TO: Mayor Bien-Willner and Town Council Members
FROM: Jill Keimach, Town Manager
Dawn-Marie Buckland, Deputy Town Manager
Jeremy Knapp, Community Development Director
Paul Michaud, Senior Planner
DATE: November 7, 2019
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
Paul Michaud, Senior Planner, 480-348-3574
AGENDA TITLE:
Discussion of Possible Right-of-Way Abandonment of 5664 N Homestead Lane
REQUEST:
The Town Community Development Department received an application request from the property owner, Nineteen Trust c/o Joshua Kesselman, of 5664 N Homestead Lane (Assessor Parcel No. 170-03-026C) to vacate (abandon) an approximate 1,331 square-foot strip of right-of-way (approximately 10' wide by 135' long) adjoining 5664 N Homestead Lane. Homestead Lane is designated a local road. The right-of-way width adjoining the subject property is 60 feet. The typical right-of-way width for a local road is 50 feet.
The property owner is seeking to abandon this right-of-way for the purpose of increasing the size of this property to two net acres in order to have four horses. Section 502 of the Zoning Ordinance restricts the number of horses to two per full net acre. The property is currently 1.98 net acres. The right-of-way abandonment would increase the property to slightly over two net acres. The application material is in Attachment A.
BACKGROUND:
Prior Discussion
The Town Council was given a brief overview of the requested right-of-way abandonment at an executive session on May 23, 2019. The Council gave staff direction that the property owner could proceed in making this application. There was some concern about the possibility of the property owner being able to split the site as the property size after right-of-way abandonment will be 2.01 acres (87,487 square feet). It should be noted that there are several development standards such as the lot configuration test (each lot accommodating a 165' diameter circle touching at the front 40' setback line on a lot...
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