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Plan Review Detail
Review Status: Completed
Review Details: REZONING - IPC
Plan Number - T15SE00031
Review Name: REZONING - IPC
Review Status: Completed
| Review Date | Reviewer's Name | Type of Review | Description | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/17/2015 | STEVE SHIELDS | ZONING | REVIEW | Completed | PDSD TRANSMITTAL TO: Rezoning Division Re: Acceptance of Information for Plan Compliance (IPC) FROM: Steve Shields Lead Planner PROJECT: Verizon Cell Tower - New Cell Site 602 W. Ajo Way, Parcel 119-18-036A - R-2 Special Exception - SE-15-31 TRANSMITTAL: June 17, 2015 The proposed "Wireless Communication, limited to wireless communication towers and antennae", located on parcel 119-18-036A, zoned R-2. The use falls under UDC Table 4.8-2 PERMITTED USES - URBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONES - Permitted as Special Exception Use, [2] Zoning Examiner Special Exception Procedure, Section 3.4.3. The following Use Specific Standards apply: 4.9.4.I.2, .3 & .6.a. 1. The following dimensional Standards apply see TABLE 6.3-2.A: DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE R-1, R-2, R-3, MH-1, & MH-2 ZONES a. Minimum site area = 5,000 Sq. Ft b. Proposed site area = Not provided c. Maximum building height allowed = 25 feet d. Building height proposed = 10'-8" e. Maximum Lot Coverage = N/A 2. The submitted plan, showing the proposed Wireless Communication is acceptable to continue the review for the zoning examiner's report. 3. The following item needs to be noted at this time: An address will need to be provided for the cell site prior to submittal of plans for review, contact Pima County Addressing. If you have any questions about this transmittal, please call Steve Shields, (520) 836-4956 or email Steve.Shields@tucsonaz.gov. |
| 06/24/2015 | MPADILL1 | COMMUNITY PLANNING | REVIEW | Completed | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SE-15-31 IPC Verizon - Ajo Way R-2 Zone (Special Exception) Plan Tucson 06/19/15 MSP Background: This is a special exception land use request in a R-2 residential zone to allow the installation and operation of a wireless communications facility (WCF) consisting of a monopalm communication tower with twelve (12) antennas, at a height of fifty (50) feet, including an unmanned pre-fabricated ground equipment shelter, located within a 20'x 35' lease area. Proposal will include live palms of varying height as part of the monopalm stealth design. The proposed WCF site will be located approximately 500 feet north of Ajo Way and approximately 275 feet west of 12th Avenue, an arterial street. The WCF is to be located at 602 W. Ajo Way. Site is religious complex including private school, K through 8th grade. The applicant is proposing to locate the WCF ground equipment within an area screened by an eight (8) foot tall masonry wall. The proposed diesel generator and associated ground equipment will be on a concrete pad located within the masonry wall. A twelve (12) foot wide utility/access easement for the WCF site will be provided from 12th Avenue. The nearest residential unit is located approximately 290 feet to the north of the proposed WCF site. According to the Major Streets and Routes Plan, Ajo Way is designated a Gateway Arterial. Surrounding Zoning and Land Uses: Surrounding the WCF site to the north and west are zoned R-1 (Residential Zone) and developed with single family residential housing, to the south across Ajo Way is zoned C-2 commercial and developed with retail and restaurant land uses; to the east across 12th Avenue is zoned C-2 and C-1 and developed with a strip commercial center and to the northeast across 12th Avenue is zoned R-2 and developed with single family residential housing. Rezoning Presubmittal Meeting: The applicant attended a presubmittal conference meeting on April 8, 2015. Meeting discussions included discussion of adding two or three live palm trees to better mitigate visual impact on surrounding development, proposed enclosure wall to match in texture and color with existing on-site buildings, how to safeguard the WCF site from on-site school children and after hours public recreational amenities. The WCF site will include backup generator with a 210 gallon fuel tank. The applicant was asked to secure proposed live palms to existing drip irrigation system to ensure healthy growth and help mitigate visual impact of monopalm. Neighborhood Meeting: The applicant has held one neighborhood meeting, on May 18, 2015. The meeting was held at site of the proposed Wireless Communications Facility, located at 602 W. Ajo Way. Applicant has provided the required neighborhood meeting material: mailing notification, copy of labels, notice letter, meeting summary, and sign-in sheet. Zero representatives from the neighborhood attended the meeting, only applicant and one religious center staff. Land Use Policies: Plan Tucson identifies this area in the Future Growth Scenario Map in an "existing neighborhood " category. The Plan identifies existing neighborhoods as built-out areas with residential and commercial and that may have minimal new development. The goal is to maintain the character of the neighborhood while accommodating some new development and encouraging reinvestment and new services that contribute further to neighborhood stability. Plan Tucson, guidelines LT28.1.2, supports telecommunication facilities to be installed and maintained to minimize visual impact and preserve views. LT28.1.3 states that WCF to be designed with improved appearances of the above ground structures and utilities, and extend access to high-tech wireless communication facilities throughout the city. Assessment: The proposed fifty (50) feet tall stealth monopalm wireless communication facility (WCF) is to be located at the northwest of the Ajo Way and 12th Avenue intersection, approximately 500 feet north of Ajo Way and approximately 275 feet west of 12th Avenue. The site is developed with a religious and private school complex which includes multiple buildings and recreational amenities supported and maintain by Pima County and City of Tucson. The WCF is proposed in an area northwest of the school and church buildings, adjacent to playground and a sport field. The Major Streets and Routes Map identifies Ajo Way as a Gateway Arterial and 12th Avenue as an arterial street. A new twelve foot wide utility/access easement is proposed from 12th Avenue to the WCF location. Ground equipment will be enclosed by an eight (8) foot tall masonry wall that will be textured and painted to match on-site buildings. Although recommended by staff at the City's special exception presubmittal meeting held on May 18, 2015, applicant has not proposed any type of mesh or physical barrier along the top of the ground equipment wall enclosure to help secure day time school children or night time during use of recreational amenities by area neighborhood people from accessing the ground equipment area. The fifty (50) foot tall Stealth monopalm will be located inside of the ground equipment masonry wall enclosure lease area of 20' x 35'. A diesel generator with a self-contained 210 gallon fuel tank is proposed for emergency backup power. However, diesel generator is not being proposed to be located within an enclosed metal cabinet to mitigate impacts to adjacent land uses. Staff would recommend diesel generator be within an enclosed metal cabinet to mitigate noise impact to area residents and community members using the recreational amenities at night. Plans support a stealth design such as the proposed monopalm design and to help mitigate height and soften the visual view sheds of the WCF from adjacent land uses. Staff supports applicant proposal to include a small cluster of live palms as part of the stealth WCF design. The proposed ground equipment and enclosure wall texture and color theme to blend with existing on-site land uses. Staff recommends the proposed WCF should be designed to support future collocation, antennas mounted as close to the monopole and screened by the monopalm stealth design. Both monopalm and antennas should be painted to complement the natural range of colors on palm trees, to mitigate and minimize visual impacts. Ground equipment shelter (cabinets) and masonry wall and man gate(s) to be textured, finished, or painted to compliment the on-site land uses. The proposed development is generally consistent with and supported by the policy direction provided in the Plan Tucson, which encourages reinvestment and new services that contribute further to neighborhood stability, and amenities that extent access to high-tech wireless communication facilities throughout the city while minimizing visual impacts. The PDP shows a site layout that adequately conceals and disguises the monopalm and associated ground equipment from nearby residential uses. A plan amendment is not required. Staff recommends that the rezoning application be distributed for further processing. S:UPDfiles\DevRev\CASE_REVIEW\SP-EXCPT\SE 2015\SE-15-31 IPC Verizon - Ajo Way.doc |
| 06/25/2015 | KEN BROUILLETTE | FIRE | REVIEW | Approved | |
| 06/26/2015 | ELEIBOL1 | ENGINEERING | REVIEW | Completed | REVIEW DUE DATE: June 25, 2015 TO: Peter McLaughlin, Rezoning Section SUBJECT: Verizon - 602 W Ajo Wy Engineering and Floodplain Review for Special Exception ADDRESS: 602 W Ajo Wy, 85710, Ward 2 LOCATION: T14S R15E Section 16 PROPERTY: 119-18-036A, W439.98' E499.98' N800' S850' SE4 SE4 8.08 AC SEC 26-14-13 FLOODPLAIN: 16th Street Wash local floodplain, FEMA zone X-unshaded, 2286L REVIEWER: Elizabeth Leibold, P.E. PRE-APPLICATION: T15PRE0023 (Pre-App meeting: 8APR15) CASE NUMBER: SE-15-31 (T15SE00031) Engineering has reviewed the proposed Special Exception application documentation for the proposed 50-foot top-of fronds monopalm wireless communication facility with associated equipment and additional palm trees at the central portion of the parcel. The proposed improvement is located within a site that is appears to be impacted by a jurisdictional floodplain of the 16th Street Wash. The City has limited hydrologic data for this floodplain. The site is already developed and it is unclear if there is proposed disturbance of existing vegetation for this proposed project. The following conditions shall be addressed during development package review, and will be required for approval of the Special Exception. Engineering advises the following based on Technical Manual Section 4-04.2.3.1 and Tucson Code Section 26-11: 1) Provide a hydrology report for this portion of the 16th Street Wash that includes the floodplain limits on the parcel and depth of jurisdictional flood. 2) If the proposed project is determined to be located in a jurisdictional floodplain (or if a hydrology report is not proposed to be submitted), a floodplain use permit would be required at time of permitting. 3) Show on plans that all equipment for the proposed structure is elevated a minimum of 1-ft above 100-year flood elevation per hydrology report, if located in the jurisdictional floodplain. Or, if a hydrology report is not provided, show on plans that all equipment for the proposed structure is elevated a minimum of 2-ft above natural grade. 4) Add a Flood Zone Note on a sheet that sates the project is located in local jurisdictional floodplain, on FIRM 2286L FEMA flood zone X unshaded, and / or other flood information as applicable. 5) Clarify total disturbance area for the project on plans. 6) Provide recordation information for any required access easement on the plans for the submittal review. Elizabeth Leibold, P.E., CPM, CFM Civil Engineer Engineering Division Planning & Development Services Dept http://pdsd.tucsonaz.gov/pdsd City of Tucson (520) 837-4934 |