Planning and Zoning Commission

Jim Harris, Chairman Lake Havasu City Suzannah Ballard Police Facility David Diaz 2360 McCulloch Blvd North Joan Dzuro Lake Havasu City, Arizona Paul Lehr 86403 Gabriele Medley www.lhcaz.gov Tiffany Wilson Dane Hatch, Alternate Matthew Mitchell, Alternate Lonnie Stevenson, Alternate Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes - Final Wednesday, March 15, 2023 9:00 AM 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Harris called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairman Harris led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. ROLL CALL Alternate member Stevenson was seated. Present: 6- Jim Harris, David Diaz, Joan Dzuro, Paul Lehr, Tiffany Wilson and Lonnie Stevenson Absent: 4- Matthew Mitchell, Gabriele Medley, Suzannah Ballard and Dane Hatch 5. MINUTES Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes from February 15, 2023. Mr. Diaz made a motion to approve the Minutes from the last meeting. The motion was seconded by Ms. Wilson and carried by the following vote: Aye: 6 - Harris, Diaz, Dzuro, Lehr, Wilson and Stevenson 4. CORRESPONDENCE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. Morris stated that recently the City Council directed Staff to schedule a Planning Commission meeting to discuss multiple-family parking. Staff will be bringing some information for discussion at the second meeting in April, per the direction of the City Council. 6. PUBLIC HEARING ID 23-3697 Request for a Preliminary Subdivision Plat for Hudson Subdivision for 2972 Amigo Drive, Tract 2240, Block 1, Parcel A, Creating 3 Residential Lots in the Single-Family Residential (R-1) District. Lake Havasu City Page 1 Printed on 4/5/2023 Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes - Final March 15, 2023 Mr. Morris thanked the Chairman and presented a PowerPoint slideshow and narrative including some of the following key points: [Area Map shown on screen.] • The subject property is located on the south side of Amigo Dr, between Aladdin Drive and Amigo Way. • There is also a second frontage on Simitan Dr. [Zoning Map shown on screen.] • The properties to the north, east and west are zoned Residential Single-Family (R-1) District and developed as residential uses and vacant lots. • The properties to the south are zoned Residential Two-Family (R-2) District and developed for residential uses. [Preliminary Plat Map.] • The subject property was once a city owned property and zoned Public Lands and Facilities (P-1) District. • Mr. Hudson purchased this property from the city in 2018 and rezoned the property to Residential Single-Family (R-1) District in 2021. • This subdivision process is required per Subdivision Code Title 13, because Parcel A has already been created as part of Tract 2240 and is being split into more than two lots. • The proposed subdivision plat will allow the proposed three lots to be individually owned. Lee Johnson, APL Surveying, provided more background history. Mr. Johnson initially brought this property to Staff with a parcel plat to create Parcels A-1, A-2, and Parcel A-3 was actually going to be combined with the adjoining Lot 1. Due to financing issues with the bank that has the Note on Lot 1, they did not want it married, we had to go away from a lot alteration and go through the subdivision process. Parcel A-3 will ultimately be owned by the adjoining neighbor to protect his view. Parcel A-1 will be the owner's primary residence and A-2 was going to be his garage & casita but, per City Code, double frontage lots are not allowed- where they have access off both streets. The reason the applicant wants to split this is so that he can have access off of both streets for his house on the main road and then his garage off of Amigo Drive. That is the main crux of why we are here today with a subdivision process and not a parcel plat process. Chairman Harris asked if this was kicked back because Parcels A-1 and A-2 were going to be a single parcel? Mr. Johnson affirmed and said A-1 was going to have his main residence facing Simitan Drive and then ultimately he had an idea of a garage facing Amigo with guest quarters down there. Chairman Harris stated he understands why there might have been a concern as, typically in the past, anytime a property borders two streets it has the potential of creating an alley way or a thoroughfare through that property between the two streets. Mr. Johnson said that typically under those circumstances, Staff Lake Havasu City Page 2 Printed on 4/5/2023 Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes - Final March 15, 2023 will have you put in a 1-foot, non-vehicular access on one of the roads where you cannot use it as a drive. Chairman Harris stated there have been parcels in the past the have been allowed this to happen, primarily because of topography. In this particular case, topography would be a mitigating issue prohibiting that alley way or dual access situation. Mr. Morris elaborated and stated that in some cases there have been a request to ask for an exemption from the subdivision code. The subdivision code is not under the purview of the Planning Commission. In instances like that, they would go to City Council. He mentioned an instance he is aware of where there were a couple of lots that were individually created but when someone wanted to combine them, it would create a double frontage lot. Cases like that, where they are unusual situations, could go to the City Council for an exemption to the Subdivision Code. There is a mechanism in place but that does not involve the Planning Commission. In this case, the applicant is not asking for that. Mr. Johnson stated the other thing this does is relieves the owner from the limited guest quarter restrictions. Mr. Diaz asked Mr. Morris if he could provide an update, for the record, as to why this property came before the Commission last month. Mr. Morris stated in past, this property came before the Commission for a rezone. The Commission is a recommending body to the City Council. City Council approved a straight up rezone from P-1 to R-1, no conditions or planned development. The property is currently zoned for an R-1, Single-Family Residential entitled to all development rights to R-1. Mr. Johnson stated that was done a couple of years ago in 2021. Mr. Lehr asked if there are any exceptions to the City Code, dimensionally to the frontage or anything? Mr. Johnson said no, all standards of development code are being exceeded/met. Chairman Harris opened the Public Hearing, hearing none, he closed the Public Hearing. Mr. Morris stated that based on the he Development Review Committee recommends approval of Land Use Action 23-3697, a Preliminary Subdivision Plat for Hudson Subdivision for 2972 Amigo Drive, Tract 2240, Block 1, Parcel A, creating 3 residential lots in the Single-Family Residential (R-1) District. Ms. Dzuro made a motion to approve Land Use Action 23-3697, a Preliminary Subdivision Plat for Hudson Subdivision for 2972 Amigo Drive, Tract 2240, Block 1, Parcel A, creating 3 residential lots in the Single-Family Residential District. The motion was seconded by Mr. Lehr and carried by the following vote: Aye: 6 - Harris, Diaz, Dzuro, Lehr, Wilson and Stevenson 7. CALL TO PUBLIC None. Lake Havasu City Page 3 Printed on 4/5/2023 Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes - Final March 15, 2023 8. FUTURE MEETING The next Regular meeting is scheduled for April 5th and items have been submitted for this meeting. 9. ADJOURNMENT Chairman Harris adjourned the meeting at 9:14 a.m. _________________________________________ Jim Harris, Chairman _________________________________________ Maria Hart, Recording Secretary Lake Havasu City Page 4 Printed on 4/5/2023