Title
Amend City Code - Ordinance Adoption - Application PHO-1-25--Z-20-17-2 - Approximately 1,420 Feet West of the Northwest Corner of North Valley Parkway and Bronco Butte Trail (Ordinance G-7452) - District 2
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, to approve the Planning Commission's recommendation without further hearing by the City Council on matters heard by the Planning Hearing Officer on August 20, 2025, and the Planning Commission on November 6, 2025.
Report
Summary
Application: PHO-1-25--Z-20-17-2
Existing Zoning: C-2 M-R NBCOD
Acreage: 0.04
Applicant / Representative: Declan Murphy on behalf of TWC
Owner: Robert Jr. and Sabrina Eaton
Proposal:
1. Request to delete Stipulation 1 regarding detached sidewalks.
2. Request to delete Stipulation 2 regarding street improvements.
3. Request to delete Stipulation 4 regarding east and west pedestrian connections along Paseo del Pardo.
4. Request to delete Stipulation 5 regarding pedestrian pathways.
5. Request to delete Stipulation 6 regarding the use of artificial turf.
6. Request to delete Stipulation 7 regarding turf being used in active retention basins.
7. Request to delete Stipulation 9 regarding the hotel development.
8. Request to delete Stipulation 10 regarding color and material palette for the buildings.
9. Request to delete Stipulation 11 regarding the glazing on all building windows.
10. Request to delete Stipulation 12 regarding screening of service areas.
11. Request to delete Stipulation 13 regarding a minimum landscape setback along property lines adjacent to public right-of-way.
12. Request to delete Stipulation 14 regarding the Bronco Butte Water Tank preservation.
13. Request to delete Stipulation 15 regarding view corridors of Bronco Butte, Pyramid Peak, Union Hills, and No Name Mountain.
14. Request to delete Stipulation 16 regarding maximum building height.
15. Request to delete Stipulation 17 regarding sufficient right-of-way for a collector street.
16. Request to delete Stipulation 18 regarding sewer force main construction.
17. Request to delete Stipulation 19 regarding approval of offsite paving plans.
18. Request to delete Stipulation 20 regarding updating the Sonoran Foothills PCD Street Master Plan.
VPC Action: The North Gateway Village Planning Committee heard this item on August 14, 2025, and recommended approval, with a modification, by a vote of 8-0.
PHO Action: The Planning Hearing Officer (PHO) heard this item on August 20, 2025 and took the item under advisement. On September 16, 2025, the PHO took this item out from under advisement and recommended denial as filed, approval with modifications.
Appeal: The item was appealed by the applicant/representative on September 23, 2025, therefore the item was scheduled to be heard by the Planning Commission.
Staff Recommendation: Denial as filed, approval with modifications, per the PHO recommendation.
PC Action: The Planning Commission heard this item on November 6, 2025, and recommended denial as filed, approval per the PHO recommendation, with modifications, by a vote of 6-2.
Location
Approximately 1,420 feet west of the northwest corner of North Valley Parkway and Bronco Butte Trail
Council District: 2
Parcel Address: 2747 W. Bronco Butte Trail
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Alan Stephenson and the Planning and Development Department.