Consideration and Approval of Final Plat:  PZ-20-00216-05, Ben Fimbrez requests Final Plat approval for Fimbrez Estates located at 1300 W Lower Coconino Avenue, a six-lot, single-family subdivision on 10.04 acres in the Estate Residential (ER) Zone within the Resource Protection Overlay (RPO). 

The property owner, Ben Fimbrez, requests approval of a final plat for a six-lot, single-family residential subdivision on 10.04 acres located at 1300 W Lower Coconino Avenue. 

No financial impacts are anticipated with this Final Plat.

There are no policy impacts anticipated with this Final Plat.

Priority Based Budget Key Community Priorities and Objectives
Robust Resilient Economy - Grow and strengthen a more equitable and resilient economy.

Carbon Neutrality Plan
DD-1:  Encourage vibrancy, appropriate density, and attainability in existing neighborhoods, so that more residents live within walking distance of their daily needs.

Regional Plan
Policy LU.5.1. Encourage development patterns within the designated growth boundaries to sustain efficient infrastructure projects and maintenance.
Policy LU.5.2.  Promote infill development over peripheral expansion to conserve environmental resources, spur economic investments, and reduce the cost of providing infrastructure and services.
Goal NH.1. Foster and maintain healthy and diverse urban, suburban, and rural neighborhoods in the Flagstaff region.
Policy WR.4.3. Development requiring public utility services will be located within the Urban Growth Boundary.

Council approved a Minor Regional Plan Amendment and Zoning Map Amendment in support of the proposed six-lot subdivision in 2010. The preliminary plat was approved on February 1, 2022. 

1. Approve the Final Plat with no conditions, as recommended by City staff.
2. Approve the Final Plat with conditions.
3. Deny the Final Plat based on non-compliance with the Zoning Code, the Subdivision Code, and/or the Engineering Design Standards and Specifications for New Infrastructure. 

In 2010 the applicant/owner, Ben Fimbrez, requested a minor Regional Plan Amendment to support a rezoning from Rural Residential (RR) to Estate Residential (ER) for a six-lot subdivision referred to as Fimbrez Estates.  Both the Regional Plan Amendment and the rezoning occurred under the previous Regional Land Use and Transportation Plan and the Land Development Code. Under the Land Development Code, the RR Zone would have only allowed two units on the 10+ acre site.  The rezoning to ER allowed the applicant to utilize the "single-family detached development pad option" for a total of six-units.  This option provides a mechanism for achieving gross densities for conventional single-family residential subdivisions when substantial natural resources are present on site.  This option today is like the Planned Residential Development currently in the Zoning Code.  The current Zoning Code would not have required the rezoning that was approved in 2010.  While both the plan amendment and the rezoning were approved, the applicant did not move forward with the subdivision until the preliminary plat was approved in February 2022.

The property is zoned ER, Estate Residential which has a maximum density of one dwelling unit per acre within the Resource Protection Overlay.  The proposed subdivision is approximately 0.59 units per acre in conformance with this density requirement.  Lot sizes range from 1.07 acres to 1.47 acres.  All lots within the proposed subdivision meet the minimum lot width, depth, and size requirements for the ER Zone.  For the purposes of tree and steep slope resource preservation, the plat proposes unique building envelopes for each lot that reduces the minimum required setbacks for the ER Zone as follows:

• Front: 50' required - staff is recommending 10' for side loaded garages and 15' for front loaded garages
• Interior Side: 20'/45' combined required
• Rear: 60' required

The community benefits of this project are encapsulated in the PBB Key Community Priorities/Objectives and the Regional Plan Goals and Policies review.

Inform.  The existing zoning of the subject property allows for the proposed subdivision.  No public hearings or public outreach are required by either the Zoning Code or the Subdivision Code as part of the Final Subdivision Plat review process.