HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-156 RESOLUTION NO. 99-156
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOHAVE COUNTY GENERAl,
PLAN BY CHANGING THE CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION OF RURAL
DEVELOPMENT AREA TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA FOR THE FOLLOWING
PROPERTIES, AKA STERLING: SECTIONS 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 34, AND 35 OF TOWNSHIP 16~
NORTH, RANGE 20~ WEST; SECTIONS 30, 32, AND THOSE PORTIONS OF SECTIONS 31
AND 33 OF TOWNSHIP 16½ NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST; SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, 12, AND THOSE
PORTIONS IN SECTIONS 10, 11, AND 13 OF TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 20¼ WEST;
SECTION 6 AND THOSE PORTIONS OF SECTIONS 15, 17, 18 OF TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH,
RANGE 20 WEST; AND THOSE PORTIONS OF SECTION 18 OF TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH,
RANGE 19 WEST, AS DEPICTED ON EXHIBIT A, AND AMENDING GENERAL PLAN
EXHIBITS VI.l, VI.3, VI.4, AND VI.10 IN THE TOPOCK-GOLDEN SHORES AREA OF THE
MOHAVE COUNTY GENERAL AREA, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA.
WHEREAS, at a special meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors held on May 24,
1999, a public hearing was conducted to determine whether approval of an Amendment to the Mohave
County General Plan should be approved by changing the current land use designation of Rural
Development Area to Urban Development Area for the above-referenced properties, winch collectively
make up the complete area of the Sterling Area Plan and form the Plan boundaries, and amending General
Plan Exhibits VI. 1, VI.3, VI.4, and VI. 10, as requested by FMA International of Newport Beach, California,
authorized agent for Topock Mesa, LTD., and Warm Springs Development, LTD., of Phoenix, Arizona, and
WHEREAS, the Sterling Area Plan consists of approximately sixteen (16) square miles contained
in portions of five (5) townships with a western boundary located one (1) mile east of the community of
Golden Shores and two (2) miles east of the Topock Wilderness Area, with the southernmost portion
following the Interstate 40 right-of-way alignment, and the northemmost boundary adjoining the south
boundary of Township 17 North, Range 20 West, approximately twenty-three (23) miles north of Lake
Havasu City and approximately twenty-five (25) miles south of Bullhead City near the California border,
and
WHEREAS,the applicant is proposing this Area Plan to develop the described properties into eight
(8) "Villages" through multiple phases consisting of single and multi-family residential housing,
commercial-industrial enterprises, recreational facilities, parks, arterial and residential roads, water, sewer
and electric service facilities, and other urban amenities eventually incorporating into a city comprising
approximately 50,000 people at completion within the next twenty-five (25) years, and
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WHEREAS, the area is low desert terrain consisting of rolling hills, washes and arroyos forming
the rising pavilion of the Black Mountains to the east, with all drainage toward the Colorado River
approximately three (3) miles to the west, and
WHEREAS, three public meetings were held in Lake Havasu City and the Golden Shores
community according to General Plan amendment procedures, including the general public, federal, state
and local governmental agencies, public utilities and private enterprise, and
WHEREAS¢ review of FEMA FIRM Panel maps 040058-2825C, 2805C, and 2815C indicate the
area consists of unstudied floodplain designation A Zones, areas of 100-year flood (base flood elevations
and flood hazard factors not determined), and areas of minimal flooding Zone C, and
WHEREAS, the following described Findings of Fact are relevant to the above captioned item:
a. All public notices and meetings have been held, advertised, and posted according to General
Plan amendment procedures, state law and county regulations.
b. The proposed action and effect will comply with the Mohave County General Plan, and
WHEREAS, at a public heating on March 10, 1999, the Mohave County Planning and Zoning
Commission recormnended approval for this action subject to the following:
1. The area shall be officially designated by the name Sterling, and as an urban designated
Outlying Community mid added to Exhibits VI.l, VI.3., VI.4, and VI. 10 of the General Plan.
2. The boundaries for this action are those described for the Sterling Area Plan.
3. The Generai Plan land use development designations for the above stated sections and
portions of sections that describe the Sterling Area Plan shall be changed from Rural
Development Area to Urban Development Area, as depicted on Exhibit A, attached as a part
of this action.
4. This General Plan amendment is conditional to (or shall not take effect until) the approval
date of the Sterling Area Plan by the Board of Supervisors.
WHEREAS, the notice of hearing was published in The Standard, a newspaper of general
circulation in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, May 5, 1999, and posted on May 7, 1999, as required
by Arizona Revised Statutes.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors, at their special meeting
on Monday, May 24, 1999, APPROVED this General Plan Amendment as recommended by the Mohave
County Planning and Zoning Commission and outlined herein.
MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
ATTEST:
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ALL NUMBERED SECTIONS AND PORTIONS OF SECTIONS
SHOWN IN THE ABOVE AREAS, ALSO KNOWN AS STERLING,'
ARE CHANGED FROM .RURAL DEVELOPMENT AREATO
URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA.