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MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISn~g
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RESOLUTION NO. 98-1
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH A PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN AND PETITION
OF EXCEPTION FOR MOHAVE MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, TRACT 3509, BEING A
SUBDIVISION OF A PORTION OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 15 WEST, IN
THE ARIZONA STRIP AREA, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA.
WHEREAS, at the regular meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors held on January
5, 1998, 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 the owner,
Keith Whitaker, St. George, Utah. The project engineer is L.R. Pope Engineers and Surveyors, also of St.
George, Utah, and
WHEREAS, the property is located approximately less than one mile north of the I-15/Highway 91
interchange. The site is accessed via Interstate 15, then north approximately three-quarters of a mile along
Highway 91, then southeast one-quarter mile along and south of Beaver Dam Drive to the site, and
WHEREAS, the Preliminary Plan depicts 3.28 acres subdivided into 11 single-family residential
lots and two open space parcels. The residential lots have an average lot size of 7,000 square feet, and a
minimum lot size of 6,500 square feet. The developer has not proposed any phasing of this subdivision, and
WHEREAS, services for the subdivision will be provided by the following: Electricity will be
provided by Dixie Escalante Rural Electric Association; telephone service will be provided by Rio Virgin
Telephone; water and sewer service will be provided by approved central water and sewer systems; solid
waste (garbage) disposal will be provided by Virgin Valley Disposal; and the subdivision will receive fire
protection from the Littlefield Fire Department, and
WHEREAS, Petitions of Exception were submitted for the following:
1. Ten-foot front yard Public Utility Easements, instead of 16-£oot rear yard Public Utility
Easements. The request for the 10-foot PUEs is for the entire subdivision. Section 6.9 of
the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations requires that easements at least 16 feet in total
width be provided along rear lot lines.
2. Non-radial lot lines. This request is for those lots within the tmet 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.
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3. Long cul-de-sac. This request is for Garden Circle. Section 6.4-22 of the Mohave County
Subdivision Regulations requires that cul-de-sacs not exceed 600 feet in length. Garden
Circle slightly exceeds this maximum length.
4. Single-tiered lots. This request is for the entire tract. Section 6.6-1B of the Mohave County
Subdivision Regulations requires that blocks be designed to allow for two tiers of lots of at
least minimum depth. The entire subdivision is single-tiered.
These petitions are submitted as a request that the Plarming 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. These items of exception do not appear to be 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, 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 part of the Outlying Community of Beaver Dam/Littlefield.
The proposed action complies with the Mohave County General Plan, as designated therein,
in that the proposal is consistent with the surrounding land uses.
c. The site appears to be adequate for the action intended, and
WHEREAS, at the public hearing before the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission on
December 10, 1997, the Commission recommended APPROVAL of the Preliminary Subdivision Plan and
Petition of Exception subject to the following conditions:
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 No. 101.10C 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;
· Water will be provided by an approved central water system. The water quantity and quality
must be approved by the Arizona Department of Water Resources;
· Sewer service will be provided by an approved central sewer system. The sanitary facilities
for the subdivision must be approved by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
prior to Final Plat recordation. The approval to construct water and/or sewer improvements
and the approval of the construction of those improvements must be obtained from the
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and submitted to Planning and Zoning.
Approvals must also be obtained from the Mohave County Environmental Health Division;
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· Electricity will be provided by Dixie Escalante Rural Electric Association;
· Telephone service will be provided by Rio Virgin Telephone;
· Solid waste (garbage) disposal will be provided by Virgin Valley Disposal or other approved
disposal service. The developer must submit a signed contract with a solid waste disposal
firm prior to Final Plat recordation;
· Fire protection will be provided by the Littlefield Fire Department;
· Fire hydrants will be placed in the subdivision as prescribed by the fire department, but shall
not be spaced further apart than is required by the Subdivision Regulations;
· All utilities shall be provided to each lot in accordance with Arizona Corporation
Commission Regulations;
· All lots and road centeriine 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. Prior to the recordation of the Final Plat of this subdivision, the developer must submit to
Planning and Zoning:
A. Documentation demonstrating that the water and sewer companies which are to serve
this subdivision are systems approved by the Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality and the Arizona Corporation Commission.
B. Documentation fi.om the Beaver Dam East Domestic Water Improvement District
demonstrating that that district has annexed the property proposed as Mohave
Meadows Subdivision for service.
C. Documentation from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
demonstrating that the central water and sewer systems established to serve this
subdivision and the two other existing and proposed contiguous subdivisions are
approved, operational, and of sufficient capacity to serve all residential lots in this
subdivision and the lots in existing subdivisions served by those systems.
3. The developer has proposed the formation of a property owners association for the
subdivision. An association or other such entity must be established by the developer to
provide permanent maintenance of the common parcels in the subdivision.
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4. Parcel B, to be established with the recordation of the Final Plat as an open space and public
utilities easement, has also been proposed by the developer as a pedestrian and golf cart
access way to the neighboring off-site golf course to the south. Notation must be added to
the Final Plat of Mohave Meadows Subdivision, Tract 3509, establishing Parcel B, among
its other designations, as a passenger vehicle non-access easement, allowing only for
pedestrian and golf cart access.
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 fmal copy of the Department of Real Estate Report shall be submitted to Planning and
Zoning for library purposes.
6. The portion of open space Parcel E, Beaver Dam Estates, Tract 3034-A, that crosses Garden
Circle preventing legal access to the Mohave Meadows Subdivision must be dedicated as a
public roadway right-of-way on the Final Plat of Tract 3509, or by separate document prior
to Final Plat recordation. If a separate document is used to make this dedication, the
dedication must be scheduled by the developer with the Public Works Department for
acceptance by the Board of Supervisors, and upon acceptance and recordation, the dedication
must be referenced to record on the Final Plat prior to Final Plat recordation.
7. The portion of Garden Circle not owned by the developer must be dedicated as a public
roadway right-of-way as depicted on the Preliminary Plan by the owner of that property. The
property must be dedicated as a public roadway right-of-way on the Final Plat of Tract 3509,
or by separate document prior to Final Plat recordation. Ifa separate document is used to
make this dedication, the dedication must be scheduled by the developer with the Public
Works Department for acceptance by the Board of Supervisors, and upon acceptance and
recordation, the dedication must be referenced to record on the Final Plat prior to Final Plat
recordation.
8. A one-foot wide vehicular non-access easement must be granted with the Final Plat along
the rear boundary of Lot 7.
9. The developer must relocate the existing overhead power lines and poles that cross through
this property, to the satisfaction of the utility. A letter from the utility expressing approval
of the removal and/or relocation of the poles and lines must be submitted to Planning and
Zoning prior to Final Plat recordation.
10. Minimum lot sizes will be established as per the recorded Final Plat for the subdivision.
11. Lots within the recorded Final Plat of this subdivision will not be further divided.
12. The rezoning proposal for this subdivision be conditionally approved concurrently with the
conditional approval of the Preliminary Plan.
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13. Drainage easements, channels and devices acceptable to the County Engineer will be
provided for all on- and off-site drainage related improvements.
14. The conunents made in the Public Works Department review letter dated October 24, 1997,
must be addressed with the submittal of the Final Plat prior to Final Plat recordation.
15. With the submittal of the subdivision improvement plans at Final Plat stage, the project
engineer must, to the satisfaction of the Mohave County Engineer, design the improved
roadway cross sections within the roadway rights-of-way to meet AASHTO standards, as
specified in the Public Works memo dated December 4, 1997.
16. This conditional approval for the subdivision is based on the Preliminary Plan submitted for
review on October 1, 1997. As provided for in the Mohave County Subdivision Regulations,
this conditional approval will automatically expire two years after the approval by the Board
of Supervisors of this Preliminary Plan. It is the responsibility of the developer to request
an Extension of Time for this approval prior to the expiration of the two-year period. Failure
of the developer to request necessary Extensions of Time for the approval of this Preliminary
Plan, prior to the expiration of the approval, will result in the automatic termination of
processing of the subdivision.
WHEREAS, the notice of hearing was published in the Standard, a newspaper of general circulation
in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, December 20, 1997, and posted on December 19, 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, January 5, 1998, APPROVED this Preliminary Subdivision Plan and Petition of Exception as
recommended by the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission and outlined herein.
"~'**?~'~'~-//#'~'- MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
~- ! O~ Carol S. Anderson, Chairman
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