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MARANA ORDINANCE NO. 2020.016
RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT; AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2018.023 WHICH
REZONED APPROXIMATELY 17.3 ACRES OF LAND KNOWN AS TORTOLITA
RIDGE GENERALLY LOCATED .75 MILES NORTH OF MOORE ROAD ON THE WEST
SIDE OF TORTOLITA ROAD BY ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN
EMERGENCY ACCESS ROAD AND REPLACING IT WITH A REQUIREMENT FOR
INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
WHEREAS the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana adopted Marana
Ordinance No. 2018.023 on December 18,2018,rezoning approximately 17.3 acres of land
known as Tortolita Ridge (the "Rezoning Area") from 'R-80' (Single-Family Residential)
and Zone 'C' (Large Lot Zone) to 'R-8' (Single-Family Residential), and amending the
2010 Marana General Plan designation for the Rezoning Area from Rural Density
Residential (RDR) to Low Density Residential (LDR); and
WHEREAS Section 3, condition 22 of Ordinance No. 2018.023 requires the
property owners to construct a 20-foot-wide emergency access drive with a stabilized
surface capable of supporting fire apparatus prior to the issuance of the 17th certificate of
occupancy on the Rezoning Area; and
WHEREAS D.R. Horton, Inc., the current owner of the Rezoning Area (the
"Property Owner") has no legal means to provide the emergency access drive as required
in the rezoning condition; and
WHEREAS the Marana Subdivision Street Standards, July 2016 Edition, Section
4.14.1.a.ii. provides that in areas where it is determined by the Town Engineer that the
provision of a secondary access is not practicable based on topography or other access
constraints,the Town Engineer, in conjunction with the Fire Marshall,may allow a single
point of access provided that other mitigating requirements such as intermittent turn-
around areas, fire sprinkler protection systems, or other similar measures are
implemented; and
WHEREAS on October 12,2020,the Town Engineer approved a Design Exception
application for the Rezoning Area, approving a single point of access with the provision
that all 32 lots in the Rezoning Area be equipped with automatic fire sprinklers; and
WHEREAS the Marana Town Council held a public hearing to consider this
amendment to Ordinance No. 2018.023 on November 17, 2020, and determined that the
amendment is in the best interest of the Town of Marana and the general public.
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NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of
Marana, Arizona, as follows:
Section 1. Marana Ordinance No. 2018.023, Section 3, condition 22 is hereby
amended as follows (with deletions shown with strikcthrough and additions shown with
double underlining);
22. The Property Owners shall . . . ! .. - --- - . - .
with a stabilized surface capable of supporting fire apparatus prior to the issuance
of the 17th certificate of occupancy en the Rezoning Area install automatic fire
sprinkler systems acceptable to the Northwest Fire District in each home in the
Rezoning Area.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provision of
this ordinance are repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance; provided, however
that this repeal shall not affect the rights and duties that matured or penalties that were
incurred and proceedings that were begun before the effective date of the repeal.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrases or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance.
Section 4. This ordinance is administrative and shall be effective immediately.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana,
Arizona, this 17th day of November, 2020.
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Cherry Law•,on, Town Clerk J,, Fairall, Interim Town Attorney
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