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JOAN M(: CALL, MOHAVE
MOHAVE COtlNTY BOARD O~
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RESOLUTION NO. 99-52
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH AN AMENDMENT TO THE LONG MOUNTAIN AREA
PLAN, AS AMENDED, TO PROVIDE FOR A CHANGE IN THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR
SECTIONS 11 AND 12, TOWNSHIP 23 NORTH, RANGE 17 WEST, FROM A-R/36A
(AGRICULTURAL-RESIDENTIAL/THIRTY-SIX ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZE) ZONE, TO
RR/10A (RURAL RESIDENTIAL/TEN ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZE) ZONE, IN THE MOHAVE
COUNTY GENERAL AREA, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA.
WHEREAS, at the special meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors held on March 22,
1999, a public hearing was conducted to determine whether approval should be granted to amend the Long
Mountain Area Plan as requested by the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Department, with the
concurrence and written support of a majority of property owners within the amendment area, and
WHEREAS, the property is located north of the City of Kingman and west of Stockton Hill Road.
The site is accessed from Stockton Hill Road via west on Calle Muerlos, approximately one-quarter mile
to the eastern boundary of Section 12. Section 12, owned by the State of Arizona, is vacant, while the
adjoining Section 11 consists of privately-held parcels containing a few widely scattered residences. The
property is largely contained within a valley, sloping slightly toward the east, and generally bounded by hills
and mountains to the north and south. The surrounding land uses consist of vacant parcels and a few widely
separated single-family residences, and
WHEREAS, a review of FEMA FIRM Panel #040058-2000B indicates the area described to be in
Zone C, not in the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, and
WHEREAS, the Long Mountain Area Plan, approved June 1, 1992 with the adoption of BOS
Resolution No. 92-198, includes approximately 92 square miles. This amendment affects two square miles,
or 1,280 acres. The area is currently designated A-R/36A (Agricultural-Residential/Thirty-six Acre
Minimum Lot Size), which is a zoning designation, ~*ot an areaplan designation, on the official map in
BOS Resolution No. 92-198. However, the text on Page 4 of this resolution states "The remainder of the
plan depicts the area farther north as rural (1 d.u./10 acres) and open space..." No areas with a proposed
density of one dwelling unit per 10 acres axe depicted on the official maps contained within the resolution.
The proposed amendment changes the density designations of Sections 11 and 12 to RR/10A (Rural
Residential/Ten Acre Minimum Lot Size) to be consistent with the text and Condition No. 4 of BOS
Resolution No. 92-198, which mandates "That this area plan be included as part of the consultant's overall
growth coordination plan." The latter is accomplished by use of a density designation derived from the
consultant's adopted Mohave County General Plan, rather than the Mohave County Zoning Ordinance,
which implements the goals and policies o£the General Plan, and
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RESOLUTION NO. 99-52 Page 2
WHEREAS, this request for an area plan amendment is to legalize the rezoning of Parcel 14,
Shadow Canyon Ranches, in Section 11, from A-IU36A (Agricultural-Residential/Thirty-six Acm Minimum
Lot Size) to A-R/18A (Agricultural-Residential/Eighteen Acre Minimum Lot Size) zone. The rezone was
recommended for approval by a unanimous vote of the Planning and Zoning Commission during their
regular meeting on October 14, 1998, and subsequently approved by unanimous vote of the Board of
Supervisors during their November 2, 1998, regular meeting. Staff later discovered the aforementioned
internal inconsistency ~vithin the Long Mountain Area Plan, which rendered this rezone in violation of the
one-dwelling-unit-per-thirty-six-acre density allowed by the official area plan map. The item was
reconsidered and referred back to the Planning and Zoning Commission during the December 7, 1998,
regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors. The original request amd staff recommendation for the rezone
are presented herein simultaneously with a proposed amendment to the Long Mountain Area Plart. This will
allow rezoning of this and other parcels within Sections 11 and 12 to one dwelling unit per ten acres, the
density described in the text of BOS Resolution No. 92-198, which originally approved the Long Mountain
Area Plan. Section 12, although currently vacant and owned by the State of Arizona, is included to link
Section 11 with the area designated RR/5A (Rural Residential/Five Acre Minhnum Lot Size) on the official
map within this resolution, and
WHEREAS, the following described Findings of Fact are for the above-captioned ~tem:
a. All notices have been advertised and posted according to regulations.
b. The proposed action and effect complies with the Mohave County General Plan.
c. The proposed action and effect complies with the text of the Long Mountain Area Plan.
d. The site is adequate for the action intended and the use is consistent with the surrounding
terrain.
e. The site has legal access.
fi There are no significant environmental features affecting the property.
WHEREAS, at the public hearing before the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission on
Januaxy 13, 1999, the Cormnission recommended APPROVAL for an Area Plan Amendment subject to the
following:
1. All property within Section 11 and Section 12, in Township 23 North, Range 17 West, shall
be designated RR/10A (Rural Residential/Ten Acre Minimum Lot Size).
WHEREAS, the notice of hearing was published in The Standard, a newspaper of general
circulation in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, March 3, 1999, and posted March 5, 1999, as required
by Arizona Revised Statutes and the Mohave County Zoning Regulations.
RESOLUTION NO. 99-52 Page 3
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors, at their special meeting
on Monday, March 22, 1999, APPROVED this Area Plan Amendment as recommended by the Mohave
County Planning and Zoning Commission and outlined herein.
MOHAVE COUNTY B~.~RD OF SUPERVISORS
James R- ~f~or~ky, lailrman~
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