Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2017-06:  An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, Arizona, extending and increasing the corporate limits of the City of Flagstaff, Coconino County, State of Arizona, pursuant to the provisions of Title 9, Chapter 4, Arizona Revised Statures, by annexing certain land totaling approximately 20 acres located in Section 33, Township 22 North, Range 7 East, which land is contiguous to the existing corporate limits of the City of Flagstaff, and establishing city zoning for said land as Rural Residential (RR) for 20 acres; providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date.

The Sustainability Division on behalf of the City of Flagstaff is requesting an annexation of approximately 20 acres located at 3620 W Schultz Pass Road known as the Schultz Creek Trailhead at the request of Council through their adoption of Ordinance No. 2014-22 which sets aside the property as open space.

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Council Goals
Environmental and Natural Resources - Actively manage and protect all environmental and natural resources

Team Flagstaff Strategic Plan Priorities
#4:  Work in partnership to enhance a safe and livable community

Flagstaff Regional Plan 2030
LU.7.2-Require unincorporated properties to be annexed prior to the provision of City services, or that a pre-annexation agreement is executed when deemed appropriate.

The City Council approved Ordinance No. 2014-22 on September 2, 2014 setting the subject parcel aside as open space.

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

The Applicant, the City of Flagstaff Sustainability Program, on behalf of the property owner, the City of Flagstaff, is requesting an annexation, minor regional plan amendment and zoning map amendment of 20 acres, known as the Schultz Creek Trailhead.  The annexation is the first of a three-step process.  The second being a Minor Regional Plan Amendment to change the Future Growth Illustration (Maps 21 and 22) from Area in White to Parks/Open Space.  The third is a Zoning Map Amendment to rezone the property to Public Open Space (POS), add the Landmark Overlay and Resource Protection Overly zones with the Rural Floodplain Designations.  The Regional Plan and Zoning Map Amendment applications are being processed concurrently with this application but will not become effective until 30 days after the annexation effective date.

All proposed annexations shall be evaluated as to whether the application is consistent with the goals and policies of the General Plan.  The proposed annexation should not be detrimental to the majority of the persons or property in the surrounding area or the community in general.  The City's basic position regarding annexation is that the annexation must demonstrate a favorable benefit to the taxpayers of the City.


 

Community benefits and considerations related to this request are addressed in more detail in the attached Planning and Zoning Commission Staff Report, dated February 3, 2017. 

Inform/Consult
Public hearings before the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council are conducted in conjunction with requests for annexations, regional plan amendments, and zoning map amendments.  In accordance with state statute, notice of the public hearing was provided by placing an ad in the Daily Sun, posting notices on the property, and mailing a notice to all property owners within 600 feet of the site.  The notices were also provided to the County Recorder, County Assessor, County Community Development Department, and the Chair of the Board of Supervisors.

All property owners within 600-feet of this site were notified via mail of the Annexation, Regional Plan, and Zoning Map Amendments and asked to attend a neighborhood meeting on January 11, 2017.  No one from the public attended the neighborhood meeting. 

At the Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing on February 22, 2017 one member of the public spoke on this case in regards to the need to treat noxious and invasive weeds on the property.