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Plan Review Detail
Review Status: Completed
Review Details: REZONING - ZE HEARING
Plan Number - T15SE00075
Review Name: REZONING - ZE HEARING
Review Status: Completed
| Review Date | Reviewer's Name | Type of Review | Description | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/16/2015 | MARTIN BROWN | FIRE | REVIEW | Approved | |
| 10/19/2015 | DBURSUC1 | COMMUNITY PLANNING | REVIEW | Completed | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SE-15-75 T-Mobile - Speedway Boulevard C-1 Plan Tucson and Pantano East Area Plan 10/19/15 db Background: This is a special exception land use request for a proposed fifty (50) foot tall stealth monopalm wireless communication facility (WCF) on a C-1 commercial zone site. The proposed site is 2.64 acres and currently undeveloped. It is located approximately 370 feet east of Harrison Road and 106 feet north of Speedway Boulevard. The special exception proposal consists of a 50-foot monopalm structure with an array containing two antennas per sector, with four sectors. The proposed lease area is configured 20' x 20' with three equipment cabinets. The lease area will be enclosed by an eight-foot CMU wall. According to the Major Streets and Routes Plan, Speedway Boulevard and Harrison Road are designated as arterial streets. Surrounding Zoning and Land Uses: The proposed WCF special exception is planned on a vacant lot at the northeast corner of Harrison Road and Speedway Boulevard in the C-1 commercial zone. Parcels located to the North are single-family attached residential in the C-1 zone and to the East is an insurance business in the C-1 commercial zone; to the west across Harrison Road is a retail use in the C-1 commercial zone; and to the south across Speedway Boulevard is single-family residential in the R-1 residential zone. The nearest single-family residential home is located directly to the north approximately 160 feet from the proposed WCF site. Rezoning Presubmittal Meeting: The applicant attended a presubmittal conference meeting on August 19, 2015. Meeting included discussion of visual mitigation of WCF, addition of vegetation surrounding facility, and the potential use of subterranean equipment vault. Applicant was encouraged to reduce height of monopalm from 55 feet to 50 feet so it would fall within a Zoning Examiner Special Exception Procedure. Site is currently not addressed, and should be done prior to PDSD accepting the application. Neighborhood Meeting: Applicant has provided the required neighborhood meeting material: mailing notification, copy of labels, notice letter, meeting summary, and sign-in sheet. The applicant held a neighborhood meeting, on September 16, 2015 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at the proposed site located at the corner of Speedway Boulevard and Harrison Road. Four people attended the meeting, two from the neighborhood just north of the site and one from a mile and a half away. Neighborhood meeting minutes indicated the area residents had concerns about how WCF would impact health and safety in surrounding areas. A Ward 2 representative was unable to attend the meeting, but contacted applicant for a summary of the meeting. Land Use Policies: Plan Tucson and the Pantano East Area Plan (PEAP) provide land use guidance for this site. Generally, the Plan supports the requested use when visual impacts, setbacks, and landscaping buffering elements are addressed. Plan Tucson identifies this area in the Future Growth Scenario Map as a "neighborhood center" category. The Plan supports neighborhood centers with mix of small businesses surrounded by housing and accessed internally and from nearby neighborhoods by pedestrians and bikes friendly streets and by transit. Furthermore, 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 be designed with improved appearances of the above ground utilities and structures and extend access to high-tech wireless communication facilities throughout the city. The PEAP, in the commercial policy section provides direction for this site. It states new commercial uses should be carefully integrated with surrounding uses. Analysis: The proposed sixty (50) feet tall stealth monopalm wireless communication facility (WCF) is to be located northeast of the intersection of Speedway Boulevard and Harrison Road, approximately 370 feet east of the Harrison Road right-of-way and 106 feet north of Speedway Boulevard right-of-way. The Major Streets and Routes Map identifies Speedway Boulevard and Harrison Road as arterial streets. The site is currently undeveloped. The WCF is proposed in the eastern portion of the site and is surrounded by significant amount of existing native vegetation. A new five foot wide utility/access easement is proposed from Speedway Boulevard to the WCF location. Ground equipment will be enclosed by an eight (8) foot tall masonry wall that will be painted to match surrounding development. The fifty (50) foot tall Stealth monopalm will be located inside of the ground equipment masonry wall enclosure lease area of 20' x 20'. The nearest residential use to the proposed monopalm is located approximately 133 feet to the north. A new five foot wide utility/access easement is proposed from Speedway Boulevard to the WCF location. 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 suggests additional vegetation and two new live palms surrounding the equipment lease area to help mitigate views and provide visual context. Ground equipment and enclosure wall 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 surrounding trees, to mitigate and minimize visual impacts. Ground equipment shelter (cabinets) and masonry wall to be textured, finished, or painted to compliment the on-site land uses. The request is consistent with Plan Tucson and the Pantano East Area Plan, and as presented the request for a WCF does not require a plan amendment. Staff offers the following special exception conditions for consideration: 1. Any existing on-site palm tree, native tree or landscape planting disturbed during the monopalm construction or ground equipment subterranean vault installation shall be replaced in accordance with the UDC and heat island mitigation; " PT, Chapter 3, The Built Environment, Set 1 All Developments, Guidelines - LT28.1.2, and LT28.1.3 2. Maximum height of monopalm shall not exceed 50 feet measured to top of monopalm as shown on Preliminary Development Plan dated October 2, 2015; " PT, Chapter 3, The Built Environment, Set 1 All Developments, Guidelines - LT28.1.2, and LT28.1.3 3. Any graffiti visible from the public right-of-way or area residential development shall be removed within seventy-two (72) hours of observation; " PT, Chapter 3, The Built Environment, Set 1 All Developments, Guidelines - LT28.1.2, and LT28.1.3 4. Ground equipment to be surrounded by an 8 foot tall CMU masonry wall painted to match surrounding development; " PT, Chapter 3, The Built Environment, Set 1 All Developments, Guidelines - LT28.1.2, and LT28.1.3 5. Monopalm shall include natural look faux-bark cladding; faux pineapple readily visible in a natural manner; and proposed palm fronds provide a minimum of 55 fronds; " PT, Chapter 3, The Built Environment, Set 1 All Developments, Guidelines - LT28.1.2, and LT28.1.3 6. Two additional live palms to be added to or surrounding lease area to help mitigate visual impact and provide context to monopalm. " PT, Chapter 3, The Built Environment, Set 1 All Developments, Guidelines - LT28.1.2, and LT28.1.3 S:UPDfiles\DevRev\CASE_REVIEW\SP-EXCPT\SE 2015\SE-15-75 T-Mobile - Speedway Boulevard Full Review.doc |
| 10/19/2015 | HEATHER THRALL | SIGNS | SIGN CODE REVIEW | Completed | Reviewer: H. Thrall Signs Division of Planning & Development Services 10/19/2015 T15SE00075 For: proposed cell tower and enclosure (Speedway/Harrison) Parcel: 133-03-3950 At: 9575 E Speedway Zoning: C-1 - subject to rezoning case C9-75-04 1) No existing billboards on this property - vacant land. 2) No proposed signage shown on plans for cell tower enclosure; should safety signage be required: - signs shall be a max of 2 square feet sign area each - shall not be illuminated - to be mounted to the enclosure wall - to contain only generic message (such as "Restricted area; electrified components") - shall not contain commercial advertisement. |
| 10/21/2015 | DBURSUC1 | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | PARKS & RECREATION | Completed | No proposed or existing Tucson Parks and Recreation facilities are affected by this Special Exception. Howard B. Dutt, RLA Landscape Architect Tucson Parks & Recreation (520) 837-8040 Howard.Dutt@tucsonaz.gov |
| 10/21/2015 | DBURSUC1 | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | OFFICE OF CONSERVATION & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | Completed | Office of Integrated Planning DATE: October 20, 2015 TO: Daniel Bursuck, Planner FROM: Irene Ogata, PLA, ASLA, CPM Planning & Development Services Urban Landscape Manager SUBJECT: Case : SE-15-75 : T-Mobile – Speedway Boulevard The proposed preliminary development plan is for installation of a new wireless communications facility with a 50-foot tall cell tower disguised as a monopalm with associated ground equipment on vacant property. The facility will be located in the southeast quadrant with little vegetation. The City of Tucson has been moving toward achieving sustainable development, mitigation of Urban Heat Islands, climate change resiliency and green building principles. In addition to the recently adopted and voter ratified Plan Tucson: Tucson’s General and Sustainability Plan 2013, Mayor and Council endorsed the United Nations Urban Environmental Accords in 2005, adopted the US Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement in 2006, endorsed the City of Tucson Urban Landscape Framework and adopted the City’s Framework for Advancing Sustainability in 2008. Surfaces, such as paving from roadways and asphalt parking areas contribute to approximately 40% of impervious surfaces in a city. These impervious surfaces, in turn, contribute to increasing urban heat islands. The unintended consequences expose populations within neighborhoods that are vulnerable during extreme heat events; and also increasing energy use due to the need to cool homes and facilities. Limiting heat-absorbent paved surfaces, increasing reflectivity of these paved surfaces, providing shade (trees and/or shade structures) or pervious surfaces mitigate the heat absorption quality of dark pavement. The City encourages developers to work with staff to apply best management practices to mitigate urban heat island effects, reduce energy consumption and work towards community resiliency. 1. Relevant Policy/Ordinance: a. General Service Architecture and Engineering Division, Design and Construction Standards, Division 7: Thermo and Moisture Protection b. Plan Tucson Policies i. Energy & Climate Readiness 1) EC3: Reduce the urban heat island effect by minimizing heat generation and retention from the built environment using a range of strategies. 2) EC9: Assess and address the vulnerability of the community’s health and safety, economy, and natural resources to climate change, and develop MEMORANDUM TO: Daniel Bursuck SUBJECT: SE-15-75 Page 2 P:\OIP\Rezoning Review\Rezoning\2015\SE15-75\OIP SE-15-75 T-Mobile – Speedway Blvd assurances that vulnerable and disadvantaged populations are not disproportionately impacted by climate change. ii. Green Infrastructure: 1) GI4: Expand and maintain a healthy, drought-tolerant, low-water use tree canopy and urban forest to provide ecosystem services, mitigate the urban heat island and improve the attractiveness of neighborhoods and the city as a whole and; 2) GI6: Protect, restore, enhance, and manage trees for their long-term health, including providing guidance on proper planting, care and maintenance. 2. Targets in the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement applicable to this site include: C.5. Make energy efficiency a priority through building code improvements, retrofitting city facilities with energy efficient lighting and urging employees to conserve energy and save money; C.7. Practice and promote sustainable building practices using the U.S. Green building Council’s LEED program or a similar system; C.10. Maintain healthy urban forests; promote tree planting to increase shading and to absorb CO2 The following conditions of rezoning are requested for this project: 1. Building structures shall include roofing material certified as a cool roof by the Cool Roof Rating Council or Energy Star rated per the Environmental Protection Agency; solar panels are an acceptable alternative. 2. Paving material: Provide light colored vehicular paving materials, such as concrete or cool paving coating over asphaltic surfaces. Porous paving or porous pavers would also be an acceptable alternative. 3. If mature trees cannot be preserved in place and need to be removed, one of the following mitigation measures can be applied: a) trees are to be assessed for replacement value using an acceptable assessment methodology (International Society of Aborist); funds set aside in a Tree Bank to be used for revegetation/landscape enhancement and/or improvements within street rights-of-way, or within common space areas within the neighborhood association; b) the following replacement to be in addition to the required landscape 1) Trunk diameter 0-6” = replace with 3 trees, minimum 15 gal. 2) Trunk diameter >6” – 8” = replace with 4 trees, minimum 15 gal. 3) Trunk diameter >8” = replace with 5 trees, minimum 15 gal. |
| 10/21/2015 | DBURSUC1 | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | PIMA ASSN OF GOVTS | Completed | No objections/adverse comments. Development will have negligible impact on trip generation. |
| 10/21/2015 | DBURSUC1 | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | ADOT | Completed | Regional Traffic Engineering has no comments on this submittal and supports it acceptance. Thank you. |
| 10/26/2015 | STEVE SHIELDS | ZONING | REVIEW | Completed | PDSD TRANSMITTAL TO: Planning and Development Services Department Rezoning Section FROM: Steve Shields Lead Planner PROJECT: T-Mobile Cell Tower - New Cell Site 9575 E. Speedway Blvd., Parcel 133-03-3950 - C-1 Special Exception - SE-15-75 TRANSMITTAL: October 22, 2015 The proposed "Wireless Communication, limited to wireless communication towers and antennae", located on parcel 133-03-3950, zoned C-1. falls under UDC Table 4.8-4 PERMITTED USES COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USEZONES - Permitted as Special Exception Use, [1] Mayor and Council Special Exception Procedure, Section 3.4.4 . The following Use Specific Standards apply: 4.9.13.O & 4.9.4.I.2, .3, 6.a. 1. The following dimensional Standards apply see UDC TABLE 6.3-4.A: DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE C-1, C-2, C-3, OCR-1, & OCR-2 ZONES a. Minimum site area = 0 Sq. Ft. b. Proposed site area = 114,836 Sq. Ft. c. Maximum building height allowed = 30 feet d. Building height proposed = No new building proposed. 2. The submitted plan, showing the proposed Wireless Communication is acceptable to continue the review for the zoning examiner's report. If you have any questions about this transmittal, please call Steve Shields, (520) 836-4956 or email Steve.Shields@tucsonaz.gov. |
| 10/26/2015 | ZELIN CANCHOLA | DOT TRAFFIC | REVIEW | Approved | |
| 10/26/2015 | DBURSUC1 | ENGINEERING | REVIEW | Completed | SE-15-75 The proposed location is northeast of the intersection of Speedway Boulevard and Harrison Road. The site is not affected by any mapped floodplain areas or watercourses. Access is from Speedway. There are no other concerns from Engineering. |
| 10/26/2015 | DBURSUC1 | TUCSON WATER NEW AREA DEVELOPMENT | REVIEW | Completed | Dear Mr. Bursuck: Tucson Water has no objection to the proposed wireless communication facility at the northeast corner of Speedway Blvd and Harrison Road. Please be aware that Tucson Water does have existing facilities in Speedway Boulevard adjacent to the subject parcel. Said facilities include a 16" reclaimed water transmission main, an 8" potable distribution main and a 24" potable transmission main. Those responsible for the design and construction of this proposed facility are advised to contact Tucson Water Mapping and Records at (520) 791-2658 in order to obtain as-built water plans for these and any other existing water facilities. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments. Sincerely, Richard A. Sarti, P.E. Tucson Water New Development-Engineering Manager (520) 837-2215 |
| 10/28/2015 | JOE LINVILLE | LANDSCAPE | REVIEW | Approved | |
| 11/09/2015 | DBURSUC1 | DOT ENGINEERING | REVIEW | Completed | |
| 11/09/2015 | DBURSUC1 | ENV SVCS | REVIEW | Completed | |
| 11/09/2015 | DBURSUC1 | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | TDOT RTA | Completed | |
| 11/09/2015 | DBURSUC1 | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | TDOT STREETS | Completed | |
| 11/09/2015 | DBURSUC1 | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | OTHER AGENCIES | Completed | TPD I have no issues with this request. CSO Becky Noel #37968 Tucson Police Dept. 1100 S. Alvernon Tucson, AZ 85711 520-837-7428 ___________________________ Pima County DOT PCDOT has no objection. Thank you for the opportunity to comment. Jeanette N. De Renne, AICP Principal Planner Pima County Department of Transportation 201 N. Stone Ave, 4th Floor Tucson, AZ 85718 (520) 724-6699 |
| 11/09/2015 | DBURSUC1 | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | PIMA CNTY WASTEWATER | Completed | |
| 11/09/2015 | DBURSUC1 | REZ AGENCY REVIEW | SCHOOL DISTRICT | Completed |