Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2014-05:  An ordinance amending the official Zoning Map for a site of approximately 400.16 acres of open space land known as Picture Canyon by adding a Landmarks Overlay district designation ("LO") to the existing rural residential ("RR") zoning classification. (For the purpose of preserving archaeological elements and Flagstaff history)

The Flagstaff Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a Public Hearing to consider this Zoning Map Amendment request at its regular meeting on January 8, 2014. The Planning Commission voted (5-0) to forward the request to the City Council with a recommendation of approval. Zoning Map amendments are required to be adopted by ordinance.

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Effective governance

A Public Hearing was held by the City Council at their February 4, 2014, Council Meeting, and the ordinance was read by title only for the first time.

The City Council may approve the ordinance as proposed, approve the ordinance with conditions, or deny the ordinance.

With 2004 voter-approved bond funds and a 2012 Growing Smarter grant, the City purchased Picture Canyon as open space to protect the archaeological ecologically diverse riparian resources found within this property.  Existing railroad logging features found appear to make it a candidate for the National Register of Historic Places which leads to the Landmarks Overlay designation.  See the Introduction/Background section of the Planning and Zoning Commission Zoning Map Amendment Staff Report, dated December 20, 2013, a copy of which is attached, for the Background/History discussion.

Zoning Map amendments are adopted by the City Council via ordinance. Ordinance No. 2014-05 changes the Zoning Map designation of 400.16 acres to add the Landmarks Overlay (LO) zone to the existing Rural Residential (RR) zone.

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Community benefits and considerations related to this Zoning Map Amendment request are addressed in the attached Planning and Zoning Commission Zoning map Amendment Staff Report, dated December 20, 2013.

Inform/Consult

All property owners within 300-feet of the subject property were notified via mail of the Zoning Map Amendment and asked to attend the November 20, 2013 Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) meeting. Additionally, a notice was run in the Daily Sun, which discussed the Zoning map Amendment and identified the HPC meeting as a venue for discussion. No one from the public attended the HPC meeting to make comment on the Zoning Map Amendment. Those meeting minutes are attached.

The Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a Public Hearing on January 8, 2014. Notice of that Public Hearing was provided in accordance with State statute and the Zoning Code. Prior to the hearing, staff received three phone calls from adjacent property owners asking for additional information about the Zoning Map Amendment. At the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, one individual from the public spoke on this case asking why the property wasn't being rezoned to Open Space.  The Planning & Zoning Commission meeting can be viewed online using the following link: http://flagstaff.az.gov/index.aspx?NID=1461

• (Recommended Action): The City Council may approve the Zoning Map Amendment as recommended by the Planning and Zoning commission and staff by reading and adopting Ordinance No. 2014-05. 
• The City Council may approve the Zoning Map Amendment with conditions.
• The City Council may deny the Zoning Map Amendment.