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Plan Review Detail
Review Status: Completed
Review Details: REZONING - ZE HEARING
Plan Number - T08SE00034
Review Name: REZONING - ZE HEARING
Review Status: Completed
| Review Date | Reviewer's Name | Type of Review | Description | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/28/2008 | TERRY STEVENS | ZONING | REVIEW | Completed | CDRC TRANSMITTAL TO: Development Services Department Rezoning Section FROM: Terry Stevens Lead Planner PROJECT: AT&T - Campbell Ave. zoning is C-1 2420 N. Campbell Ave. Special Exception Case Number - SE-08-34 TRANSMITTAL: August 28, 2008 1. The proposed use falls under the LUC Sec. 2.5.3.3 Special Exception Land Uses, Commercial Services Use Group, Sec. 6.3.5. Communications "8", limited to wireless communication towers and antennae, subject to: Sec. 3.5.4.20.B, .C, and .E.2, or Sec. 3.5.4.20.B, .C, and .F.1, or Sec. 3.5.4.20.B, .C, and .G Development designator "8" requires or allows the following: Minimum site required = 43,560 sq. ft Floor area ratio = 0.15 Lot Coverage = 20% Maximum building height = 25 feet Interior perimeter yard indicator = FF Zoning has reviewed this proposal for compliance with The City of Tucson Development Standard Land Use Code (LUC). Off-Street Parking: One technician parking space required. Off-Street Loading: 0 required Bicycle Parking: 0 required Pedestrian Access: Not required. The following comments need to be made available at this time. An ingress/egress easement is required for access to this site for the technician parking space. Utility easements and lease area including the cell tower are not indicated on this set of plans. If you have any questions about this transmittal, please call Terry Stevens, (520) 836-4961 or email Terry.Stevens@tucsonaz.gov. |
| 08/28/2008 | MARTIN BROWN | FIRE | REVIEW | Completed | Fire has no objections. |
| 08/28/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | OFFICE OF CONSERVATION & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | Completed | No objections. No comments Frank Sousa |
| 08/29/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | PARKS & RECREATION | Completed | Parks and Recreation supports the proposal as long as the antennae are disguised as a palm tree as proposed. Glenn Hicks Capital Planning and Development Parks & Recreation Dept., City of Tucson |
| 09/02/2008 | JULIE YBARRA | SIGNS | SIGN CODE REVIEW | Completed | The above referenced case is located in the General Business District of the Tucson Sign Code. However, signs will not be permitted or allowed to be placed on any cell towers |
| 09/02/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | PIMA CNTY WASTEWATER | Completed | The PCWMD has no objection to the proposed special exception to replace an existing sixty-six foot tall wireless communication lattice tower with a new sixty-six foot tall tower disguised as a palm tree. Don Willhoit Sr. CEA, Capacity Management Section Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department |
| 09/02/2008 | PETER MCLAUGHLIN | LANDSCAPE | REVIEW | Completed | The landscape section has no comments or objections. |
| 09/04/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | ADOT | Completed | ADOT has NO COMMENT on this Project Douglas Kratina |
| 09/08/2008 | JOSE ORTIZ | DOT TRAFFIC | REVIEW | Completed | TDOT-Traffic has no objections to the proposed special exception. |
| 09/11/2008 | MATT FLICK | ENGINEERING | REVIEW | Completed | DSD Engineering has no objection or adverse comment to approval of a Special Exception for location of a 63" faux palm cellular facility monopole and associated facilities. The site is smaller than 1 acre and does not lie within a balanced/critical basin. Detention/retention is not required. The site does not lie within a regulatory floodplain. Access is off of Spring Street and a paved public alley located adjacent to the proposed installation. The alley is currently used for business access/parking, utility access and solid waste pickup. |
| 09/12/2008 | MCASTRO2 | ENV SVCS | REVIEW | Completed | No comments received. |
| 09/12/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | TDOT RTA | Completed | No comments received. |
| 09/12/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | SCHOOL DISTRICT | Completed | No comments received. |
| 09/12/2008 | MCASTRO2 | DOT ENGINEERING | REVIEW | Completed | No comments received. |
| 09/12/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | OTHER AGENCIES | Completed | 8/28/08 TEP Land Management Department has no comment at this time. Shannon Breslin Sr. Environmental and Land Use Planner Tucson Electric Power Company |
| 09/12/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | OTHER AGENCIES | Completed | 8/28/08 The Tucson Airport Authority has reviewed the above referenced project and has no comments or concerns. Judy Alexander, CAE Sr. Director Regulatory & Environmental Studies Tucson Airport Authority |
| 09/12/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | OTHER AGENCIES | Completed | 9/02/08 no comment. Tim Bolton Principal Planner Arizona State Land Department Southern Arizona Real Estate Office |
| 09/12/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | OTHER AGENCIES | Completed | 9/11/08 No concerns/comments. CSO Becky Noel Tucson Police Dept |
| 09/15/2008 | JOHN BEALL | COMMUNITY PLANNING | REVIEW | Completed | DEPARTMENT OF URBAN PLANNING & DESIGN SE-08-34 AT&T - Campbell Ave C-1 Special Exception (Zoning Examiner Full Notice Procedure) Cragin-Keeling Area Plan and General Plan 9/16/08 jsh (2nd revision; full review) Introduction - This special exception request is to replace an existing metal lattice tower with a 66-foot-high "stealth" monopalm, to conceal wireless communication antennas. The lattice tower, which would be removed after the new equipment has been installed, is attached to the northern wall of a retail building (R Galaxy comics and video store) located at 2420 N. Campbell Avenue, at the northeast corner of Campbell Avenue and Grant Road. The new monopalm will be on the north side of the retail building, approximately 53 feet east of the existing lattice tower. Ground equipment will be in a lease area on the eastern side of the building. Due to insufficient space for a masonry wall, the applicant proposes enclosing the lease area with an 8-foot-high tube steel fence with wood slats. Access is from Spring Street to the north, and a paved north-south alley east of the building. Parking will be provided in a dirt area directly north of the ground equipment lease area. Surrounding Land Uses and Zoning - The northeast corner of Campbell and Grant is zoned C-1 and developed with commercial uses along both street frontages, stepping back to narrow areas of O-3 then R-2 zoning, with R-1 in the neighborhood interior. Commercial development in this area consists of traditional, older, strip development along arterial streets. The buildings are generally older and small by today's standards, little parking is available, there is minimal to no landscaping along the street frontage, and scant attention was paid to visual impacts at the rear and sides. The transition from non-residential uses along the arterial streets to single-family uses in the neighborhood interior is generally abrupt, although in places limited multi-family residential development provides a transition. The special exception site is located on the south side of Spring Street, one short block north of Grant Road. Areas to the north, south and west are zoned C-1 and developed with retail uses. East of the site is a paved alley. Across the alley to the east are commercial uses along Grant Road in C-1 zoning, and a single-story office use in O-3 zoning, set back from Grant Road and directly east of the special exception area. To the northeast across Spring Street are triplexes in O-3 zoning. A short distance to the and northeast are single-family residences in an established R-1 neighborhood. Land Use Plan Policy Summary - The site is within the bounds of the Cragin-Keeling Area Plan (C-KAP). Policy guidance is provided by the C-KAP and the General Plan. Both the C-KAP and the General Plan support new development if it will be compatible with the surrounding areas, especially lower-intensity uses, such as residential neighborhoods. General Plan policies require that cellular communication facilities be designed and installed to minimize visual impacts and preserve views. Policies support development if it will maintain and/or enhance the functional and aesthetic qualities of the streetscape. Other policies provide for considering incentives for telecommunications providers to install infrastructure, not only in newer areas, but also in older neighborhoods, to increase opportunities for all citizens to have access to high-tech telecom services. Analysis - Given the widespread usage of cell phones, it is expected that requests for new and upgraded telecommunications facilities will continue. The key policy issues to be addressed are whether this proposal is compatible with, and provides adequate mitigation of visual impacts on, the surroundings. The area was generally built in the 1940s and 1950s. The closest residential development is a triplex to the northeast. Single-family homes are further east and northeast. If the visual impacts are mitigated, the proposed cellular communication facility will not adversely impact the surrounding areas. When the area was developed, many tall palm and pine trees were planted, and several remain. Although there are more pine than palm trees north of Grant Road, the applicant indicated that there is insufficient room for a stealth pine tree, and staff concurs. While the lone palm may be somewhat noticeable, it is a reasonable means of mitigating visual impacts on the neighborhood. Staff recommends that that the existing metal lattice tower be removed as a condition of granting this special exception request. Also, to ensure that the girth of the palm tree is visually consistent with what might be expected, it is recommended that the external diameter of the trunk be limited to no greater than 24 inches. The ground equipment lease area will be visible from Spring Street, the alley, and the businesses in the immediate area. Tube steel and wood slat screening, while not as visually appealing as a masonry wall, is consistent with other screening in the neighborhood, which consists of a mix of masonry walls and chain link fences with metal slats. The lease area screening materials should be painted a color that complements the adjacent commercial buildings, and the exterior treatment shall be graffiti-resistant. Based on a recent site visit, the area is subject to graffiti. Staff recommends that the lease owner be made responsible for repairing any damage to the lease site, including graffiti, within 10 working days of when the damage occurs. No screening vegetation is proposed. As there is no screening vegetation in the immediately surrounding area, and there is no room for it, it is acceptable not to provide landscape screening. The applicant proposes using a dirt/unpaved parking area for maintenance vehicles. It is unclear whether an unpaved area is acceptable per current codes. Summary and Recommendation - This special exception proposal is consistent with and supported by policies in the C-KAP and the General Plan. The site is surrounded by single-story retail uses and an office use, and a triplex to the northeast. Single-family residential development is further north and east. Visual impacts on the surrounding area and the streetscape will be minimized by the stealth palm and tube steel/wood slats screening. The new facilities will provide improved telecommunication service to area users. To enhance the proposal's consistency with the land use plan policies, staff recommends the following as conditions of granting this special exception request: 1) Upon completion of the installation of the new facilities, the existing metal lattice tower shall be removed from the site. 2) The perimeter screening around the ground equipment lease area shall be painted a color that is consistent with or complements the adjacent commercial buildings, and the exterior surface shall be of a graffiti-resistant material. 3) Any damage or vandalism to the site, including graffiti, shall be repaired within 10 working days of when it occurs. 4) The external diameter of the trunk of the monopalm shall be limited to no greater than 24 inches. S:\Case_Review\Sp-Excpt\SE08-09\SE08-34 AT&T Campbell Ave.doc LAND USE POLICIES CRAGIN-KEELING AREA PLAN Residential Policy 2 is to preserve the quality of life in residential areas. Non-residential Policy 2 is to encourage a mix of non-residential and higher-density residential uses along arterial streets as shown on the Land Use Map, when proposed development is compatibly designed with adjacent less intense uses. GENERAL PLAN Element 2 Policy 3 is to protect established neighborhoods by supporting compatible development. Supporting Policy 3.9 is to support nonresidential uses, where the scale and intensity of use will be compatible with adjacent uses, including residential development, neighborhood schools and businesses. Element 4, Supporting Policy 3.7 requires that, whenever possible, telecommunication facilities be located, installed and maintained to minimize visual impact, preserve views, and be consistent with the City's adopted land use plans and policies. Cabling and fiber optics should be installed underground where possible, and the visual impact of cellular towers will be a prime consideration in the City's acceptance and approval. Policy 4 is to design and maintain streets to enhance their overall functional and aesthetic quality. Supporting Policy 4.6 is to promote the coordination of efforts of government, private developers, and utility firms to improve the appearance of necessary above ground utility lines and structures. Policy 5 is to promote neighborhood identity and visual character. Action 5.5.A is to consider incentives for telecommunications providers to install infrastructure, not only in newer areas, but also in older neighborhoods to increase opportunities for all citizens to have access to high-tech telecom services. |
| 09/15/2008 | MCASTRO2 | TUCSON WATER NEW AREA DEVELOPMENT | REVIEW | Completed | Water availability letter received. |
| 09/16/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | PIMA ASSN OF GOVTS | Completed | CASE: SE-08-34 AT&T - Campbell Avenue, C-1 Zone COMMENT: NO OBJECTIONS OR ADVERSE COMMENTS Vehicle Trip Generation: Daily: NOT AVAILABLE ------------------------------------------- KoSok Chae, Ph.D. |
| 09/16/2008 | MARK CASTRO | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | TDOT STREETS | Completed | No objections from Streets Sandra Zurbrick |