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Permit Review Detail

Permit Number: DP14-0102
Parcel: 14036005A

Address:
4975 E BENSON HY

Review Status: Completed

Review Details: GRADING

Permit Number - DP14-0102
Review Name: GRADING
Review Status: Completed
Review Date Reviewer's Name Type of Review Description Status Comments
06/24/2014 DAVID RIVERA ZONING REVIEW Passed
06/24/2014 MARTIN BROWN FIRE REVIEW Denied Please include utility plan showing fire hydrant locations. Refer to Appendix C of the 2012 International Fire Code for spacing requirements.
No Parking sign detail on sheet 6 of 12 incorrect. Revise.
07/09/2014 ANDREW CONNOR NPPO REVIEW Approved ERR report was added, changed requiers change to approval.
07/10/2014 ELIZABETH EBERBACH ENGINEERING REVIEW Reqs Change DATE: July 10, 2014
SUBJECT: Valencia Crossing Spine Road ERR Report
REVIEWER: Elizabeth Leibold
ACTIVITY NUMBER: DP14-0102
ADDRESS: 4975 E BENSON HY

SUMMARY: Engineering Division of Development Services Department does not recommend approval until the ERR Report is provided for review. It appears that the ERR Report is missing from the package and submittal shall address ERR requirements as discussed with Joe Linville on May 5, 2014.

ERR COMMENTS:
1) Tuc Code Chap29, Tech Man Sec.4-02.2.5.B.1: Encroachment in Regulated Areas: If the project proposes encroachment within the regulated areas, it shall conform to the following. Environmental Resource Report. Applicants are required to submit an Environmental Resource Report as defined in Section 11.4.6 of the UDC. The supporting material for preparation of the Environmental Resource Report is based on information from the Hydrologic Data and Wash Information maps on the Tucson Department of Transportation internet web site: The Critical and Sensitive Wildlife Habitat Map and Report, the Mayor and Council Interim Watercourse Improvement Policy and subsequent adopted policies, the Tucson Stormwater Management Study, the following Basin Management Plans: 1) West Branch, Santa Cruz; 2) Houghton East; 3) Este Wash; and 4) Arroyo Chico, the Tucson Stormwater Management Study, Phase II and field observation. An application may request that an element listed below be waived or that the report address only a specified area where a full report is not applicable to the proposed encroachment. PDSD may grant such waivers where the elements or full report are not required by code. Environmental Resource Report must include:
a. a) A table of contents, indicating all information by page or map number;
b. b) The location of the 100-year floodplain on, adjacent to, and a minimum of 200 feet upstream and downstream of the proposed development;
c. c) Soil conditions in and adjacent to the watercourse, and the erosion potential;
d. d) Existing rights-of-way or easement dedication along the wash for a distance of 500 feet upstream and downstream of the proposed development;
e. e) The existing and proposed ownership of any drainageway facilities on or adjacent to the site and identification of the persons responsible for the maintenance of such facilities;
f. f) Previous hydraulic/hydrology studies or maps prepared for the watershed and relevant floodplain studies, delineations, LOMR applications and approvals affecting the project site;
g. g) Groundwater recharge potential at this location;
h. h) Sediment transport characteristics along the watercourse centered on this location;
i. i) Existing and proposed utilities to and across the site;
j. j) Any other elements that may be characteristic of the watercourses on or adjacent to the site;
k. k) A map indicating the boundaries of the proposed development and its relationship to any watercourses designated on the Hydrologic Data and Wash Information maps on the Tucson Department of Transportation internet web site;
l. l) An aerial photograph no more than two years old, with flight date, north arrow, project site boundaries, floodplain delineation, protected riparian area and a scale no smaller than one inch equals 200 feet. DSD staff may request an aerial photograph with topographic information;
m. m) Ground level photographs from points identified on submitted plans that document the protected riparian area and any areas within the protected riparian area to be disturbed;
n. n) Any applicable Basin Management Plan, which recommends that watercourses remain in a natural state, shall be referenced in the Report;
o. o) A map identifying the type, location and extent of all riparian resources and plant associations, including but not limited to, hydroriparian habitat, mesoriparian habitat, xeroriparian habitat, tobosa grass habitat, mesquite bosques, individual cacti and trees with a caliper of four inches or greater, and all saguaros, regardless of size. The identification of riparian habitat shall cover the entire site and is not limited to the regulated areas;
p. p) Delineation of the proposed protected riparian area and a statement of the total area of the site, the total area of the protected riparian area, the area within the regulated area, and the total of any areas proposed to be disturbed within the protected riparian areas;
q. q) Delineation of the riparian resources and any proposed open space linkages or facilities recommended by parks, recreation, open space, and trails plan, for a distance of 500 feet or one-half times the length of the watercourses on the property, whichever is greater, both upstream and downstream from the property. This shall be based on information that is available from aerial photographs, the Hydrologic Data and Wash Information maps on the Tucson Department of Transportation internet web site and other public sources;
r. r) A Plant Inventory and aerial photographs of individual woody plants and cacti rooted within the encroachment area. Both living and dead plants and cacti should be inventoried. The Plant Inventory List shall include an identification number, genus and species, and size of all plants having basal trunk diameters greater than two inches. All plants inventoried are to be shown on an aerial photograph at a minimum scale of one inch equals 60 feet;
s. s) A delineation, map and assessment on an aerial photograph of habitat types noted on the Critical and Sensitive Wildlife Habitat Map;
t. t) A written or mapped assessment of significant densities of wildlife by species;
u. u) A description of the impact of the encroachment on riparian resources within the property and on the adjacent property as identified in subsection q above;
v. v) A written statement from the regional office of the Arizona Game and Fish Department regarding any impacts to fish and wildlife;
w. w) A draft Mitigation Plan in conformance with subsection 3 below if development is proposed within the protected riparian areas; and,
x. x) Other landscaping requirements established in Chapter 23 of the Tucson Code.

If you have any questions, please call me at 837-4934.

Elizabeth Leibold, P.E., CPM, CFM
Civil Engineer
Engineering Division
Planning & Development Services Department
07/10/2014 ELIZABETH EBERBACH ENGINEERING REVIEW Reqs Change DATE: July 16, 2014 (UPDATED COMMENTS)
SUBJECT: Valencia Crossing Spine Road ERR Report
REVIEWER: Elizabeth Leibold
ACTIVITY NUMBER: DP14-0102
ADDRESS: 4975 E BENSON HY

SUMMARY: Engineering Division of Development Services Department has completed the review of the ERR Report and finds it in compliance with City of Tucson Floodplain Ordinance 26-5.2(4), and, unless Landscaping review has significant issues with the review, Engineering recommends conditional approval. ERR report sheets were initially missing from the submittal set 10JUL14, then found and review comments were provided 16JUL14. The following comment should be addressed for formal set for stamping.

ERR COMMENT:
1) Tuc Code Chap26-5.2(4), Tech Man Sec.4-03.2.1, UDC Sec.11.4.6: Correct section n) on sheet ERR-1: Any applicable Basin Management Plan, which recommends that watercourses remain in a natural state, shall be referenced in the Report; This site lies within the Balanced Basin Management Area Plan where 100-year peak discharges from the site can not exceed pre-developed values. Please update this information and provide discussion of proposed basin and how it meets this requirement.

If you have any questions, please call me at 837-4934.

Elizabeth Leibold, P.E., CPM, CFM
Civil Engineer
Engineering Division
Planning & Development Services Department

Final Status

Task End Date Reviewer's Name Type of Review Description
07/22/2014 CPIERCE1 REJECT SHELF Completed