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Home My WebLink About05-01-01 Saguaro Springs BSTOWN COUNCIL; MEETING INFORMATION DATE: May I, 2001 [TOWN AGENDA ITEM: IX. B .2 TO: Mayor and Council FROM: Joel D. Shapiro, Planning Director SUBJECT: Resolution No. 2001- 46-Saguaro Sprints Preliminary. Plat: Request for Approval of an Amended Preliminary Block Plat comisting off6 bloeks and 12 Lots on approximately 790 acres. This plat includes residential blocks, a school site, drainage bloeks and open space~ It is located in Section 18, and portions of Sections 17 and 19, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, east of Airline Road between Lambert Lane, Twin Peaks Road, and the Tucson Moum~in~. DISCUSSION: The applicant is requesting the approval of an Amended Preliminary Block Plat consisting of 16- blocks and 12 Lots on approximately 790 acres located within Section 18, and a portion of 17, and 19, Township 12 South, Range 12 East. The property is generally located east of Airline Road between Lambert Lane, Twin Peaks Road, and the Tucson Mountains. This project was originally submitted with a golf course and a clubhouse. The Planning Commission on August 4, 1999 considered it, and the Commission voted 6-I to recommend approval to Town Council. The Town Council approved the Preliminary Plan on March 21, 2000 by Resolution # 2000-25. The Developer then decided to change the nature of the project by removing the goff course. Since this change made significant differences in the drainage, block distribution, and development plan, an amended Preliminary Plat was required. This amemied Plat is what you are considering tonight. The bulk of this property (652 acres) was rezoned on February 18, 1997 by Town Ordinance No. 97.04 creating the base for this master planned ~x~lmunity. The rell~ailling 8~reage was allnexed and rezoned in 1999, (Ordinance 99.05 and Ordinance No. 99.14, respectively) for the purpose of integrating these parcels into the overall project. As a condition of rezoning, the project may not exceed a maximum of 2,509 residences. This property lies within the following zoning dis~icts: R-6 (single family residential, minimum lot size 6,000 sq. R.), MH (Manufactured Housing), R-36 (single family residential, minimum lot size 36,000 sq. R.), and C (Large Lot Zone). The site is currently vacant and undeveloped; the majority of the site is farmland. Development plans for the property include single family residences, a recreation site, and an elermmtary school. The drainageway system has been widened and will implement a pedestrian pathway that goes through the entire community. They have redesigned it so bicycles and pedestrians can go underneath the major roads without having to cross them. There are 5 to 6 miles that the developer will build and give to the cormnunity. In addition, the retention/detention was moved un- site and in that location there will be soRball and soccer fields constructed adjacent to the dedicated school site. Although Block 1 is zoned MH (Manufactured Housing), it is the intent of the Developer to build single-family site built housing on that block. A Cactus-Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl survey was conducted by Harris Environmental on portions of the property with suitable habitat in accordance with the protocol currently accepted by U.S. Fish and Wildlife. No Pygmy-Owls were sighted and no responses were heard. No development is anticipated wi~in the portion of the site that is in the Critical Habitat for the Pygmy Owl. A Native Plant Permit application on parcels with native vegetation has already been approved. Staffhas reviewed the request against the requirements of the Town of Marana General Plan and Development Code. All applicable development regulations are adhered to within this preliminary plat. Staffhas reviewed the conditions and stipulations and has brought them to the applicant's attention, prior to the meeting. The applicant has not expressed any ~:_oneems or objections to staff's recommendation as outlined in the staffreport. Overall, this proposal is consistent with the General Plan designation of R-6 (single family residential, minimum lot size 6,000 sq. ft.), MH (Manufactured Housing), R-36 (single family residential, minimum lot size 36,000 sq. ft.), and C (Large Lot Zone). RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Commission and Staff recommend Approval subject to the following conditions: 1. A Data Recovery Plan acceptable to the Arizona State Museum to be in place prior to approval of any grading of identified archaeological sites. 2. A Section 7 Consultation with U.S. Fish and Wildlife must be complete prior to any development occurring in Block 1 I. 3. The "R-144" designation on a portion of Block 11 shall be changed to "C" zoning on the Final Plat. 4. Change General Note no. 2 to read" a portion of Block 11 - "C" zone. 5. A revised Master Drainage Report must be accepted prior to Final Plat being considered by Town Council. 6. An amended Development Agreement must be recorded prior to Final Plat being considered by Town Council. 7. The ten-acre park site shall be designated on the Final Plat prior to consideration by Town Council. 8. The Public pump station and force main for this project are subject to a Special Facilities Charge, which shall be specified in a Special Facilities Agreement, to be finalized prior to approval of the final Master Block Plat. I move to approve Resolution No. 2001-46, with the recommended conditions. SUGGESTED MOTION: MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2001-46 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA APPROVING THE SAGUARO SPRINGS PRELIMINARY BLOCK PLAT CONSISTING OF BLOCKS 1 THROUGH 16 AND LOTS 1 THROUGH 12 ON A 790-ACRE PARCEL LOCATED EAST OF AIRLINE ROAD BETWEEN LAMBERT LANE, TWIN PEAKS ROAD, AND THE TUCSON MOUNTAINS IN A PORTION OF SECTIONS 17, 18, AND 19, TOWNSHIP 12 SOUTH, RANGE 12 EAST. WHEREAS, the Town of Marana approved and adopted the rezoning on the subject property in three phases in 1997 and 1999 (Ordinance 97.04, Ordinance 99.05, and Ordinance 99.14 respectively); and WHEREAS, Best Associates, LLC is the owner of the property located east of Airline Road between Lambert Lane, Twin Peaks Road, and the Tucson Mountains in Section 18, and portions of Sections 17, and 19, and has applied to the Town of Marana for approval of a Preliminary Block Plat for 16 Blocks and 12 Lots on approximately 790 acres; and WHEREAS, the Preliminary Block Plat was presented to the Marana Planning Commission on March 28, 2001 and the Planning Commission recommended 6-0 that the Town Council approve the Preliminary Block Plat; and WHEREAS, the Marana Town Council has heard from the representative(s) of the owners, staff, and members of the public at the regular Town Council meeting May 1, 2001 and has determined that the Preliminary Block Hat for Saguaro Springs should be approved. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona, that the Saguaro Springs Preliminary Block Plat, submitted by Best Associates, LLC for 16 Blocks and 12 lots located east of Airline Road between Lambert Lane, Twin Peaks Road, and the Tucson Mountains in Section 18, and portions of Sections 17, and 19 is hereby approved subject to the following conditions: 1. A Data Recovery Plan acceptable to the Arizona State Museum to be in place prior to approval of any grading of identified archaeological sites. 2. A Section 7 Consultation with U.S. Fish and Wildlife must be complete prior to any development occurring in Block 11. 3. The "R-144' designation on a portion of Block 11 shall be changed to "C" zoning on thc Final Plat. 4. Change General Note no. 2 to read" a portion of Block 11 - "C" zone. Marana Re~olution No, 2001-46 Page 1 of 2 5. A revised Master Drainage Report must be accepted prior to Final Plat being considered by Town Council. 6. An mended Development Agreement must be recorded prior to Final Plat being considered by ToWn Council: 7. The ten-acre park site shall be designated on the Final Plat prior to consideration by Town Council. 8. The Public pump station and force main for this project are subject to a Special Facilities Charge, which shall be specified, in a Special Facilities Agreement, to be finalized prior to approval of the final Master Block Plat 9. In the event the applicant is unable to complete an easement for pedestrian access under the haul road, the applicant must provide an alternate proposal for pedestrian access which is acceptable to the Mayor and Council prior to approval of the Final Plat. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona, this Ist day of May 2001. ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Daniel J. Hochuli As Town Attorney and not personally Marana Re$olution 3[o. 2001-46 Page 2 of 2