. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Date: 4/21/2020 
REPORT SUBMITTED BY: Alyssa Villarreal, Abandonment Secretary 
cc: 
Applicant/Representative, Eric Hopkins; Kimley-Horn 
Christopher DePerro, Abandonment Hearing Officer