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OFFICIAL RECORDS OF I10HAVE COUNT%' AZ
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RESOLUTION NO. 98-105
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOHAVE
COUNTY GENERAL PLAN BY CHANGING THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS AND EXHIBIT
NUMBERS VI.3, VI.4, AND VI.5 THEREIN, AND AS DESCRIBED IN THE VIRGIN RIVER
COMMUNITIES AREA PLAN FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA THAT
INCLUDES THE AREA BETWEEN THE VIRGIN RIVER (PAIUTE WILDERNESS) GORGE
ENTRANCE AND THE NEVADA BORDER, AND FROM NEAR THE UTAH STATE LINE TO
THREE MILES SOUTH OF ELBOW CANYON ROAD IN THE ARIZONA STRIP AREA,
MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA.
WHEREAS, at the regular meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors held on Monday,
May 4, 1998, a public hearing was conducted to determine whether the Mohave County General Plan should
be Amended so that land use designations and Exhibit numbers VI.3, VI.4, and VI.5 therein will conform
with those described in the Virgin River Communities Area Plan, as prepared by the Mohave County
Planning and Zoning Department, and
WHEREAS, the Virgin River Communities Area Plan covers portions of six townships. The
approximate east-west boundaries include the area from the Nevada state line on the west to the entrance
to the Virgin River Gorge (Paiute Wilderness) on the east, and include the Virgin River Communities and
the Virgin River and its tributaries. The approximate north-south boundaries include from three miles south
of Elbow Canyon Road to several miles north of the Beaver Dam conm~unity, and
WHEREAS, the Virgin River Communities Area Plan document and Land Use Map are available
for the public to review at the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Department in Kingman, Arizona, and
WHEREAS, the following described Findings of Fact are for the above-captioned item:
a. Ali notices have been advertised and posted according to regulations.
b. The proposed action and effect complies with the Mohave County General Plan, as amended
herein, and
WHEREAS, at the public hearing before the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission on
Wednesday, March 11, 1998, the Commission recommended APPROVAL of the Amendment subject to
the following:
1. The community of Desert Springs shall be recognized as an Outlying Community and added
to Exhibits VI.3, VI.4, and VI.5 of the Mohave County General Plan. The community of
Beaver Dam shall be recognized as an Outlying Community and added to Exhibit VI.3.
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2. Mohave County General Plan, Exhibit VI.3 (Planning Area Locations in Unincorporated
Mohave County) shall be amended as follows: The Outlying Communities of Arvada,
Beaver Dam, Desert Springs, Littlefield, and Scenic shall be added to both the Urban
Development Area (UDA) and Suburban Development Area (SDA) sections as the "Virgin
River Communities".
3. Mohave County General Plan, Exhibit VI.4 (Countywide Land Use Diagram), shall be
amended as follows: The land use designations for the Outlying Communities of Arvada,
Beaver Dam, Desert Springs, Littlefield, and Scenic, and portions of Township 39 North,
Ranges 15 and 16 West, Township 40 North, Ranges 15 and 16 West, and Township 41,
Ranges 15 and 16 West shall be designated Urban and Suburban Development Areas as
depicted in the Virgin River Communities Area Plan and Land Use Map.
4. Mohave County General Plan, Exhibit VI.5 (General Land Use Diagram, Arizona Strip),
shall be amended as follows: The land use designations for the Outlying Communities of
Arvada, Beaver Dam, Desert Springs, Littlefield, and Scenic, and portions of Township 39
North, Ranges 15 and 16 West, Township 40 North, Ranges 15 and 16 West, and Township
41 North, Ranges 15 and 16 West, shall be designated Urban amd Suburban Development
Areas as depicted in the Virgin River Communities Area Plan and Land Use Map, and
WHEREAS, the notice of hearing was published in The Standard, a newspaper of general
circulation in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, April 18, 1998, and posted April 17, 1998, 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, May 4, 1998, APPROVED this Amendment as recommended by the Mohave County Planning
and Zoning Conunission and outlined herein.