TO: Chair and Planning Commission
FROM: Jeremy Knapp, Community Development Director
Paul Michaud, Planning Manager
George Burton, Senior Planner
DATE: March 3, 2020
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
Staff Contact George Burton, Senior Planner, 480-348-3525
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Discussion of a Minor Special Use Permit Amendment
Mountain Shadows Resort (SUP-20-01). 5445 E. Lincoln Drive.
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REQUEST
Mountain Shadows Resort is requesting a Minor Special Use Permit (SUP) amendment to add a new left turn lane on Lincoln Drive.
Background
BACKGROUND
In 1992, the Town annexed Mountain Shadows Resort. The site is approximately 68 acres in size with a golf course. On April 18, 2013, a Special Use Permit (SUP) was approved to redevelop the resort and golf course. The Mountain Shadows SUP includes a mix of resort, residential, and golf course uses. The east side of 56th Street is residential and the west side contains a resort hotel, resort residential units, resort retail, and golf facilities. On May 16, 2017, a Minor SUP amendment was approved to add accent lighting on the resort building.
The resort has been in operation for approximately three years and has experienced a consistent challenge with guest accessing the resort; in which westbound Lincoln traffic has a tendency to pass the resort entrance at Mountain Shadows Drive and then makes a U-turn at the first median break or at Desert Fairways Drive to access the property. As a result, the applicant is requesting a Minor SUP amendment in order to add a new left turn lane on Lincoln Drive for westbound traffic.
Existing Conditions
There are two entrances on Lincoln Drive and two entrances on 56th Street. Currently, on Lincoln Drive, the west entrance is a secondary access point with right-in/right-out movements. The east entrance on Lincoln Drive is a primary access point with right-in/right-out and left-in/left-out movements. The entrance nearest to Lincoln D...
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