Public hearing followed by discussion and possible action on any and all matters regarding Rezoning Case No. 2018-0321. A request by Riedel Holdings LLC on behalf of Border Ranches AZ LLC, owner, to rezone 67.06 acres, located on the northeast corner of County 24th Street and 20th Avenue, from Medium-High Density Residential (R-2) to Medium Density Residential (R1-6).

A. Open public hearing B. Close public hearing
C. Action on Rezoning Case No. 2018-0321

The subject property is located in the east mesa of the City of San Luis; at the northeast corner of County 24th and 20th Avenue (Assessor Parcel ID No. 227-10-009). Bienestar 9A and Santa Cecilia 2 subdivisions are located to the west and are zoned Medium Density Residential (R1-6). Property to the east are zoned Medium-High Density Residential (R-2) and High Density Residential (R-3) and is undeveloped land. Property to the south is zoned as Medium Density Residential (R-2) and Light Industrial (L-I) further south. Property to the north is part of Yuma County and is undeveloped land. 

GENERAL PLAN:
This area is designated as Neighborhood in the City of San Luis 2020 General Plan. The activities proposed will be consistent with that designation (Chapter 2, Page 19-20). The Neighborhood Land Use designation allows all types of residential development. 

AGENCY REVIEW:
As part of the review process, all land use cases are reviewed by various City and outside agencies. We have received comments from the following agencies:

1. City of San Luis Fire Department
2. Yuma County Airport Authority

As required by State Statute staff sent notification letters to property owners within 300 feet of the proposed project(61 letters). The City has not received any other significant concern or objection from the various review agencies or adjacent property owners. 

CITIZEN REVIEW MEETING:
As required by State Statute (A.R.S. §9-462.03) and City Code (§152.040(C)), a Citizen Review meeting was held at City Hall on October 2, 2018.

The purpose of the Citizen Review Meeting is to provide adjacent landowners and other potentially affected citizens an opportunity to ask questions and express any issues or concerns that they may have with the proposed rezoning or specific plan application prior to the public hearing. There were no people from the public present.

As an effort to alleviate the demand for bigger houses the City Council approved Ordinance No. 347, an ordinance to set up the minimum lot size to 6,000 sq. ft. for new subdivisions.

The reason for the rezoning request is that the property is zoned as Medium-High Density (R-2) which does not allow construction of single detached dwellings. The appropriate zoning for the construction of this subdivision is the requested, Medium Density Residential (R1-6) zoning district.

As mentioned above, the current zoning is Medium-High Density Residential (R-2) and was approved by Ordinance No. 250 back in 2007. The rezoning was approved with conditions, one of the conditions was to have land dedicated and developed for parks and recreation purposes, at no cost to the City.

Staff recommendation is to recommend approval of the request with the condition that the developer negotiates a development agreement with staff to address conditions of Ordinance No. 250.