P & Z Request: Marijuana Too Close for Comfort?

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Friday, May 27

New Cases

Near 68th Street and Holly Street. The owner is requesting approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness – Historic Preservation and Historic Residential Exterior Rehabilitation (HRER) funding to replace existing windows with new energy efficient windows on a property zoned Single Family Residential, Historic Property (R1-7 HP), located at 6713 E. Holly St.

CASE#8-HP-2016

 

Near 124th Street and Cochise Drive. The owner is requesting to abandon the 33-foot General Land Office Patent Easement on the western boundary of the property and the western 5 feet of the Roadway Easement located along the eastern property line to leave a 35-foot half street of right of way for a property with Single-family Residential, Environmentally Sensitive Lands (R1-43 ESL) zoning, located at 10300 N. 124th St.

CASE#5-AB-2016

 

Citywide. The city of Scottsdale, as the applicant, is requesting a text amendment to the City of Scottsdale Zoning Ordinance (No. 455), amending Section 1.403.M. regarding the Conditional Use Permit criteria for Medical marijuana use and Medical marijuana caregiver cultivation, increasing the required distance of separation from residential districts and schools from 500 feet to 2,640 feet, increasing the required distance of separation from other Medical marijuana uses from 1,320 feet to 2,640 feet, adding Church, Day care, and Public park as protected uses with a required separation distance of 2,640 feet, and adding grandfather provision for existing Medical marijuana uses.

CASE#8-TA-2010#3

 

Near Shea Boulevard and Hayden Road. The owner is requesting a Conditional Use Permit for “Private colleges and universities having a regular curriculum, with their related services and activities,” with single-family residential district (R1-35) zoning, located at 7901 E. Shea Blvd.

CASE#5-UP-2016

 

Near Shea Boulevard and Hayden Road. The owner is requesting a modification of an existing structure, and the addition of a new library building, for the purposes of a seminary use with single-family residential district (R1-35) zoning, located at 7901 E. Shea Blvd.

CASE#22-DR-2016

 

Meeting Agendas & Minutes

To view City Council agendas and minutes, visit ScottsdaleAZ.gov and search “City Council agendas and minutes.”

For Planning Commission agendas and minutes visit ScottsdaleAZ.gov and search “Planning Commission.”

For agendas and minutes of the Development Review Board, visit ScottsdaleAZ.gov, search “Development Review Board.”

For the Board of Adjustment’s agendas and minutes, visit ScottsdaleAZ.gov, search “Board of Adjustment.”

The above hearings are held in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd.

Historic Preservation Commission hearings are held in One Civic Center, 7447 E. Indian School Road. For more information, visit ScottsdaleAZ.gov and search “Historic Preservation Commission.”

Please call 480-312-7000 to confirm the date and time of the hearing.

 

My Neighborhood

Find real-time information about construction activity, development requests, building permits, code enforcement notices and crime activity. Visit our online map and simply enter an address or intersection and see all activity submitted to the city for the last six months.

 

Resources

The zoning administrator is responsible for the administrative function of enforcing and interpreting the provisions of Scottsdale’s Zoning Ordinance. Official written zoning administrator interpretations can be found at ScottsdaleAZ.gov, search “zoning interpretations.”

Review the city’s General Plan at ScottsdaleAZ.gov, search “General Plan.”

Character Area Plans can be found at ScottsdaleAZ.gov, search “Character Area Plans.”

Active and archived projects with case numbers can be found at: eservices.ScottsdaleAZ.gov/eServices/Cases/Default.aspx

For a complete list of recently submitted cases: eservices.ScottsdaleAZ.gov/eServices/cases/weeklyreports.aspx.

Click on the case name and go to the online case fact sheet; then click on the coordinator’s name to submit comments. Get an overview of Scottsdale’s planning process at ScottsdaleAZ.gov, search “Building Resource Center.” Reach P & Z Link at planninginfo@ScottsdaleAZ.gov.

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Author: Les Conklin

Les Conklin is a resident of north Scottsdale He founded Friends of the Scenic Drive, the Monte de Paz HOA and is the president of the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association. He was named to Scottsdale's History Maker Hall of Fame in 2014. Les is a past editor of A Peek at the Peak and the author of Images of America: Pinnacle Peak. He served on the Scottsdale's Pride Commission, McDowell Sonoran Preserve Commission, the boards of several local nonprofits and was a founding organizer of the city's Adopt-A-Road Program.. Les is a volunteer guide at the Musical Instrument Museum.

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