TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Dawn-Marie Buckland, Deputy Town Manager
Paul Michaud, Interim Community Development Director
DATE: May 24, 2018
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
Staff Contact Paul Michaud, 480-348-3574
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Discussion of Major Special Use Permit Amendment - Statement of Direction (SUP-18-05). 7101 E Lincoln Drive - SmokeTree Resort - 1st Review
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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
Several General Plan policies apply related to the request for redevelopment of the Smoke Tree Resort property. Primary policies that apply include the policies of Goal LU 2.1.2, Special Use Permit Property Revitalization, and several of the policies of Goal DA 2.2.1, Development Area Policy. The site is located in the East Lincoln Development Area that encourages moderate intensity, mixed-use, and context appropriate resort development that includes reasonable separation between incompatible uses and adjacent residential areas and effective buffering of unwanted noise, light, traffic and other adverse impacts. Also, the General Plan encourages upgrading existing structures and properties to improve their physical condition to acceptable Town standards. Attached is a more exhaustive list of pertinent General Plan policies for consideration in review of this application request.
REQUEST:
The new property owner of the Smoke Tree Resort is seeking redevelopment of the property via a major amendment to the site's existing Special Use Permit - Resort zoning. A first formal step in this application process is issuance of a Council Statement of Direction (SOD) to the Planning Commission.
Based on Council direction to hold two study sessio...
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