Consideration and Approval of PZ-15-00115-23 - Adora - Phase 2 at Timber Sky Final Plat: Capstone Homes requests Final Plat approval for Adora - Phase 2 at Timber Sky located at 2760 S Vega Street, a 39 lot single-family subdivision on 7.15 acres in the Medium-Density Residential (MR) Zone.

Capstone Homes requests Final Plat approval for Adora - Phase 2 at Timber Sky subdivision, consisting of 39 single-family lots located on 7.15 acres in the Medium-Density Residential (MR) Zone.

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
Carbon Neutrality Plan
Regional Plan

City Council approved a Zoning Map Amendment and an Annexation in support of the proposed subdivision in 2016.

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.

Timber Sky is a proposed 1,300 (maximum density) residential dwelling unit development. The development proposes a mixture of high, medium, and single-family residential units combined with commercial service and open space on 197.58 acres. The site is situated north and south between West Route 66 (“Route 66”) and Interstate-40 and east and west between Woody Mountain Road and Flagstaff Ranch Road. The site slopes gently from south to north with most of the onsite drainage flowing toward an existing culvert under Route 66, which eventually discharges into the Clay Avenue Wash Detention Basin located north of Route 66. There are no designated floodplains on the site. In 2006, the property partially burned in a fire leaving a 700-foot-wide corridor of deforested land through the middle of the site. The remainder of the site is forested with Ponderosa Pine. The site has two pockets of slopes greater than 17% with other basalt rock outcrop features throughout the property. A large amount of fill placed on site, which has the appearance of a steep slope, will not be protected. An existing aboveground 69 kV transmission line crosses the site in an east-west direction connecting to an existing APS substation at the southwestern corner of the property. The line is required to be under grounded with the development of the second phase of Timber Sky.

The applicant, Capstone Homes, is seeking Final Plat approval for Adora Phase II at Timber Sky (Block 3B) within the second phase of Timber Sky consisting of 39 single-family residential lots utilizing the Planned Residential Development (PRD) option.

Staff reviewed and approved the Final Plat on December 22, 2022, based on conformance with City Code Title 10, Flagstaff Zoning Code; City Code Title 11, General Plans and Subdivisions; and City Code Title 13, Engineering Design Standards and Specifications.

The property is zoned Medium Density Residential (MR) Zone, which has a minimum density requirement of 6 units per acre and a maximum of 9 units per acre in the Resource Protection Overlay. The proposed 39 lots on 7.15 acres have a gross density of 5.45 units per acre and a net density of 7.06 units per acre. The plat utilizes the Planned Residential Development standards which allow for smaller lot sizes.  The application conforms with all the requirements of the MR Zone and uses the building form and placement standards of the T4N.2 Zone.

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

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.