The 6.54-acre property at southwest corner of Buffalo Soldier Trail/Highway 92 is planned to have five parcels: One planned for a Walgreens, two restaurants or other commercial buildings, an area for parking and trailhead to Garden Canyon Linear Park and two parcels along Highway 92 for future development, said Don Brush, planning administrator for the city.
Traffic safety at the intersection was a concern for some commissioners, including turns in and out, and speed limits.
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Castle & Cooke Vice President Rick Coffman said the traffic has been “long discussed” and reviewed by the city planners and the Arizona Department of Transportation. Medians are currently being constructed on both roads to restrict access at the property.
Although no residents attended the meeting, residents have given input at other meetings on the development since 2001, Coffman said.
Commissioner Tom McCloskey asked about odor problems for possible restaurants.
Brush and Coffman said the distance from the homes and the businesses, a 6-foot wall, landscaping and proper waste management are expected to stop odor from bothering neighboring residents.
The preliminary subdivision plats will go to the City Council for approval next week.
The commission also held public meetings for development code amendments to allow and restrict advertisement sign walkers in the city. The state now requires city to allow sign walkers, which have been prohibited in the city, said city planner Tina Moore.
If approved, the amendment would define a sign walker as “a person who wears, holds or balances a sign for purposes of advertising,” Moore said.
The amendments would allow sign walkers on public sidewalks, but prohibit them from road medians, obstructing clear vision areas and interfering with Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility.
No comments were made from the public.
The commission also held a public meeting for a general plan amendment for the city’s Regional Water Quality Management Plan, or Section 208 plan, for city wastewater planning.
The first amendment would expand the planning area for Sierra Vista to include possible areas of annexation to the east of the city and the proposed Bella Vista subdivision.
The other three amendments would add the city’s planned water reclamation facilities to the plan — Tribute, near Avenida del Sol and Snyder Boulevard, Section 36, to the east of City Hall, and two in the Bella Vista development. The water reclamation facilities would provide effluent to irrigate city parks, landscaping and the Pueblo del Sol Golf Course.
No comments were made from the public.
In January, the commission will be given a recommendation and analysis by staff on the amendment.
Herald/Review reporter Laura Ory can be reached at 515-4683 or by e-mail at laura.ory@svherald.com.
