Planning and Zoning Commission

David Diaz, Chairman Lake Havasu City Gabriele Medley, Vice Police Facility Chairman 2360 McCulloch Blvd North Suzannah Ballard Lake Havasu City, Arizona Joan Dzuro 86403 Jim Harris www.lhcaz.gov Paul Lehr Tiffany Wilson Matthew Mitchell, Alternate Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Lonnie Stevenson, Alternate JP Thornton, Alternate Minutes - Final Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:00 AM 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Diaz called the meeting to order at 9:00am. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairman Diaz led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. ROLL CALL Present: 8- Suzannah Ballard, Joan Dzuro, Paul Lehr, Tiffany Wilson, Lonnie Stevenson, Jim Harris, Gabriele Medley and David Diaz Absent: 2- Matthew Mitchell and JP Thornton 4. CORRESPONDENCE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. Gilbert gave an update on City Council actions, noting Copper Leaf Holding's request to rezone their property at 2205 Victoria Farms Road was approved, after being tabled by City Council last Spring. Upcoming City Council meetings will be held in the Lake Havasu City Municipal Court House Meeting Room. Planning & Zoning Commission meetings will move to the new meeting room at a later date. 5. MINUTES ID 24-4195 Approval of the Minutes of the March 6, 2024, Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting (Shelby Hennigan) Commissioner Harris moved to approve of the Minutes of the March 6, 2024, Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting, seconded by Commissioner Dzuro. The motion passed with the following vote: Aye: 7 - Ballard, Dzuro, Lehr, Wilson, Harris, Medley and Diaz 6. PUBLIC HEARING Chairman Diaz gave an overview of the Public Hearing process. Lake Havasu City Page 1 Printed on 4/3/2024 Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes - Final March 20, 2024 ID 24-4180 Adopt Resolution No. 24-05 Abandoning Parking-In-Common Participation and Removing the Property from the Parking-In-Common Plan for 1535 El Camino Drive, Tract 2194, Block 2, Lots 4, 5 & 6 (Trevor Kearns) City Planner Trevor Kearns reviewed his presentation [displayed PowerPoint], highlighting the following: • The subject property is located on El Camino Drive between London Bridge Road and El Camino, with an alley abutting the rear of the property. • The subject property is zoned General Commercial (C-2) District. • The properties to the south, east, and west are a mixture of C-2 and Limited Commercial (C-1) Districts and are used for commercial uses. • The properties to the north, across the alley, are zoned Residential Manufactured Home (R-MH) District and are developed for residential uses. Mr. Kearns explained that in 2002, previous owners wanted to build an addition outside the buildable area, into the shared parking area. The approved plan allowed the addition by designating extra shared parking on lots 4 & 5. It was not developed, but the area is still designated as shared parking. The current Parking-In-Common (PIC) plan is 67 parking spaces with access from the alley and El Camino Drive. Other properties within this block have been removed from the PIC plan. Several other commercial properties along El Camino Way have also been removed from their respective shared parking agreements. Mr. Kearns stated the applicant’s Letter of Intent requests to remove the shared parking to allow an enclosed storage area. If removed from the PIC plan, all required parking for any proposed uses of the properties shall be provided on the 3 subject lots and spaces may be reserved. Use of the PIC area on the two remaining lots in Block 2 is not allowed. The applicant will also be required to amend the deed restrictions for the building and parking designations. He noted the applicant is present. Commissioner Harris asked about the specifics of the deed restrictions. Mr. Kearns explained there are restrictions for buildable and parking areas that will need to be amended. Jason Mansfield, applicant, thanked the Commission and let them know he is happy to answer any questions. There were no questions from the Commission. Chairman Diaz opened the Public Hearing. Seeing no comments, he closed the Public Hearing. Mr. Kearns stated that based on the findings, the Development Review Committee recommends approval of Land Use Action No. 24-4180, abandoning Parking-In-Common Lake Havasu City Page 2 Printed on 4/3/2024 Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes - Final March 20, 2024 participation and removing the property from the Parking-In-Common plan for 1535 El Camino Drive, Tract 2194, Block 2, Lots 4, 5 & 6, with the following conditions: 1. Owner is required to comply with all applicable City codes, including driveway locations and parking, prior to development of the properties. 2. Non-compliant wall will need to be removed for required 10-foot-wide landscape frontage on El Camino Drive as required by City Code Section 14.04.04. 3. Owner must amend the deed restrictions to remove the building and parking area designations. 4. On-site inspection of proposed site-specific parking area shall be conducted within 6 months of this approval. Chairman Diaz asked the applicant if he understood the conditions. The applicant responded affirmatively. Commissioner Wilson moved to approve Land Use Action 24-4180 with Staff's Recommendations. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Harris. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 7 - Ballard, Dzuro, Lehr, Wilson, Harris, Medley and Diaz 7. CALL TO PUBLIC Chairman Diaz gave an overview of Call to Public and opened Call to Public. Seeing no comments, he closed Call to Public. 8. FUTURE MEETING The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission will be Wednesday, April 3, 2024. 9. ADJOURNMENT Chairman Diaz adjourned the meeting at 9:13 a.m. _________________________________________ David Diaz, Chairman _________________________________________ Shelby Hennigan, Recording Secretary Lake Havasu City Page 3 Printed on 4/3/2024