Public hearing followed by discussion and possible action on any and all matters regarding Rezoning Case No. 2019-0224 and Ordinance No. 390.  An ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Luis, Arizona, amending the official zoning map of the City of San Luis by changing the zoning classification of 30.3 acres from Medium-High Density Residential (R-2) to Medium Density Residential (R1-6) for property located on the northeast corner of County 24th Street and 20th Avenue.  (Jose A. Guzman, Director of Planning and Zoning)

A. Open public hearing B. Close public hearing
C. Approval of Reading of Ordinance No. 390 by title only
    (City Clerk to read the ordinance by title only)
D. Action on Ordinance No. 390

This is a request by Edais Engineering, Inc., on behalf of Riedel Holdings, LLC, owner, to rezone 30.3 acres from Medium-High Density Residential (R-2) to Medium Density Residential (R1-6). 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.  As required by State Statute staff sent notification letters to property owners within 300-feet of the proposed project (7 letters). The City has not received any 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 May 7, 2019.

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.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING:
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing for this item during their regular meeting of May 14, 2019, at San Luis Council Chambers. 

As previously mentioned, 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.

At the time of the Commission meeting, there was further analysis needed to be made in order to determine whether or not these conditions were applicable to the current zoning request. In case said conditions were applicable, staff recommended to the Commission approval of the Rezoning Case No. 2019-0224 with the condition that the applicant negotiated a development agreement with staff to address comments on Ordinance No. 250.  If the conditions were not applicable staff would revise the recommended motion when presenting it to City Council. 

ANALYSIS:
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.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
After further analysis of Ordinance No. 250, it was determined that the conditions were not applicable to this rezoning and a development agreement was not required. Therefore, staff recommends approval of the rezoning request and approval and adoption of Ordinance No. 390.