Sections:
11-20.150.010 Purpose
11-20.150.020 Reversion Application Required
11-20.150.030 Action by the Planning Commission
11-20.150.040 Action by the City Council
11-20.150.050 Recording of Survey
11-20.150.010 Purpose
This division establishes the procedures for the reversion to acreage of any subdivided lands upon approval by the City Council.
11-20.150.020 Reversion Application Required
To initiate a reversion to acreage, an application for reversion must be filed with the Director. All applications for reversion to acreage shall be submitted to the Director in writing on a form prescribed by the City. The application shall include the information and materials specified in the checklist for reversion to acreage, together with the required fee established in City Code Title 10, Zoning Code, Appendix 2, Planning Fee Schedule. Upon receipt of an application for reversion to acreage, the Director shall conduct an investigation and prepare a report for presentation to the Planning Commission at a public meeting.
11-20.150.030 Action by the Planning Commission
The Planning Commission shall conduct a public meeting on an application for reversion to acreage in accordance with the Review Schedule on file with the Planning Section. Upon completion of the hearing, the Planning Commission shall recommend that the City Council approve, approve in modified form, or deny the application. Any action to recommend approval shall be based on all of the following findings:
A. That the subdivided lands to revert to acreage are under one ownership entity;
B. That no immediate use of such subdivided lands as they were intended appears imminent;
C. That such reversion to acreage will not be detrimental to the general welfare of the public.
11-20.150.040 Action by the City Council
Upon receipt of a recommendation from the Planning Commission, the City Council shall conduct a public meeting on an application for reversion to acreage. The City Council shall approve, approve in modified form, or deny the application. Any action to approve shall be based on all of the findings set forth in Section 11-20.150.030, Action by Planning Commission.
11-20.150.050 Recording of Survey
The applicant shall record with the County Recorder a survey of all lands approved for reversion to acreage prepared by a surveyor or engineer licensed by the State of Arizona and a copy of the abandonment of subdivision filed with the Arizona Department of Real Estate.