Mayor and Council Agendas for

1. ROLL CALL

2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION - Ms. Gohar Jamshedi, Baha’i Faith

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Mayor and Council, Staff and Public in Attendance

3. CONSENT AGENDA - ITEMS A THROUGH I

FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS

SEE THE CONSENT AGENDA

Matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired by members of the governing body, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.

A liquor license application will automatically be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item by the Mayor and Council if either of the following occurs: A protest against a liquor license application has been received by the City Clerk; OR, A City staff report recommends denial of a liquor license application.

4. ZONING: (C9-98-01) LAWYERS TITLE TRUST NO. 7685 - MISSION ROAD, MH-2 TO C-1 AND C-2

(a) Report from City Manager MAY4-98-243 WI

(b) Report from Zoning Examiner dated April 3, 1998

(c) Request to rezone 13.5 acres from MH-2 to C-1 and 13.4 acres from MH-2 to C-2 zoning for a total of 26.9 acres. The site is located on the northeast corner of Mission Road and Irvington Road, west of the West Branch of the Santa Cruz River and south of the original Irvington Road alignment. Applicant: Planning Resources, on behalf of the property owner, Lawyers Title Trust No. 7685. The site is bisected by a 100-foot-wide WAPA (Western Area Power Authority) easement from northwest to southeast and a 15-foot-wide sewer easement from north to south. The preliminary development plan is for a mixed use commercial center including three restaurant pads, a bank pad and a grocery store on 13.5 acres, a gas station on 1.7 acres, two automotive and retail/commercial buildings on 3.2 acres, a plant nursery on 4.9 acres and a self-storage facility on 3.6 acres. The Planning Department and the Zoning Examiner recommends approval of C-2 zoning for the 3.6 acres designated as self-storage, the 4.9 acres designated as nursery and the 3.2 acres designated for automotive and retail, and C-1 zoning for the remaining 15.2 acres of the site, subject to the conditions. The City Manager recommends approval of C-2 zoning for the 3.6 acres designated as self-storage, the 4.9 acres designated as nursery and the 3.2 acres designated for automotive and retail, and C-1 zoning for the remaining 15.2 acres, subject to the following conditions.

1. A development plan, in substantial compliance with the preliminary development plan and the Environmental Resource Report, is to be submitted and approved in accordance with Section 5.3.8 of the LUC, including, but not limited to:

a. The proposed C-2 zoned, 18,800 square feet of automotive and retail uses and service area on 3.2 acres are to be setback a minimum 400 feet from Mission Road and relocated to the north with screening and buffering from the linear park provided by the self-storage facility and the plant nursery.

b. A maximum building height as measured to the highest point of the building of:

1. Eighteen (18) feet for all buildings within 400 feet of the Mission Road right-of-way.

2. Eighteen (18) feet for all self-storage and nursery buildings in the C-2 zone.

3. Thirty (30) feet for all other buildings.

c. A unified and consolidated architectural design for all proposed development.

d. The predominant colors of all buildings shall be earth tones. Bolder colors shall be limited to accents.

e. A minimum twenty (20)-foot-wide landscape buffer on the development side of the Mission Road right-of-way.

f. A minimum fifteen (15)-foot-wide landscape buffer on the development side of the Irvington Road right-of-way north of Wyoming Wash.

g. A minimum ten (10)-foot-wide landscape buffer on the development side of the north property boundary, exclusive of the drainage easement.

h. All landscape buffers are to be designed in compliance with the vegetative size, number and coverage requirements of the LUC.

i. The RV storage area is to be screened by a minimum eight (8)-foot-high decorative masonry wall, if located adjacent to the riverpark or adjacent residentially zoned property.

j. Improvements to the riverpark adjacent to the West Branch of the Santa Cruz River in accordance with the Santa Cruz Riverpark Masterplan policies.

k. Noise-generating uses, such as loading zones and dumpster locations, shall be located a minimum of fifty feet from any adjacent residential zone boundary or the linear park. Outdoor loudspeakers shall be at least 200 feet from and directed away from the adjacent residential zoning and the linear park.

l. No barbed wire, concertina wire, razor wire or other type of security wire shall be visible from public right-of-ways, the Santa Cruz Riverpark, or the adjacent residential properties.

2. The owner/developer shall obtain the appropriate easements for access across public drainageways.

3. No driveways shall be allowed within 200 feet of the intersection of Mission Road and Irvington Road. Driveways shall be located to take advantage of the existing median openings within Mission Road and Irvington Road. Any modifications to the median islands within Mission Road or Irvington Road shall be at the expense of the owner/developer. A traffic study will be required prior to any such modifications.

4. The owner/developer shall install curb and sidewalk along all street frontages, and all unused curb cuts and access points shall be closed.

5. The northernmost access on Mission Road shall be located at least 150 feet from the centerline of the original Irvington Road alignment.

6. All access to or improvements within the right-of-way of Mission Road shall be approved by both the City of Tucson and Pima County Departments of Transportation.

7. A one-foot no-access easement shall be recorded on the north and east property lines.

8. A drainage report shall be submitted and approved, including details of retention/detention, in compliance with the W.A.S.H. ordinance. If the vegetation in the original channel of the West Branch of the Santa Cruz River is to be preserved, an amount of storm water discharge adequate to sustain vegetation, shall be directed to the original west branch channel.

9. A Conditional Letter of Map Revision (C.L.O.M.R.) reflecting current conditions of the West Branch of the Santa Cruz River, the Wyoming Wash, and the unnamed wash adjacent to the north property line of this property, shall be filed with, and approved by, FEMA prior to the approval of any development plan. An approved L.O.M.R. will be required prior to issuance of any Certificate of Occupancy.

10. The owner/developer shall dedicate the necessary right-of-way to Pima County to provide for a fifty (50)-foot-wide linear park on the west side of the West Branch of the Santa Cruz River.

11. Any required or proposed masonry screen walls shall be constructed of, or painted with, graffiti-resistant materials. Those visible from the public right-of-way or the West Branch Linear Park shall incorporate one of the following decorative materials: (a) tile, (b) stone, (c) brick, (d) textured brick/block, (e) a coarse-textured material such as stucco or plaster, or (f) a combination of the above materials and, if continuous for more than 75 feet in length and 3 feet in height, shall vary the wall alignment (jog, curve, notch, or setback, etc.) and include trees or shrubs in the voids created by the variations.

12. The archeological research shall be completed as outlined in the archeological report submitted with the rezoning application. If additional artifacts or architectural remains are found during the site preparation or construction, the Arizona State Museum and the City Historic Program Administrator are to be immediately informed and mitigation completed as recommended.

13. The owner/developer shall provide written approval from the Western Area Power Authority (WAPA) for the placement of any improvements within the WAPA easement prior to the approval of a development plan.

14. All outdoor lighting shall be shielded and directed away from residential uses.

15. Any exterior mechanical equipment shall be screened from view of the adjacent linear park, residential zones, and public rights-of-way with opaque screening materials of a color complimentary to the building color. If the equipment is located on the ground, screen walls shall be used.

16. All free-standing signage shall be integrated into the landscaping and shall reflect the architectural style recommended in the Midvale Park Design Guidelines.

17. All development plans, including plats, landscaping, signage, grading, drainage, architecture, and site planning shall be reviewed by the Midvale Park Design Review Committee for compliance with the Midvale Park Design Guidelines.

18. "Safe by Design" concepts shall be incorporated in the development plan(s) for review by the Tucson Police Department.

19. Any relocation, modification, etc., of existing utilities and/or public improvements necessitated by the proposed development shall be at no expense to the public.

20. Five years are allowed in which to comply with all Code requirements and conditions of rezoning.

One (1) written approval and zero (0) written protest have been received.

A simple majority vote will be necessary to adopt an ordinance rezoning the subject property once the conditions of rezoning are met.

5. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

(a) Report from City Manager MAY4-98-240 CITY WIDE

6. CALL TO THE AUDIENCE, for persons desiring to speak.

7. ADJOURNMENT

The next scheduled meeting of the Mayor and Council will be held on Monday, May 11, 1998, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mayor and Council Chambers of City Hall, Tucson, Arizona.

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