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Plan Number: T19PRE0205
Parcel: Unknown

Review Status: Completed

Review Details: PREAPPLICATION

Plan Number - T19PRE0205
Review Name: PREAPPLICATION
Review Status: Completed
Review Date Reviewer's Name Type of Review Description Status Comments
11/06/2019 LOREN MAKUS ENGINEERING REVIEW Completed 9411 E Speedway
This site is affected by a Flood Hazard Area as shown on the proposed site plan. Development as shown on this proposal will require an inventory to determine whether riparian resources will be disturbed. Mitigation of the disturbed riparian resources will be required.
11/18/2019 ZELIN CANCHOLA COMMENTS COMMENTS Completed No adverse comments. Standard requirements will apply
11/19/2019 ELISA HAMBLIN ZONING REVIEW Completed Rezoning Pre-Submittal Transmittal

FROM: Elisa Hamblin, AICP; Principal Planner
PDSD Zoning Review

PROJECT: Rezoning Pre-submittal meeting T19PRE0205
Address: 9411 E Speedway Bl
Parcel(s): 13304035G
Existing Zoning: C-1
Proposed Zoning: C-1 (Special Exception)
Existing Use: Vacant
Proposed Use: Utilities - Distribution System

TRANSMITTAL DATE: November 19, 2019

COMMENTS:
1. Development must comply with the Administrative Manual Section 2-06 - Development Package.
2. Development standards: 30 ft max height
3. Proposed use and use-specific standards: Utilities - Distribution System, subject to use-specific standards 4.9.11.A.1, .5, & .9 and 4.9.13.O
4. Perimeter yard setbacks: 20 ft to north and west; 0 ft to adjacent C-1
5. Major Streets and Routes Plan: Speedway Bl - Arterial - 120 ft; Harrison Rd - Arterial - 120 ft
6. Applicable street setbacks: 21 ft or height of the wall, measured from back of curb
7. Parking requirements: 1 space per 500 sq ft GFA
8. Bike parking requirements: None
9. Loading space requirements: Not required
10. Landscape requirements can be discussed further with Andy Connor at andrew.connor@tucsonaz.gov or 520-837-4950.
11. The comments provided are preliminary and are not to be assumed as a complete review of the proposal. During the Development Package review process, a full review will be made by Zoning to assure compliance with the applicable UDC development criteria and Technical Standards.

If you have any questions please contact me at elisa.hamblin@tucsonaz.gov or (520) 837-4966.
11/20/2019 SMEGGIS1 FIRE REVIEW Review Comp
11/20/2019 SMEGGIS1 URBAN PLANNING REVIEW Completed PDSD PLANNING REVIEW
ACTIVITY NUMBER: T19PRE0205
PROJECT REVIEWER: SARAH MEGGISON, SARAH.MEGGISON@TUCSONAZ.GOV

PLAN COMPLIANCE:
Staff review finds that the proposed rezoning is consistent with Plan Tucson, Wrightstown Neighborhood Plan, and Pantano East Area Plan (PEAP), and does not require a plan amendment prior to special exception approval.

ANALYSIS:
The proposed Zoning Examiner Special Exception is for a 138 kilovolt (138kV) Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) substation to be located on an approximately 5.89-acre parcel in the C-1 (Commercial) zone on the northwest corner of East Speedway Boulevard and North Harrison Road. The C-1 zone allows for utility distribution through the Zoning Examiner Special Exception Procedure and must be compliant with the use specific standards called out in Section 4.9.11 of the Unified Development Code.

TEP processed a Special Exception under SE-15-66 that was approved November 6, 2015. TEP has determined that Conditions 1, 6, 12, and 14 cannot be met and is requesting a change in condition of approval in accordance with the procedures in Section 3.4.3 of the Unified Development Code. The PDP dated August 24, 2015 has been changed per the details in the request letter. Some of the changes include increasing distances from transformers and driveways to residences, and decreasing height of lighting masts, creating a more compatible design to surrounding land uses. TEP is also unable to implement and effectuate all code requirements and conditions prior to November 2020, so a time extension has been requested to November 2025.

The changes are still consistent with the Pantano East Area Plan, the Wrightstown Neighborhood Plan, as well as Plan Tucson. Plan Tucson states that above-ground utilities and structures are to be designed with improved appearances. The Pantano East Area Plan residential policy, requests and states to ensure the compatibility of new development with existing land uses. Wrightstown Neighborhood Plan supports medium density residential, office and neighborhood commercial.

APPLICABLE PLAN POLICIES:
Plan Tucson contains a variety of elements that are categories in four focus areas, including the Social Environment, the Economic Environment, the Natural Environment, and the Built Environment. Each focus area contains specific goals and each element contains specific policies.

The Future Growth Scenario Map illustrates different building blocks within the city that have specific policies to promote future growth opportunities. The proposed substation lies within the Neighborhood Centers building block of the Future Growth Scenario Map. Neighborhood Centers feature a mix of small businesses surrounded by housing and accessed internally and from nearby neighborhoods by pedestrian and bike friendly streets and by transit.

LT28.1.3 - Improve the appearance of above-ground utilities and structures and extend access to high-tech wireless communications facilities throughout the city.
LT28.2.12 - Support environmentally sensitive design that protects the integrity of existing neighborhoods, complements adjacent land uses, and enhances the overall function and visual quality of the street, adjacent properties, and the community.
LT28.2.14 - Protect established residential neighborhoods by supporting compatible development, which may include other residential, mixed-use infill and appropriate nonresidential uses.

Pantano East Area Plan, Residential Policy 3, requests and states to ensure the compatibility of new development with existing land uses.

Wrightstown Neighborhood Plan supports medium density residential, office and neighborhood commercial.


ADDITIONAL NOTES FROM PRESUBMITTAL MEETING: