TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Paul Mood, Town Engineer
Kevin Burke, Town Manager
DATE: April 12, 2018
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
Staff Contact Paul Mood, 480-348-3573
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AGENDA TITLE:
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Consideration to remove the hillside designation on the property located at 4554 E. McDonald Drive (APN: 169-50-003)
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Town Value(s):
? Primarily one-acre, residential community
? Limited government
? Creating a sense of community
? Partnerships with existing schools and resorts to enhance recreational opportunities
? Improving aesthetics/creating a brand
? Preserving natural open space
Removing the Hillside designation will allow the property to be developed consistent with other properties in this area directly adjacent to McDonald Drive.
Council Goals or Statutory Requirements:
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution 2018-10 removing the hillside designation on the property located at 5445 E. McDonald Drive (APN: 169-50-003), including its reference on Figure 2, Hillside Development Area, of Article XXII, Hillside Development the Town Zoning Ordinance.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The applicant represents the property owner of 4554 E. McDonald Drive (APN: 169-50-003), located two lots east of the northeast corner of 45th Street and McDonald Drive. The Town has removed hillside designations in the past if the average lot slope is less than ten percent. The subject lot borders McDonald Drive which is a major arterial roadway and it has an average lot slope of approximately 2.9 percent and a building pad slope of approximately 1.5 percent.
By removing the Hillside designation the property would be required to conform to non-hillside building regulations which allows for free standing site walls but reduces the overall maximum allowable height of the residence.
Hillside Development Regulations:
The Hillside Development Regulations define the Hillside Development Area as the following:
Those areas marked in ...
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