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HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-058 o ca~ MtCRORLMBl ~ , . . '. moEXm 9712775 BK 2869 PG 250 OFFICIAL RECORDS OF MOHAVE COUNTY, { JOAN MC CALL, MOHAVE COUNTY RECOROEf 03/13/97 02:00P PAGE 1 OF 5 MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RECORDING FEE 0.00 RESOLUTION NO. 97-58 A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH A PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN AND PETITION OF EXCEPTION FOR BEAVER DAM HEIGHTS, TRACT 3506, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF A PORTION OF THE EYz OF THE NWv.. OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 15 WEST, IN THE ARIZONA STRIP AREA, MOHA VE COUNTY, ARIZONA. WHEREAS, at the regular meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors held on March 10, 1997, 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 subdivision, as requested by Mohave Engineering Associates, the project engineer and authorized agent for the owner. The owner is James A. Martin, for Beaver Dam Heights of Mesquite, Nevada, and WHEREAS, the property is located approximately one and one-half miles north of the County Highway 91 interchange with Interstate 15, north of the outlying community of Beaver DamlLittlefield. The site is accessed via Interstate 15, then north along and west of County Highway 91, and WHEREAS, the originally approved Preliminary Plan for Beaver Dam Heights, Tract 3503, first submitted in December, 1992, depicted 14.11 acres subdivided into 14 single-family residential lots, ranging in size from one acre to 1.2 acres. The Preliminary Plan for Tract 3503 was conditionally approved on February I, 1994, per BOS Resolution No. 94-34. An error in the legal description included in BOS Resolution No. 94.34 was corrected by BOS Resolution No. 94-215. No Final Plat was submitted for review. Ownership and engineering changed, and the new developers proposed a significant increase in the density of the subdivision. A new Sketch Plan was required by the Subdivision Regulations due to the major revision proposed. Tract 3506 was assigned to the project upon approval of the new Sketch Plan. The Board of Supervisors approved the rescission of BOS Resolution Nos. 94-34 and 94-215 on December 2, 1996, per BOS Resolution No. 96-403, voiding all approvals for old Tract 3503, and WHEREAS, the new Preliminary Plan for Beaver Dam Heights, Tract 3506, was submitted in September, 1996. The new Preliminary Plan depicts 19.29 acres subdivided into 77 single-family residential lots, one landscaping parcel, one drainage parcel, and two parcels designed for sewage treatment facilities and easements. The residential lots range in size from 6,000 to slightly over 23,000 square feet, with an average lot size of 6,200 square feet. The accompanying rezoning of this property is being processed concurrently with the consideration of the Preliminary Plan. The proposed zoning is R-O (Single-Family Residential/Mobile Homes Prohibited) for the residential lots, and M (General Manufacturing) for Parcels C and D. Parcel C is the proposed site for the sewage treatment facilities which will serve the subdivision. Parcel D is a drainage parcel, and PAGE 2 OF 5 BK 2869 PG 251 FEE~9712775 , . . " RESOLUTION NO. 97-58 Page 2 WHEREAS, a Specific Use Permit is also being processed concurrently with this Preliminary Plan to allow for the use ofthe sewage treatment plant on Parcel C, and WHEREAS, services for the subdivision will be provided by the following: electricity will be provided by Dixie Escalante Electric Association; telephone service will be provided by Rio Virgin Telephone Company; central water service will be provided by Biasi Water Company; sewage disposal will be handled on-site using a community septic tank effluent treatment system, processed by the treatment facility located on Parcel C; solid waste (garbage) disposal will be provided by Virgin Valley Disposal of Mesquite, Nevada; the subdivision will receive fire protection from the Beaver DarnlLittlefield Fire Department, and WHEREAS, the abandonment of an existing cul-de-sac right-of-way located in the southern portion of this subdivision was approved by the Board of Supervisors on February 3, 1997, per BOS Resolution No. 97-29, and WHEREAS, Petitions of Exception were submitted for the following deficiencies: 1. Block lengths greater than 1,320 feet, where average lot size falls below 20,000 square feet. The subdivision is not divided into numbered blocks; however, this request is for the blocking oflots south of Shirley Lane. Section 6.6-I-A of the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations requires that blocks shall not be more than 1,320 feet in length, where average lot size falls below 20,000 square feet. 2. Single-tiered and double-fronted lots. This request is for the following lots: Single-tiered and double-fronted lots are interspersed throughout the subdivision. Double-fronted lots will require I' vehicular non-access easements along the back of each lot, as shown on the Preliminary Plan. Section 6.6-1-B of the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations requires that blocks shall be wide enough to allow two tiers of lots of minimum depth and does not allow for the use of double-fronted lots. 3. Ten-foot front yard Public Utility Easements, instead of 16-foot rear yard Public Utility Easements. The request for the 10' PUEs is for the entire subdivision. Section 6.9 of the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations requires that easements at least 16' in total width be provided along rear lot lines. 4. Non-radial lot lines. This request is for those lots within the tract which have non-radial side lot lines. Section 6.7-1 of the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations requires lot lines to be within five degrees of a right angle to adjacent road rights-of-way. 5. Interior subdivision roads not designed to AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) standards. ; . . PAGE 3 OF 5 BK 2869 PG 252 FEE~9712775 RESOLUTION NO. 97-58 Page 3 6. Long cul-de-sac. Price Lane and the roads which branch off of it constitute an excessively long cul-de-sac. There is no secondary access to provide through traffic within the subdivision. Section 6.4-22 of the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations requires that cul-de-sacs not exceed 600 feet in length. 7. Block length shorter than 500 feet in lengtl1. This request is for the only block in the subdivision. Section 6.6-I-A of the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations requires that blocks shall not be less than 500 feet in length. 8. Narrow access driveway with no turnaround cul-de-sac. A 12' wide private roadway easement is proposed as access to Lots 33 and 34. WHEREAS, these petitions are 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. The Public Works Department has stated that they recommend the denial of the requested exceptions for the deficiency of the roadway design from AASHTO standards and the proposal for the narrow driveway proposed as access to Lots 33 and 34. With the exception noted above (for petition items #5 and 8) the remaining items of exception are not detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other adjacent properties, nor does the request nullify the intent of the Master Plan of the county or other regulations, and WHEREAS, at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting held on February 12, 1997, the Public Works Department indicated that the requested item of exception for the deficiency from AASHTO standards, and the exception for the 12' wide private access to Lots 33 and 34, may be addressed by the project engineer in the subsequent submittal of the Final Plat or a revised Preliminary Plan for the subdivision. If the engineer addresses these points to the satisfaction of the County, these items will not require an approval for their exception from the regulations, as the regulations will have been met, and 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 property is designated as a Rural Development Area and is included in the Outlying Community of Beaver DamlLittlefield. The proposed action complies with the Mohave County General Plan, as designated therein. c. The site appears to be adequate for the action intended. The use is consistent with the surrounding land uses, and WHEREAS, at the public hearing before the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission on February 12, 1997, the Commission recommended APPROVAL of the Preliminary Subdivision Plan and the Petitions of Exception, excluding items of exception number 5 and 8, subject to the following conditions: ~ . . .' . PAGE 4 OF 5 BK 2869 PG 253 FEE~9712775 RESOLUTION NO. 97-58 Page 4 1. The approval of this subdivision is based on the understanding by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors that all streets within the subdivision will be constructed in accordance with Standard Specification No. 171 and the curb roadway design standard of the Mohave County Engineering Department's Standard Specifications, or better. 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. The water quantity and quality must be approved by the Arizona Department of Water Resources. Water will be provided by Biasi Water Company. Sewage disposal will be handled by the use of an on-site sewage treatment facility, to be approved by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the Mohave County Environmental Health Division. Electricity will be provided by Dixie Escalante Electric Association. Telephone service will be provided by Rio Virgin Telephone Company. Solid waste (garbage) disposal will be provided by Virgin Valley Disposal. The subdivision will be served with fire protection by the Beaver DamlLittlefield Fire Department. Fire hydrants will be provided at locations prescribed by the fire department. All utilities shall be provided to each lot in accordance with Arizona Corporation Commission Regulations. All lots and road centerline monuments will be staked and monumented in accordance with Mohave County Standard Specification # 102. Road 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. 2. A property owners association or other entity shall be formed for this project to provide perpetual maintenance for any common areas, drainage parcels, easements or ways, or any other facility deemed to be under the joint ownership of the lot owners, to be detailed in the CC&Rs. Moreover, the Articles of Incorporation forming a property owners association shall be submitted as per Mohave County Subdivision Regulations. 3. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality approves the sanitary facilities for this subdivision, including the source of water supply and the method of sewage disposal, prior to the recordation of the Final Plat. 4. The Arizona Department of Water Resources determines that there is an adequate water supply to serve this subdivision, prior to the recordation of the Final Plat. 5. The developer will make the same commitments for improvements in the report to the Department of Real Estate as required for approval of this tract by the Board of Supervisors. A final copy of the Department of Real Estate Report shall be submitted to Planning and Zoning for library purposes. , . . .. ,.... PAGE 5 OF 5 BK 2869 PG 254 FEE~9712775 RESOLUTION NO. 97-58 Page 5 6. Minimum lot sizes will be established as per the recorded Final Plat for the subdivision. 7. Lots within the recorded Final Plat of this subdivision will not be further divided. 8. The rezoning proposal and Specific Use Permit being processed concurrently with this Preliminary Plan be approved by the Board of Supervisors. 9. Drainage easements acceptable to the County Engineer will be provided for all off-site drainage related improvements. 10. The Improvement Plans submitted with the Final Plat of this subdivision, including all drainage related improvements designed to withstand the impact of the "IOO-year storm", must be sufficiently detailed to allow for the construction of: A. The rip-rap sections. B. The southern drainage outlet. C. The retention pond. II. Utility easement access must be provided to Lot 34. 12. The proposed 25-foot wide portion of Price Lane, which lies east of Lots 7 and 8 of neighboring Virgin Mountain Estates Mobile Home Park, must be dedicated to the public prior to the recordation of the Final Plat. The instrument of dedication must be referenced to record on the Final Plat. 13. This conditional approval for the subdivision is based on the Preliminary Plan submitted for review on November 20, 1996. WHEREAS, the notice of hearing was published in The Standard, a newspaper of general circulation in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, February 22,1997, and posted on February 21,1997, as required by Arizona Revised Statutes and the Mohave County Zoning Regulations. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors, at their regular meeting on Monday, March 10,1997, APPROVED this Preliminary Subdivision Plan and Petition of Exception as recommended by the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission and outlined herein. MOHA VE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ~/a~ Carol S. Anderson, Chairman