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OFFICIAL RECORDS OF MOHAVE COUNTY, AZ
JOAN MC CALL, MOHAVE COUNTY RECORDER
12/09/97 04:04P PAGE 1 OF 2
MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RECORDING FEE 0.00
RESOLUTION NO. 97-435
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH AN ABANDONMENT OF A 20-FOOT INGRESSIEGRESS
EASEMENT ALONG THE SOUTHERLY AND WESTERLY 20 FEET OF THE SWv. NWV. OF
SECTION 8, TOWNSffiP 20 NORTH, RANGE 14 WEST, IN THE MOHA VE COUNTY GENERAL
AREA, MOHA VE COUNTY, ARIZONA.
WHEREAS, at the regular meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors held on December
1, 1997, a public hearing was conducted to determine whether an Abandonment should be granted for the
above-described easements as requested by the owner, Mohave Group Land Development Co., represented
by John Proffit, Mohave Engineering Associates, Kingman, Arizona, and
WHEREAS, the site is east of Blake RanchlOdles Ranch Road and south ofInterstate 40. Access
to the site is from 1-40, southwesterly on Blake Ranch Road to Old Highway 93, then south on Old Highway
93 to Odles Ranch Road, then further south on Odles Ranch Road to an unnamed Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) access easement, approximately three and three-quarter miles from the Blake Ranch
Road/I-40 intersection. The access easement proceeds one mile eastward to the site. The ingress/egress
easements extend northward and eastward from this point (west quarter corner of Section 8) for one-quarter
mile, and
WHEREAS, the site is part of the preliminary plan for Mountain Shadow Estates, Tract 3806, a 54-
lot subdivision proposed on the 160-acre site in the NWV. of Section 8. The owner proposes to abandon the
easements to avoid the double-fronting of several lots in the new development. Legal access will be retained
with the newly platted roadways in Tract 3806. The site is hilly and traversed by several dry washes. The
easements are currently unoccupied. The General Plan specifies this site as a Suburban Development Area,
and
WHEREAS, Mohave Electric Cooperative and Citizens Utilities Company have reviewed the
owner's petition and have no objection to the easement abandonment, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works does not object to the easement abandonment, and
WHEREAS, a review ofFEMA FIRM Panel #040058-2375B indicates the easements described to
be in Zone C, not in the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, and
WHEREAS, the following described Findings of Fact are for the above-captioned item:
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a. All notices have been advertised and posted according to regulations.
b. The proposed action and effect comply with the Mohave County General Plan.
c. The site is adequate for the action intended and the use is consistent with the surroundings
and terrain. .
d. The site has access via a 30-year renewable lease from the BLM.
WHEREAS, at the public hearing before the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission on
November 12, 1997, the Commission recommended APPROVAL for the Abandonment subject to the
following:
I. The Final Plat for Mountain Shadow Estates, Tract 3806, must be recorded.
WHEREAS, the notice of hearing was published in The Standard, a newspaper of general
circulation in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, November 15, 1997 and November 22,1997, and posted
November 14, 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, December I, 1997, APPROVED this Abandonment as recommended by the Mohave County
Planning and Zoning Commission and outlined herein.
MOHA VE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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Carol S. Anderson, Chairman