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Home My WebLink About96-011 s c-, tV . . INDEXED' MICHOflLMW 9..'-.00603 BK 2670 PG 386 OFFICIAL RECORDS OF 110HAVE COUNTY, AZ JOAN lie CALL, tlOHAlJE WlJtm RECORDER 01/04/96 01:23P PAGE 1 OF 5 MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REORDIHG FEE 0.00 RESOLUTION NO. 96-11 A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH A PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN AND PETITION OF EXCEPTION FOR SUNSET RANCHOS II, TRACT 4156, BEING A RE-SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 10 AND 11, BLOCK 8; LOTS 7 THRU 12, BLOCK 14; LOTS 6 AND 7, BLOCK 9; AND LOT 7, BLOCK 11, SUNSET RANCHOS, TRACT 4046-B, BEING A PORTION OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 19 NORTH, RANGE 22 WEST, IN THE SOUTH MOHAVE VALLEY AREA, MORAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA. WHEREAS, at the regular meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors held on Tuesday, January 2, 1996, a public hearing was conducted to determine whether approval should be granted for a Preliminary Subdivision Plan and Petition of Exception for the above described property to the owner's representative, Denise A. Burton of Stovall Engineers, Inc., Bullhead City, Arizona, and WHEREAS, the property is located south of Bullhead City in the Mohave Valley, south of Sterling Road and east of Mountain View Road. Access to the subdivision is from Highway 95 via east on Camp Mohave Road to Mountain View Road, then north on Mountain View Road to Sterling Road, then east on Sterling Road to Nicholas Drive. The lots in the site are arranged north to south alorg Amber Avenue between Nicholas Drive and Roberts Way. The property is designated as an Urban De\Jupment Area by the Mohave County General Plan, and WHEREAS, the 12.5-acre subdivision was formerly a portion of Sunset Ranchos, Tract 4046-B, recorded on June 9, 1988. This preliminary plan splits the existing one-acre lots into 22 single-family residential lots of no less than one-half (0.5) acre in size. The minimum single-family residential lot size will be 21,780 square feet. These parcels are being rezoned to R-O/20M with a concurrent action, and WHEREAS, electric power will be provided by Mohave Electric Cooperative; telephone provided by Citizens Utilities Company; sewage treatment managed with conventional septic tanks; water provided by Bermuda Water Company; solid waste disposal provided by Tri-State Refuse; and fire protection provided by Fort Mojave Mesa Fire Department, and WHEREAS, Petitions of Exception were submitted for the following: 1. Ten-foot front yard Public Utility Easements in favor of 16-foot rear yard Public Utility Easements - This request is for Block 1, Lots I through 12; Block 2, Lots I through 4; and Block 3, Lots I through 4. Block 4, Lots I and 2, will have both lO-foot front yard PUEs and 8-foot rear yard PUEs. Section 6.9 of the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations require easements at least 16 feet in total width be provided along rear lot lines. . . RESOLUTION NO. 96-11 Page 2 PAGE 2 OF 5 BK 2670 PG 387 FEE~9600603 2. Non-radial side lot lines - This request is for Lots II and 12, Block I, and for Lots I and 2, Block 4. Section 6.7-1 of the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations requires lot lines to be within five degrees (5') of a right angle to the road right-of-way. 3. Lots with length-to-width ratios greater than three-to-one (3:1) - This request is for Lots 1-8, Block 4. Section 6.7-6.C of the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations requires no lot to have greater than a 3: I depth-to-width ratio except for those lots arranged around cul-de-sac bulbs or "knuckles" at bends in the road. WHEREAS, this petition is submitted as a request that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommend to the Board of Supervisors the granting of these exceptions from the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations as outlined in Article 1.13 with the following justification: 1. Front Yard Public Utility Easements: A. The granting of this petition will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other adjacent properties because: . Utility easements have been provided to all lots. B. The request will not nullify the intent of the Master Plan of the county or other regulations because: . Utility easements are provided for all lots. C. The special circumstance or condition affecting said property is as follows: . Utility companies require a 10-foot easement at the front of all lots. 2. Non-radial side lot lines: A. The granting of this petition will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other adjacent properties because: . The non-radial lot lines only affect the contiguous Lots II and 12, Block I, and Lots 1 and 2, Block 4. The design does not in any way affect public welfare issues. B. The request will not nullify the intent of the Master Plan of the county or other regulations because: . Only four lots are affected in the making of a curvilinear street; curvilinear streets are promoted by the County as good design in subdivisions. . . RESOLUTION NO. 96-11 Page 3 PAGE:3 OF 5 BK 2670 PG 3B8 FEE~9600603 C. The special circwnstances or conditions affecting said property are as follows: . Use of radial Jot lines in these cases would result in broken side lot lines. . Use of radial lot lines, if broken, would also create interrupted fields of view and create visually fallow areas in the future. 3. Lots with length-to-width ratios ~reater than three-to-one (3:1): A. The granting of this petition will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other adjacent properties because: . Access is adequately addressed. . Utilities are adequately addressed. . Building envelopes are adequately addressed, B. The request will not nullify the intent of the Master Plan of the county or other regulations because: . Lot width exceeds minimum County standards. . Lot length exceeds maximum County standards by 21 feet. C. The special circumstance or condition affecting said property is as follows: . In creating a re-subdivision, only the widths of the lots have been affected. WHEREAS, the following are Findings of Fact for the above captioned item: a. All notices have been advertised and posted according to regulations. b. The proposed action complies with the Mohave County General Plan and the property is designated as an Urban Development Area. c, The site is adequate for the action intended and the use is consistent with the surrounding land uses. d. The site has legal access. e. Minor drainage flows have been re-channeled via drainage easements recorded by the owner. WHEREAS, at the public hearing before the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission on December 13, 1995, the Commission recommended APPROVAL for a Preliminary Subdivision Plan and Petition of Exception subject to the following: . . RESOLUTION NO. 96-11 Page 4 P~GE~. Of 5 5K 2670 PG 389 FEE~9600603 1. That all land in question will be rezoned to R-O/20M (Single-Family ResidentialIMobile Homes Prohibitedffwenty Thousand Square Foot Minimum Lot Size) concurrently with the preliminary plan approval. 2. The approval of this subdivision is based on the understanding by the Commission and the Board of Supervisors that all streets within the subdivision will be constructed and paved with asphaltic concrete in accordance with Standard Specification #171 and # 10 1.1 OD of the County Engineering Road Standards or better; all of the interior streets will be standard crovvn with rolled curb. The water quantity and quality will be approved by the Arizona Department of Water Resources. The water distribution system, including adequate pressure and volume for fire flows, will be constructed to serve each lot and be approved by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. Grading and drainage related improvements will be made as recommended by the design engineer in the submitted drainage reports and as approved by the County Engineer, Electric and telephone service shall be provided to each lot in accordance with Arizona Corporation Commission regulations. Sewage disposal will be by private septic systems to be approved by the Mohave County Environmental Health Department and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Signed and ratified service contracts from all purveyors of service to this subdivision will be required by staff. All lots and street centerline monuments will be staked and monumented in accordance with Standard Specification #102 of the Mohave County Public Works Department-Fire hydrants will be provided at locations prescribed by the Fort Mojave Fire District; street name and regulator signs will be installed in accordance with the requirements of the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations and as recommended by the design engineer. As a condition of approval, the owner/subdivider is responsible for the completion of these site improvements and shall provide an assurance for all required subdivision improvements in accordance with Article V of the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations. 3. Those lots, streets, rights-of-way, and dedicated easements in Sunset Ranchos, Tract 4046-B, underlying Sunset Ranchos, Tract 4156, shall be abandoned and reverted to acreage, and abandoned, respectively, prior to Final Plat approval. 4. Drainage and related improvements shall be designed and constructed to the satisfaction of the County Engineer. A revised drainage report shall also be submitted to the County. 5. The developer will complete all roadway improvements to the boundaries of this proposed development. WHEREAS, the notice of hearing was published in the Kingman Daily Miner, a newspaper of general circulation in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, December 17, 1995 and posted on December 18, 1995, as required by Arizona Revised Statutes and the Mohave County Zoning Regulations. . RESOLUTION NO. 96-11 . Page 5 PrtGE 5 OF 5 BK 2670 PG 390 FEE~9600603 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors, at their regular meeting on January 2, 1996, APPROVED this Preliminary Subdivision Plan and Petition of Exception as recommended by the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission and outlined herein. ATTEST: MOHA VE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ~(.R~y Pat Holt, Chairman ~