TO: Chair and Planning Commission
FROM: Eva Cutro, Community Development Director
Paul Michaud, Senior Planner
DATE: September 19, 2017
CONTACT:
Staff Contact
Paul Michaud, 480-348-3574
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Citizen Review Work Session and Continued Discussion of several applications to develop a 9.6-acre property for 8 single-family lots located at the northwest corner of the Northern Avenue alignment and Scottsdale Road (The Villas at Cheney Estates - Town Triangle)
Background
UPDATE
The Planning Commission discussed the revised application requests on July 25, 2017 and August 15, 2017. Based on the prior discussions, below is an update on the progress of the application requests:
* For updated comments on the application requests, please see the Comments section below in this report.
* As discussed previously, FEMA approved the conditional letter of map revision (CLOMR). This CLOMR has been reviewed by the Town Engineer. A copy of this FEMA review is available on the Town's website as noted at the end of this report.
* At the last meeting, the applicant provided the requested visual showing the stacking capacity with various delivery vehicles.
* Based on four of the Planning Commissioners comments that the 12,000 square-foot lot size is too small and a recommendation to remove one lot, the applicant has revised the preliminary plat such that the smallest proposed lot is 16,648 square feet. This lot size is greater than the smallest existing cluster plan lot size of 16,365 square feet in the R-18 Cluster Plan of Cheney Estates. The proposed preliminary plat is unchanged at 8 lots.
* The City of Scottsdale and the Town Fire Marshal met to discuss the proposed emergency access drive onto Scottsdale Road. The City of Scottsdale prefers not to add another cut in the existing wall along Scottsdale Road. In accordance with fire standards, both the City of Scottsdale and Town Fire Marshal agreed to remove the emergency access drive provide...
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