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RESOLUTION NO. 99-192
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH AN AMENDMENT TO THE VIRGIN RIVER
COMMUNITIES AREA PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION MAP TO ASSIGN A LAND USE
DESIGNATION FOR THE SOUTH 350 FEET OF THE SE¼ SE¼ OF SECTION 10, EXCLUDING
THE SOUTH 50 FEET, IN TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, FROM NO
DESIGNATION TO COMMERCIAL (COM) DESIGNATION, IN THE SCENIC/ARVADA
PORTION OF THE ARIZONA STRIP AREA, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA.
WHEREAS, at the special meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors held on July 26,
1999, a public hearing was conducted to determine ~vhether an Amendment to theVirgin River Communities
Area Plan Land Use Designation Map should be approved by changing the current land use designation from
no designation to Conunercial (COM) for the above-referenced property, as requested by Ralph Waters of
Mesquite, Nevada, and
WHEREAS, this property is located north of Elbow Canyon Road between Littlefield Drive and
Cottontail Road. The site is accessed from Mesquite, Nevada via east on Elbow Canyon Road to Zion Park
Way, then north on Zion Park Way to where it becomes Cottontail Road, to the property located on the
southwest comer of Las Vegas Way and Cottontail Road. The property is vacant and is located on gently
rolling hills that slope to the northxvest toward the Virgin River. The surrounding land uses consist of vacant
land and a few widely scattered single-family residences. There are no significant drainage patterns, and
WHEREAS, the Virgin River Communities Area Plan, adopted in May-, 1998, consists of
approximately 25 square miles and five outlying communities. The property to be designated is located in
the Scenic/Arvada community area in a Suburban Development Area of both the General and Area Plans,
and consists of approximately 9.1 acres, and
WHEREAS, the applicant requests the Commercial (COM) land use designation to allow for future
commercial uses to meet community or regional needs within the Scenic Improvement District, and
WHEREAS, a review of FEMA FIRM Panel maps 040058-0200B indicates the described parcel
is in Zone A, in a Special Flood Hazard Area, and
WHEREAS, the following described Findings of Fact are relevant to the above captioned item:
a. All notices have been advertised and posted according to regulations.
b. The proposed action and the effect complies with the Mohave County General Plan.
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c. The site is adequate for the action intended and the proposed land use adjoins the same land
use designation to the east. The action is consistent with the intent of the Virgin River
Commmfities Area Plan, whereby undesignated parcels at the time of Area Plan approval
would be assigned a land use designation in the future consistent with the intent of the Area
Plan and the land uses proposed therein, as previously agreed to by the Virgin River
Communities Area Plan Committee zu~d at a public hearing for approval by the conununities.
d. The neighboring area contains other like land use designations equal to the above-proposed
action.
e. The site has legal access.
f. There are no significant environmental features affecting the site, except for the noted
Special Flood Hazard area, and
WHEREAS, at a public hearing on May 12, 1999, the Mohave County Planning and Zoning
Commission recommended APPROVAL for this action subject to the following:
1. The Virgin River Communities Area Plan Land Use Designation Map, and Map A-1 of the
Area Plan, will be modified to designate the proposed change from no designation to
Commercial (COM).
WHEREAS, the notice of hearing was published in The Standard, a newspaper of general
circulation in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, July 7, 1999, and posted on July 9, 1999, as required by
Arizona Revised Statutes.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors, at their special meeting
on Monday, July 26, 1999, APPROVED this Amendment as recommended by the Mohave County Planning
and Zoning Commission and outlined herein.
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