21 June 2020

2 PLANNING & ZONING BOARD VIRTUAL PLATFORM MEETINGS Wed 24 June 2020: Study Session + Public Hearing

A session for study + A PUBLIC HEARING
To decrease COVID-19 exposure, the City Council Chambers is closed, but public participation will be available electronically and telephonically and listening to the meeting will be available telephonically. 
Members of the Planning and Zoning Board will conduct their study session meeting via a telephonic conferencing platform, and the live meeting will be accessible telephonically.
The live meeting may be listened to by calling 888-788-0099 or 877-853-5247 (toll free) using meeting ID 530 123 2921 and following the prompts. 
Public participation will be available electronically and telephonically. 
  • If you want to provide a written comment or speak telephonically at the meeting, please submit an online comment card at least 1 hour prior to the start of the meeting. 
  • If you want to speak at the meeting, you will need to indicate on the comment card that you would like to speak during the meeting, and you will need to call 888-788-0099 or 877-853-5247 (toll free) using meeting ID 530 123 2921 and following the prompts, prior to the start of the meeting. 
You will be able to listen to the meeting; and when the item you have indicated that you want to speak on is before the Board, your line will be taken off mute and you will be given an opportunity to speak.
  • Applicants and their representatives that have items on the Board agenda and who want to be able to comment on their item or be able to answer questions should fill out this online comment card at least 1 hour prior to the start of the meeting and call 888-788-0099 or 877-853-5247 (toll free) using meeting ID 530 123 2921 and following the prompts, prior to the start of the meeting. 
You will be able to listen to the meeting; and when the item you have indicated that you want to speak on is before the Board, your line will be taken off mute and you will be given an opportunity to speak.
For help with the online comment card, or for any other technical difficulties, please call 480-644-2099.
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Planning and Zoning Board - Study Session
3:00 Virtual Platform Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Meeting Agenda - Final
Mesa Council Chambers 57 East First Street
  • Chair Michelle Dahlke
  • Vice Chair Dane Astle
  • Boardmember Jessica Sarkissian
  • Boardmember Tim Boyle
  • Boardmember Shelly Allen
  • Boardmember Jeffrey Crockett
  • Boardmember Deanna Villanueva-Saucedo

1 Call meeting to order.
2 Review items on the agenda for the June 24, 2020 regular Planning and Zoning Board Hearing.
 
Kusi  Appiah, City Planning Director
3 Planning Director's Updates
NOTE: These are never recorded for public consumption. . .The items in the Planning Director’s Updates are not for Board discussion and no Board action will be taken on the updated items
June 1 and June 15 City Council's land use cases and decisions

4 Adjournment.
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Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing
4:00 PM Virtual Platform
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
FINAL AGENDA
Printed on 6/18/2020


Items on the Consent Agenda
Consent Agenda
All items listed with an asterisk (*) will be considered as a group by the Board and will be enacted with one motion.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member or citizen requests, in which the item will be removed from the consent agenda, prior to the vote, and considered as a separate item.     
Items on this agenda that must be adopted by ordinance and/or resolution will be on a future City Council agenda. 
Anyone interested in attending the City Council public hearing should call the Planning Division at (480) 644-2385 or review the City Council agendas on the City's website at www.mesaaz.gov to find the agenda on which the item(s) will be placed.

2 Approval of minutes from previous meetings.
Item 2a PZ 20087 Minutes from the May 27, 2020 study session and regular hearing
File #: PZ 20087   

Type: PZ Minutes Status: Agenda Ready


In control: Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing
On agenda: 6/24/2020

Title: Minutes from the May 27, 2020 study session and regular hearing.
Attachments: 1. May 27, 2020 Study Sessions,
2. May 27, 2020 Meeting Minutes


Call meeting to order.
1 Take action on all consent agenda items.
2 Items on the Consent Agenda
2 Approval of minutes from previous meetings
 
PZ 20087
Minutes from the May 27, 2020 study session and regular hearing *2a


INSERT: Council Staff Report extracts :"Destination at Gateway"
1 HISTORY - Overall, the Destination at Gateway PAD consists of 251± acres of land with a variety of residential and limited commercial land uses allowed on the property. The proposed rezoning will remove the subject property (i.e. 89 acres) from the PAD and rezone to GC with a PAD overlay.  
There are 8 parcels
On April 16, 1990, the property was annexed into the City of Mesa (Ord. #2514). 
On June 4, 1990, the City Council approved a rezoning of the property from County Rural (RU-43) to Agriculture (AG). (Z90-025; Ord. #2529) 
On June 18, 2018, the City Council approved a Minor General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation on the property from Employment to Neighborhood and rezoned the property from Agriculture (AG) and General Industrial with a Council Use Permit (GI-CUP) to a Planned Area Development (PAD) with underlying zoning of RM-2, RSL-4.5, RS-6, RS-7, and RS-9 for 236± acres of land and LC for 15± acres of land to allow for the development of a master planned community. (ZON18-00142, Resolution #11171; ZON17-00247, Ord. #5450; Destination at Gateway PAD). 
On April 15, 2019, the City Council approved a modification to the Destination at Gateway PAD. Specifically, the modifications were to increase the lot coverage area and decrease the side yard setbacks in the RS-6 and RS-7 Zoning district designations in the PAD. (Z0N18-00933).

File #: PZ 20085   
Type: PZ General Plan Status: Agenda Ready
In control: Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing
On agenda: 5/27/2020
Title: ZON20-00129 District 6. Within the 10600 to 11000 blocks of East Williams Field Road (south side); within the 6000 to 6200 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (west side); and within the 6000 to 6400 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (east side). Located south of Williams Field Road on the east and west sides of Signal Butte Road. (89± acres).
Minor General Plan Amendment to change the Character Type from Neighborhoods to Mixed Use Activity District.
This request will allow for a mixed-use development.
  • Sean Lake, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant;
  • Signal Butte 24, LLC, owner.
(Companion case to zoning case ZON19-00805, associated with item 6-b).
Continued from May 13, 2020. 
 Planner: Cassidy Welch
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
Attachments: 1. Vicinity Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Prop. 207 Waiver, 4. Illustrative Master Plan, 5. General Plan Exhibit, 6. Narrative, 7. Citizen Participation Plan, 8. Citizen Participation Report, 9. Avigation Easement, 10. Presentation

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File #: PZ 20087   


Type: PZ Minutes Status: Agenda Ready



In control: Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda: 6/24/2020


Title: Minutes from the May 27, 2020 study session and regular hearing.

Attachments: 1. May 27, 2020 Study Sessions,
2. May 27, 2020 Meeting Minutes

3 Take action on the following zoning case:
PZ 20088 ZON20-00214  District 6.
Within the 10000 block of East Southern Avenue (north side). Located east of Crismon Road on the north side of Southern Avenue. (1.57± acres).
Site Plan Review. This request will allow for a medical office building.
  • Carrie Fennelly, Cawley Architects, applicant;
  • Pros Investments, LLC, owner. 
Planner: Kellie Rorex
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
*3-a

4 Discuss and make a recommendation to the City Council on the following zoning cases:
PZ 20089 ZON19-00872 District 6.
Within the 1400 to 1600 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (west side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Southern Avenue (south side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (north side); and within the 10300 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (south side). Located west of Signal Butte Road and south of Southern Avenue.
(81.4± acres).

Rezone from LC-PAD and LC-PAD-BIZ to LC-PAD, RM-4-PAD and RM-5-PAD; and
Site Plan Review.


This request will allow for a mixed-use development. 
 
  • Reese Anderson, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant;
  • Signal Butte BFC, LLC, owner.
 
(Companion case to preliminary plat “Mountain Vista Master Plan”, associated with item *5-a). 
Planner: Evan Balmer
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
*4-a
File #: PZ 20089   

Type: PZ Zoning - Discuss and Recommend Status: Agenda Ready


In control: Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing
On agenda: 6/24/2020

Title: ZON19-00872 District 6.
Within the 1400 to 1600 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (west side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Southern Avenue (south side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (north side); and within the 10300 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (south side). Located west of Signal Butte Road and south of Southern Avenue.
(81.4± acres).
Rezone from LC-PAD and LC-PAD-BIZ to LC-PAD, RM-4-PAD and RM-5-PAD; and Site Plan Review.
This request will allow for a mixed-use development. 
  • Reese Anderson, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant;
  • Signal Butte BFC, LLC, owner.
(Companion case to preliminary plat “Mountain Vista Master Plan”, associated with item *5-a). 
Planner: Evan Balmer 
 Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
Attachments: 1. Vicinity Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Overall Development Plan, 4. Overall Landscape Plan, 5. Pedestrian Circulation Plan, 6. Vehicular Circulation Plan, 7. Entry Monument Plan, 8. Theme Wall Plan, 9. Design Guidelines, 10. Specific Plans for Parcel A, 11. Specific Plans for Parcel B, 12. Specific Plans for Parcel C, 13. Specific Plans for Parcel F2, 14. Narrative, 15. Citizen Participation Plan, 16. Citizen Participation Report, 17. Presentation

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PZ 20090 ZON20-00204 District 3.
860 and 864 West Southern Avenue.  Located east of Alma School Road on the north side of Southern Avenue. (2± acres).
Rezone from NC and LC to LC-BIZ; and Site Plan Review.
This request will allow for an office building and self-storage facility.
Neil Feaser, RKAA Architects, Inc., applicant;
Creation Funding, LLC, owner.
Planner: Cassidy Welch
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
*4-b
Page 2 City of Mesa Printed on 6/18/2020
June 24, 2020Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing Meeting Agenda - Final

PZ 20091 ZON20-00207 District 6.
Within the 11200 block of East Ray Road (south side) and within the 5200 block of South Mountain Road (east side). Located west of Meridian Road on the south side of Ray Road.
(3.9± acres).
Rezone from RS-43 to NC.
This request will establish commercial zoning for future development.  
Rod Jarbo, applicant;
SRF Holding, LLC, owner. 

Planner: Evan Balmer


Staff Recommendation: Continuance to the July 15, 2020 meeting
*4-c

File #: PZ 20091   


Type: PZ Zoning - Discuss and Recommend Status: Agenda Ready



In control: Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda: 6/24/2020


Title: ZON20-00207 District 6.
Within the 11200 block of East Ray Road (south side) and within the 5200 block of South Mountain Road (east side). Located west of Meridian Road on the south side of Ray Road. (3.9± acres).
Rezone from RS-43 to NC. 
This request will establish commercial zoning for future development.   
  • Rod Jarbo, applicant; 
  • SRF Holding, LLC, owner. 
Planner: Evan Balmer 
Staff Recommendation: Continuance to the July 15, 2020 meeting
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5 Discuss and take action on the following preliminary plat:
ITEM 5a
PZ 20092 “Mountain Vista Master Plan”  District 6.

File #: PZ 20092   


Type: PZ Preliminary Plat Status: Agenda Ready



In control: Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda: 6/24/2020


Title: “Mountain Vista Master Plan”  District 6. Within the 1400 to 1600 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (west side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Southern Avenue (south side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (north side); and within the 10300 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (south side). Located west of Signal Butte Road and south of Southern Avenue.
(81.4± acres).
Preliminary Plat. 
  • Reese Anderson, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant;
  • Signal Butte BFC, LLC, owner.
(Companion case to ZON19-00872, associated with item *4-a). Planner: Evan Balmer 
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Attachments: 1. Vicinity Map,
2. Staff Report,
3. Narrative,
4. Preliminary Plat

*5-a
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