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Permit Review Detail

Permit Number: TD-DEV-0924-00253
Parcel: 14041009A

Review Status: In Review

Review Details: DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE NEW v.2

Permit Number - TD-DEV-0924-00253
Review Name: DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE NEW v.2
Review Status: In Review
Review Date Reviewer's Name Type of Review Description Status Comments
10/28/2024 Commercial Plumbing APPROVED
N/A CDRC Post Review PENDING ASSIGNMENT
N/A External Reviewers - Tucson Electric Power (TEP) PENDING ASSIGNMENT
10/25/2024 External Reviewers - Tucson Airport Authority REQUIRES RESUBMIT October 25, 2024
Planning and Development Services
City of Tucson
201 North Stone Avenue
Tucson, AZ. 85701
RE: TD-DEV-0924-00253 – 3 Phase Minor Development of existing site and associated
improvements / 3350 E Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ. 85706, Received October 11, 2024
To whom this may concern,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on TD-DEV-0924-00273, the development plan for a
research and product development use, an office, and hazardous material storage at 3350 East
Valencia Road. This development is located in the N.E. quarter of the N.W. quarter of Section
16, Township 15S, Range 14E, of the Gila and Salt River Meridian. The development site
occupies parcel numbers 140-41-009A, covers approximately 14.46 ± acres, and is zoned as
Light Industrial Zone (I-1). The nearest major roadway intersection is East Valencia Road and
Lisa Frank Avenue, approximately 75 feet to the northwest of the subject development.
This site does lie within the Tucson International Airport avigation easement requirements and
public disclosure area, FAA traffic pattern airspace, and FAA Part 77 airspace.
Below is the response received from the FAA Notice Criteria Tool:
1. 77.9(b) by 8 ft. The nearest airport is TUS, and the nearest runway is 04/22.
2. The FAA requests that you file.
The Tucson Airport Authority is requiring a resubmittal of this project.
Conditions of approval:
1. “As the project site develops, each project applicant must file FAA Form 7460 with the
FAA at least 45 days before construction activities begin for each proposed project
unless the FAA staff, with the Obstruction Evaluation / Airport Airspace Analysis
(OE/AAA), provides the project applicant with written communication that filing FAA
Form 7460 is not required. It is highly recommended that the applicant file earlier than 45
days to provide the applicant with sufficient time to respond to any concerns identified by
the FAA. Note that cranes proposed to be used onsite must also be identified on Form
7460. Please file Form 7460 at https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/portal.jsp.”
Although this project does not propose a change in plan designation or zoning the Tucson
Airport Authority highly recommends the applicant add the following notes into the general notes
of the revised development plan. This project is located approximately 1 mile northeast of
Tucson International Airport and is within FAA traffic pattern airspace, an area which would be
subject to aircraft overflight and noise due to being in close proximity to Tucson International
Airport.
The proposed notes would provide a means of assuring that future owners and tenants of the
property are aware they are in proximity an airport and further assures the continued right of the
City of Tucson, Tucson Airport Authority, and all persons lawfully utilizing the Tucson
International Airport the right to utilize the airspace above or near the property. This would be
accomplished through the property owner recording the Avigation Easement and providing the
Airport Disclosure Statement to the new residents of all residential uses. The Tucson Airport
Authority believes the proposed note helps to support the City of Tucson Airport Environs
Overlay Zone and supports Plan Tucson – Regional and Global Positioning policy 4 (RG-4).
1."That prior to the City's approval of the proposed development, the property owner
must record the Avigation Easement that discloses the existence and operational
characteristics of the Tucson International Airport to future owners or tenants of the
property and further conveys the right to the public to lawfully use the airspace above the
property. The Avigation Easement shall be recorded in a manner with the Pima County
recorder which shall document it as having title liability. The content of such documents
shall be according to the form and instructions provided.”
The current property owner or person authorized to sign on behalf of the current property owner
must complete, sign, and record the Avigation Easement. Please record the Avigation
Easement with the Pima County Recorder’s Office. Then send a complete copy of the recorded
easement document to Tucson Airport Authority by either email (send to
srobidoux@flytucson.com) or to the mailing address provided below.
Scott Robidoux
Manager of Planning
Tucson Airport Authority
7250 South Tucson Blvd, Suite 300
Tucson, AZ 85756”
2. Applicable to residential uses only
“The property owner/developer/applicant must provide the Airport Disclosure Statement
form, at time of sale, to the new property owners with all new unit purchases. In the
event the development of any residential uses does not involve the sale of new units but
is instead offering rental residential units to the public, the new tenant of the rental unit
must be provided a copy of the Airport Disclosure Statement form. The intent of the
Airport Disclosure Statement form is to educate and notify the new residents that they
are living near an airport. The content of such documents shall be according to the form
and instructions provided.”
The property owner (for itself or its tenants) shall forward a signed copy of the Airport Disclosure
Statement form to the Tucson Airport Authority within ten (10) days of signature, using the Scott
Robidoux mailing address provided above.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this
comment letter. I may be reached by email at srobidoux@flytucson.com or by telephone at 520-
573-4811.
Respectfully,
Scott Robidoux, C.M.
Manager of Planning
11/01/2024 NPPO REQUIRES RESUBMIT See Site Landscape Comment number 2 for possible native plant mitigation option.

Thank you.
Chad Keller, RLA
chad.keller@tucsonaz.gov
10/28/2024 Site Engineering REQUIRES RESUBMIT 1. Provide documentation of water easement abandonment or add a note that says "to be abandoned by separate instrument".
2. Provide updated waste stream calculations per TSM 8.

Mike Ortiz
michael.ortiz@tucsonaz.gov
11/01/2024 Site Landscape REQUIRES RESUBMIT CDRC TRANSMITTAL
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
REVIEWER: CHAD KELLER, RLA
PDSD SITE LANDSCAPE/NATIVE PLANT PRESERVATION SECTION

PROJECT: 3 PHASE MINOR DEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING SITE AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS
ACTIVITY NO: TD-DEV-0924-00253
ADDRESS: 3350 E VALENCIA RD
ZONING: I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE

This plan has been reviewed for compliance with applicable development criteria in the City of Tucson Unified Development Code (UDC) Administrative Manual (AM) Section 2-11 and Technical Manual (TM) Section for landscape, native plants, and water harvesting.

Please resubmit revised drawings along with a detailed response letter, which states how all Landscape/NPPO Review Section comments are addressed.

SITE LANDSCAPE/NPPO SECTION COMMENTS:

1. The letter addressed to the previous PDSD reviewer is sufficient in calling out the fact that the expansion of gross floor area is less that 25 percent. This exempts the project from being brought up to full landscape code. However, there are planter islands associated with the phase 2 building expansion. Can those areas be depressed and show trees, irrigation and inorganic groundcover on a supplemental landscape sheet(s) in the civil development package? This is just a recommendation for the betterment of the project, not required.

2. The phase 3 storage building, and concrete paving surround is demolishing several native trees. These could be mitigated for and implemented in the water harvesting basin called out as number 7 on sheet C2 (14 of 16). Again, for the betterment of the overall site, not required.

Thank you.
Chad Keller, RLA
chad.keller@tucsonaz.gov
11/04/2024 Site Zoning REQUIRES RESUBMIT CDRC TRANSMITTAL

TO:
Development Services Department
Plans Coordination Office

FROM:
Fernando García
PDSD Site Zoning Review Section

PROJECT:
TD-DEV-0924-00253 – Development Package
3350 E Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ 85706
Development Package (2nd Review)

TRANSMITTAL DATE: November 4, 2024
DUE DATE: October 27, 2024

COMMENTS: Please resubmit revised drawings and any redlined plans along with a detailed response letter, which states how all Site Zoning Review Section comments were addressed. Please provide notice to the reviewer, Fernando Garcia, at fernando.garcia2@tucsonaz.gov upon resubmittal for quicker review.

Section 3.3.3.G.5.c UDC, An applicant has one year from the date of application to obtain approval of a site plan that complies with zoning and other development requirements in effect at the time of application, unless an ordinance adopted by Mayor and Council during this period states otherwise. A site plan application that has been in review for a period of one year and has not yet been approved is considered denied. To continue the review of a site plan for the property, a new site plan must be submitted that complies with regulations in effect at the time of re-submittal. The new submittal initiates a new one-year review period. One year Expiration date is September 13, 2025.

SECTION 2-06.0.0: DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE (TENTATIVE PLATS AND SITE PLANS)

CONTENT REQUIREMENTS

2-06.4.7 - General Notes
The following general notes are required. Additional notes specific to each plan are required where applicable.

2-06.4.7.A.8.b - Percentage and area in square feet of building and accessory building coverage;

1. COMMENT: 2-06.4.7.A.8.b – Provide percentage in square feet of building and accessory building coverage.


2-06.4.9.H.5.a - Show all motor vehicle off-street parking spaces provided, fully dimensioned. As a note, provide calculations on the number of spaces required (include the ratio used) and the number provided, including the number of spaces required and provided for the physically disabled. The drawing should indicate parking space locations for the physically disabled. A typical parking space detail shall be provided for both standard parking spaces and those for the physically disabled. For information on parking requirements for the physically disabled, refer to adopted building and accessibility codes of the City of Tucson. Design criteria for parking spaces and access are located in Section 7.4.6, Motor Vehicle Use Area Design Criteria, of the UDC.

2. COMMENT: 2-06.4.9.H.5.a – Draw, dimension, and label where parking spaces for Phases 1 and 3 are located. Parking spaces for Phase 2 are shown, but no accessible spaces are dimensioned or labeled.

Overall Site Plan (Sheet 3) does not show all parking spaces (only those in vicinity of the existing building). Show all templated parking areas and indicate number by parking space grouping.


2-06.4.9.H.5.c - Show all loading zones, vehicle maneuverability fully dimensioned, and access route. Provide as a note the number of loading spaces required, the number provided, whether the loading space is a Type A or B as provided in UDC Section 7.5.4.

3. COMMENT: 2-06.4.9.H.5.c – Loading area calculations are confusing. Please review and correct. Table indicates three existing Type-A and two existing Type-B loading areas and that two will be reduced in Phase 1, yet demolition plans do not label two loading areas to be reduced. Indicate, with at minimum of a key note, where existing loading areas to be reduced are located.

Table indicates one Type-B is required, but per UDC Table 7.5.5-A, for the full site, upon completion of all phases, one Type-A loading area will be required (for the 50-100k sf of total Commercial Services Use Group-Officers).

Phase 1 Site Plan (Sheet 6) shows what may be a loading area on the south side of the new building. If so, clearly label this as a loading area and indicate type. Dimensions shown for this area do not meet minimum dimensional requirements for either a Type-A (12’x35’) or Type B (12’x55’) loading area.


2-06.4.9.H.5.d - Show bicycle parking facilities fully dimensioned. For specifics, refer to Section 7.4.9, Bicycle Parking Design Criteria, of the UDC. Provide, as a note, calculations for short and long term bicycle spaces required and provided.

4. COMMENT: 2-06.4.9.H.5.d – Bicycle parking facilities are not drawn, dimensioned, or labeled for each phase. No short-term or long-term bicycle parking is shown on site plans for Phases 2 or 3. If long-term bicycle parking is to be located inside a building, provide a key note.


2-06.4.9.O - All applicable building setback lines, such as erosion hazard, floodplain detention/retention basins, and zoning, including sight visibility triangles, will be shown.

5. COMMENT: 2-06.4.9.O – Indicate building setback from southeastern and southwestern corners of Phase 2 building on site plan.


2-06.4.9.Q - Provide the square footage and the height of each commercial, industrial, or business structure and the specific use proposed within the footprint of the building(s).

6. COMMENT: 2-06.4.9.Q - Building height on Phase 2 Site Plan (Sheet 10) is missing.


2-06.4.9.R - Show on-site pedestrian circulation and refuge utilizing location and the design criteria in Section 7-01.0.0, Pedestrian Access, of the Technical Standards Manual.

7. COMMENT: 2-06.4.9.R – See comment 2. Pedestrian circulation from parking spaces to building entries is not clearly drawn, dimensioned, or labeled for any phases.

Show pedestrian circulation path from the area of the existing building/Phase 1/Phase 3 across the parking lot to Phase 2 building.


***For additional information on the any standard presented in this memo, please refer to the City of Tucson “Unified Development Code” – Administrative Manual Section 2-06 or Technical Standards noted in the comments. https://www.tucsonaz.gov/pdsd/all-codes-plans-determinations


If you have any questions about this transmittal, contact Fernando Garcia at fernando.garcia2@tucsonaz.gov.

RESUBMITTAL OF THE FOLLOWING IS REQUIRED: Revised development package and comment response letter. To resubmit visit Tucson Development Center at https://tdc-online.tucsonaz.gov/#/home.
Instructions for resubmittal - https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/pdsd/website/Resubmittals.pdf.
09/27/2024 CDRC Application Completeness REVIEW COMPLETED
10/11/2024 CDRC Review Coordinator REVIEW COMPLETED CDRC added TAA and TEP PAG, USPS, SWG to the workflow. Review request email sent to TAA and TEP. FYI email sent to PAG, USPS, SWG.
10/11/2024 External Reviewers - Pima Association of Governments REVIEW COMPLETED CDRC sent FYI email sent to PAG, USPS, SWG. No further action is required.
10/11/2024 External Reviewers - Southwest Gas REVIEW COMPLETED CDRC sent FYI email sent to PAG, USPS, SWG. No further action is required.
10/11/2024 External Reviewers - United States Postal Service (USPS) REVIEW COMPLETED CDRC sent FYI email sent to PAG, USPS, SWG. No further action is required.
10/24/2024 Fire New Construction REVIEW COMPLETED
09/30/2024 OK to Submit - Engineering REVIEW COMPLETED
10/10/2024 OK to Submit - Zoning REVIEW COMPLETED
10/16/2024 ROW Engineering Review REVIEW COMPLETED DTM has no comments.