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JOAN MC (:ALL~ MOHAVE COUNTY RECORDER.
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HOHAVE COUNTY 80ARB OF SUPERVISORS
RECORDING FEE
RESOLUTION NO. 98-343
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH AN EXTENSION OF TIME OF THE APPROVED
PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN OF FAIRWAY VILLAGE, TRACT 4154, BEING A
SUBDIVISION OF GOVERNMENT LOT 2 AND A PORTION OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1,
SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 22 WEST, IN THE SOUTH MOHAVE VALLEY
AREA, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA.
WHEREAS, at the regular meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors held on October
5, 1998, a public heating was conducted to determine whether approval should be granted for an Extension
of Time as requested by the owner/developer and project engineer Glen Ludwig of Ludwig Engineering,
Inc., San Bernardino, California, and
WHEREAS, the property is located approximately four miles south of Bullhead City. The property
is accessed via State Highway 95, immediately south of Lipan Boulevard and west one-tenth of a mile to
the site, and
WHEREAS, the Preliminary Plan depicts 70 acres subdivided into 357 single-family residential lots,
and one common parcel containing 3.20 acres. The minimum residential lot size is 4,800 square feet. The
average residential lot size is 5,715 square feet, and
WHEREAS, the owner/developer has indicated in a letter dated August 3, 1998, that an Extension
of Time is being requested so that the developer can continue to wait for the California economy to improve,
spurring the market for improved-lot sales in the South Mohave Valley, at which time the developer intends
to process the Final Plats for this subdivision, and
WHEREAS, the Preliminary Plan for this tract was approved by the Mohave County Board of
Supervisors on October 2, I995, per BOS Resolution No. 95-404. The first Extension of Time for the
approval of the Preliminary Plan was granted on January 5, 1998, per BOS Resolution No. 98-3.
Subdivision Regulation, Article 3.10-1, states: "Upon application to the Commission and prior to the
expiration of the time limit, extensions in increments of one (1) year may be granted by the Board of
Supervisors if the subdivider is actively processing the Final Plat. If such action is not taken then all
proceedings relating to the plat shall be terminated.", and
WltEREAS, the Mohave County Public Works Department has indicated that upon receipt of any
additional submittals of this project for processing, the adequacy of the drainage and compatibility of this
proposed subdivision with surrounding development will be reviewed. They have recommended that any
required changes or modifications will be the responsibility of the developer, and
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WHEREAS, this action, if approved, will be the second Extension of Time, 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. This request does not appear to comply with the Extension of Time Policy in that the policy
states "nornrally, a maximum of a one (1) year extension will be granted for 'adverse
economic conditions'." This is the second extension based on such a request. The developer
claims that the Final Plat for the first phase of this subdivision has been prepared for some
time, and contends that the real estate market is still too weak to absorb the product offered
by this proposed subdivision, and acknowledges that for that reason the Final Plat(s) has not
submitted for review.
c. The Preliminary Plan Extension of Time Policy also states "If there has been no activity on
the subdivision for three (3) years, the Planning and Zoning Department will recommend
denial of the Extension of Time." No plats, improvement plans or any other documentation
has been submitted since October, 1995 for review. The developer offered in his request
letter dated August 3, 1998 to submit the Final Plat and improvement plans as evidence that
the work had been completed, but the developer has confirmed that unless forced to do so,
he does not intend at this time to have a Final Plat processed.
d. A staff recommendation of approval for this request is being made in that other subdivisions
under similar circumstances have in the recent past been granted a second Extension of Time.
WHEREAS, at the public hearing before the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission on
September 9, 1998, the Commission recommended APPROVAL of an Extension of Time for the
Preliminary Plan subject to the following conditions:
1. Compliance with all conditions of BOS Resolution Nos. 95-404 and 98-3.
2. Unless significant progress (including the submittal of a Final Plat for the first phase of this
subdivision) is made in the coming year toward the recordation of this project, this will be
the last Extension of Time for the ?reliminary Plan approval of Fairway Village, Tract 4154.
3. This Extension of Time will be in effect until October 2, 1999.
WHEREAS, the notice of hearing was published in The Standard, a newspaper of general
circulation in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, September 19, 1998, and posted on September 18, 1998,
as required by Arizona Revised Statutes and the Mohave County Zoning Regulations.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors, at their regular meeting
on Monday, October 5, 1998, APPROVED this Extension of Time as recommended by the Mohave County
Planning and Zoning Commission and outlined herein.
MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS