TO: Chair and Planning Commission
FROM: Eva Cutro, Community Development Director
DATE: July 11, 2017
CONTACT:
Staff Contact
Eva Cutro, 480-348-3522
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AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Discussion of a Minor Amendment to the Ritz-Carlton Special Use Permit, Area B
SEC Indian Bend Road and Mockingbird Lane, 7000 E Lincoln Drive - Modifications to basement light wells and removal of the Neighborhood Walk
Request
REQUEST
Shea Homes Limited Partnership is requesting a Minor Special Use Permit amendment for Ritz-Carlton, Area B located at 7000 E Lincoln Drive (Assessor Parcel 174-58-162) for expanded and elongated (joined) basement window wells to allow additional natural light into the basement areas and provide for outdoor living space. The request also includes removal of the 5' Neighborhood Walk approved through the Special Use Permit.
Background
BACKGROUND
History:
The property located at 7000 E. Lincoln Drive was annexed into the Town in 1964. In 1987 the Town Council granted a Special Use Permit and re-zoning for Sun Valley Resort a mix of resort units, residential lots, and a golf course. The SUP allowed for up to 500 resort keys, 39 R-43 cluster plan lots, and a golf course. Although an entrance circle on Indian Bend Road was constructed, no further development occurred.
In 2008 the Town Council granted an amendment to the existing Special Use Permit to allow for a resort community, including: a resort hotel with 225 rooms, spa, restaurants, and meeting space; 100 resort patio homes; 46 luxury detached residential homes, 15 one-acre home lots; and, site improvements including parking, landscaping, and lighting and, improvements to site infrastructure. No development occurred.
In 2012 the Town adopted a new General Plan. The General Plan categorized this property as one of the new Development Areas, intended to focus resort development into targeted areas that are most appropriate for accommodating the variety of land uses associated with ...
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