HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD1412ORDINANCE NO. 1412
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF APACHE JUNCTION,ARIZONA,APPROVING A PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT MAJOR AMENDMENT, CASE PZ-6-14, FOR A 2.66-
ACRE,GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT BY PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT ("B-1/PD")-ZONED PROPERTY,ORIGINALLY
APPROVED BY ORDINANCE NO.995,AND LOCATED AT THE
NORTHWEST CORNER AREA OF S.IRONWOOD DRIVE AND W.
BASELINE AVENUE, BY AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR
THE PROPERTY,ALLOWING THE REMAINING UNDEVELOPED
PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED WITH A STRIP
COMMERCIAL/OFFICE/RETAIL CENTER INSTEAD OF AN 80 -ROOM
MOTEL;REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS;AND
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
WHEREAS,on May 20, 1997, the Mayor and City Council passed
Ordinance No. 995, allowing the subject site to be developed
with a restaurant and motel; and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 1998, the Mayor and City Council
passed Ordinance No. 1062, amending the allowable uses at the
subject site for a fueling station, convenience store and a
motel; and
WHEREAS, the fueling station and convenience store were
constructed on the property, but the motel was not; and
WHEREAS, on or about October 9, 2014, a new planned
development amendment application was received, proposing to
amend the development plan for the undeveloped portion of the
property for a strip center development instead of a motel; and
WHEREAS, on November 25, 2014, the Apache Junction Planning
and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend approval of planned
development amendment case PZ-6-14, subject to conditions.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA,AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I IN GENERAL
The planned development plan, for the parcel of land
legally described as:
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Parcel 1:That portion of the Southeast quarter of
the Southeast quarter of Section 31, Township 1 North,
Range 8 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and
Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona; COMMENCING at the
Southeast corner of Section 31; THENCE South 89°45'30"
West along the South line of said Section 31, a
distance of 50 feet; THENCE North 00016'26" West, a
distance of 50 feet to a point on the Northerly line
of parcel conveyed to Pinal County Highway Department
in Docket 1742 Page 650, records of Pinal County,
Arizona, said point being the POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE South 89°45'30" West along said Northerly line,
a distance of 377.81 feet; THENCE departing from said
Northerly line, North 00°16'28" West, a distance of
579.30 feet; THENCE North 89°45'30" East, a distance
of 377.80 feet to a point on the Westerly line of
parcel conveyed to County of Pinal in Docket 1160 Page
753, records of Pinal County, Arizona; THENCE South
00°16'26" East along said Westerly line, a distance of
579.30 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT the
South 241 feet thereof; and EXCEPT the East 35 feet
thereof; and EXCEPT all coal and other minerals as
reserved in the Patent from the United States of
America.
Parcel 2:An easement for drainage of surface run-
off, ingress, egress, signage, monumentation, land-
scaping and irrigation as created by Instrument
recorded in Fee No. 2000-023688, records of Pinal
County, Arizona.
(Also known as Pinal County Assessor parcel 102-19-
007D).
be and hereby is amended to allow for the development of a
commercial/office/retail strip center instead of a motel,
subject to the following conditions of approval:
1)The property owners shall dedicate and improve any
necessary rights -of -way on S. Ironwood Drive, as
required by the City Engineer, in accordance with
the city's Engineering Guidelines and in accordance
with any traffic study recommendations made for the
property.
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2)The retail/office buildings and the commercial pads
shall be developed in accordance with the submitted
concept plans incorporated by reference herein, to
include but not be limited to, the proposed site
plan, conceptual elevations and landscape plans, and
proposed access configuration.
3)Future uses on the B-1/PD-zoned property shall
include those uses normally allowed under the B-1
base zone, except for the following uses: pawn shop,
tattoo and/or piercing establishment, storage
businesses of any kind, taxi or shuttle business,
convenience store, rescue mission, soup kitchen or
homeless shelter, second-hand stores, used auto
sales, auto or motorcycle repair shops, medical
marijuana uses, or other uses determined by the
Zoning Administrator to be incompatible with a
retail/commercial/office strip center.
4)The future monument sign shall complement the archi-
tecture of the buildings, including style, color and
materials, and shall be subject to Planning Staff
review and approval.
5)All businesses proposing to locate on the property
shall be required to comply with all provisions of
this Planned Development zoning approval, at a
minimum to include the construction of on -site and
off -site improvements as required by the city's
Engineers, the limited uses and unifying signage and
landscape improvements.Any future building shall
incorporate similar or compatible architectural
styling as the buildings on the west side of the
property.Requested deviations from the provisions
of this ordinance or B-1 zone standards shall
require a separate Planned Development amendment
process.
6)A separate commercial subdivision process shall be
required should the developer desire to create units
for individual sale after rezoning.It is the
responsibility of the developer to develop the
property with the appropriate infrastructure
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facilities for a possible future subdivision, or
else improvements may need to be retrofitted later
for a subdivision project, at the developer's
expense.
7)All development on the property is subject to proper
permits and inspections, and compliance with all
adopted City codes and ordinances, except as
otherwise conditioned herein.
8)The off -site retention basin will be allowed because
of the history of this specific PD site and the way
existing improvements have been constructed on the
property.The off -site basin represents a deviation
from the city's Engineering Guidelines, Section 10-
4-2 Stormwater Standards.
9)The developer's Civil Engineer, on the final
improvement plans, shall demonstrate that there is
adequate retention on the gas station parcel to
accommodate the new development site; or that
adequate retention will be provided between both
parcels to handle both development sites.
10) The developers shall have drafted a new shared
retention, drainage, cross access and maintenance
agreement, to be agreed upon and executed between
the two property owners of the PD site, to include
specifically described retention basin areas and to
be reviewed and approved by the Development Services
Engineer prior to recordation.
SECTION II REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS:
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION III PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY:
If any section, sub -section, sentence, phrase, clause or portion
of this ordinance, or any part of the code adopted herein by
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reference, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconsti-
tutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions thereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, THIS (0-rd DAY OF
_ ,SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS LOTH-DAY OF 2015.
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN CONNELLY
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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RICHARD JOEL STERN
City Attorney
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, 2015.