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Plan Number: T20PRE0146
Parcel: Unknown

Review Status: Completed

Review Details: PREAPPLICATION LABELS

Plan Number - T20PRE0146
Review Name: PREAPPLICATION LABELS
Review Status: Completed
Review Date Reviewer's Name Type of Review Description Status Comments
10/26/2020 ANDREW CONNOR LANDSCAPE REVIEW Completed Ensure that Zoning comments are addressed prior to landscape section approval.
10/29/2020 GDAURIA1 COT NON-DSD FIRE Completed
11/02/2020 ZELIN CANCHOLA COT NON-DSD TRAFFIC Completed No adverse comments
11/03/2020 LOREN MAKUS ENGINEERING REVIEW Completed Engineering has no comment.
11/04/2020 SBEASLE1 TUCSON WATER NEW AREA DEVELOPMENT REVIEW Completed 200 - 230 pm - T20PRE0146 - 2755 S HARRISON RD - SiteSpec Exception Rauscher Reservoir

1. Tucson Water has no adverse comments regarding this proposed development. Any questions, comments or concerns about these projects may be directed to:

Tim Rowe, P.E., Civil Engineer
Tucson Water, New Development Section
310 W. Alameda St., P.O. Box 27210
Tucson, AZ 85726-7210
(520) 837-2106, tim.rowe@tucsonaz.gov
11/04/2020 ELISA HAMBLIN ZONING REVIEW Completed CDRC Thursday Pre-Submittal Transmittal
PDSD Zoning Review

FROM: Elisa Hamblin, AICP; Principal Planner

PROJECT: Thursday Pre-submittal meeting – T20PRE0146
Address: 2727, 2755 S Harrison Rd
Parcel(s): 13612004H
Zoning: SR
Existing Use: Utilities – Distribution System
Proposed Use: (same)

TRANSMITTAL DATE: November 4, 2020

COMMENTS:
1. Development must comply with the Administrative Manual Section 2-06 - Development Package.
2. The proposed use of Distribution System is permitted in the SR zone, subject to use-specific standards 4.9.11.A. 1, .2, .5, .8, .9, .11.
3. This site would be considering nonconforming as it does not meet current development standards required by the aforementioned use-specific standards and included here for reference.
4.9.11.A.1. The setback of the facility, including walls or equipment, shall be 20 feet from any adjacent residential zone.
4.9.11.A.2. Where a facility is not enclosed within a building, the surrounding screen shall be used as the building wall for the purposes of setbacks.
4.9.11.A.5. The use shall not have any service or storage yards.
4.9.11.A.8. Any building housing such facility shall be in keeping with the character of the zone in which it is located. The Design Review Board (DRB) shall review all applications and make recommendations to the Zoning Examiner. The DRB shall review architectural style, building elevations, materials on exterior facades, color schemes, new mechanical equipment locations, lighting of outdoor areas, window locations and types, screening, landscaping, vehicular use areas, and other contributing design features.
4.9.11.A.9. The use shall be located wholly within an enclosed building or within an area enclosed on all sides with a masonry wall or compact evergreen hedge, not less than six feet, nor more than ten feet, in height.
4.9.11.A.11. The use shall be limited to water pumping and storage facilities, telephone exchanges, and power substations with an input voltage of no greater than 138 kilovolts.
4. Due to the nonconforming status and the proposed expansion on the site, a Special Exception procedure will be required. Please work with the Entitlements Section Manager, John Beall regarding this process. He can be contacted John.Beall@tucsonaz.gov. Some of the use-specific standards may be modified through conditions required during the Special Exception process.
5. The following submittals are required for this project: Special Exception, Development Package, Building Plans. All plans may be submitted and reviewed simultaneously but must be approved in sequence. For additional information on timing, please contact me via email at Elisa.Hamblin@tucsonaz.gov.
6. 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.
11/04/2020 ELISA HAMBLIN ZONING REVIEW Completed Comments from Maria Gayosso, 11/5/20
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
REZONING/SPECIAL EXCEPTION PRESUBMITTAL PREAPPLICATION REVIEW
CASE NUMBER / LOCATION: T20PRE0146, 2727 S Harrison Rd
APPLICANT NAME: THE PLANNING CENTER – LEXY WELLOTT
PHONE: 520-623-6146 E-MAIL: LWELLOTT@AZPLANNINGCENTER.COM

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RAUCHER RESERVOIR – THE PROPOSED SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES TO AN EXISTING
TUCSON WATER WELL SITE, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 10’ X 10’ ELECTRICAL CONTROL BUILDING.


APPLICABLE PLAN POLICIES:

Plan Tucson contains the following policies:
LT28.1.3 – Improve the appearance of above-ground utilities and structures.
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.

The South Pantano Area Plan, Subarea 5 provides no specific policy direction related to utility land uses. However, the goals of the Area Plan are to protect existing development and to create a sense of community within established neighborhoods, hence consideration should be given to buffering, screening, setbacks and transitioning to contiguous development.

ANALYSIS:

The proposed Zoning Examiner’s Special Exception is for upgrades to an existing Tucson Water well site, which includes:
a) The construction of a new 10’X10’ electrical control building, just to the south of the existing chlorine building (as specified on Sheets 6 and 7); and
b) The construction of a new 20-foot high radio antenna next to the new control building (as specified on Sheets 2 and 16).

The project is located in an 8.85-acre site, zoned SR. This well site is a non-conforming utility distribution land use that is proposing an expansion, requiring a Special Exception procedure through the Zoning Examiner, and must be compliant with the use specific standards called out in sections 4.9.11.A. 1, .2, .5, .8, .9, .11 of the Unified Development Code (UDC). Additionally, review by the Design Review Board (DRB) will be required prior to Zoning Examiner’s consideration.

The policy direction of Plan Tucson has policies that ensure sensitive design to development to improve the appearance of above-ground utilities and structures. A plan amendment is not required.

Staff recommends applicant include in the proposed concept plans the height of the new electrical control building, and details on existing/proposed screening, colors and materials, demonstrating compliance with the requirements of the UDC, and policy direction provided by Plan Tucson and the South Pantano Area Plan.