Chapter 17.05
ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
17.05.030 Duties of the planning official.
17.05.040 Duties of the planning and zoning commission.
17.05.050 Duties of the town council.
17.05.010 Authority.
A. Statutory Provisions. Provisions of this chapter are supplemental to those of A.R.S. section 9-463 et seq., as amended, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended.
B. Land Subject to Provisions. Any land in the incorporated territory of the town of Taylor coming within the definition of a subdivision as herein set forth shall be subject to all of the provisions of this chapter.
C. Intent. The intent of these chapters is to provide for the orderly growth and harmonious development of the town of Taylor; to secure adequate traffic circulation through properties having optimum utility distribution, drainage and flood control, sanitary sewerage and other health requirements; to ensure and facilitate provision of sites for schools, recreation and other public purposes; to promote conveyance of land by accurate legal description; and to establish procedures which will achieve these intents on a basis of mutual understanding and equitable relationships between public and private interests. [Ord. 109 § 1, 1-1, 2007.]
17.05.020 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
“Asphalt” means a material made from bituminous materials and aggregates. See specifications in office of the public works director.
“Attorney” means the attorney or legal representative for the town of Taylor.
“Concrete” means a material made from Portland cement and natural or manufactured aggregate. See specifications in the office of the public works director.
“Easement” means a grant by the owner for the use of land for specific conditions, uses and/or purposes.
“Health officer” means the health officer of Navajo County.
“Hundred-year flood” means a flood that has a one percent chance of occurring during any one year, based upon criteria established by the Arizona Department of Water Resources. All hydrologic design shall be in conformance with the current Arizona Department of Transportation hydrologic design procedures.
“Improvement” means such street work, sidewalks, utilities and flood-control devices on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways and easements as are necessary for the general use of the residents in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs.
“Land splits” means the division of improved or unimproved land whose area is two and one-half acres or less into two or three tracts or parcels of land for the purpose of sale, financing or lease. Referred to as minor land divisions in this title.
“Person” means any of the following, either singly or combinations thereof, of individuals, firms, co-partnerships, joint ventures, associations, clubs, social clubs, fraternal organizations, corporations, estates or trusts.
“Planning and zoning commission” means an appointed board of the town. Also known as the planning commission or commission.
“Planning official” means an employee of the town of Taylor, or a designee, who serves to administer the planning function of the town. May be the same as the zoning official.
“Public improvement” means any street, roadway, parkway, bicycle path, pedestrian way, trail, sidewalk, drainage feature, traffic control device (such as signs), water supply, water distribution, sanitary sewer, sewage disposal, lot improvement, parking area, landscaping, lot stake, survey monuments, solid waste disposal facilities, protective fences or other facility for which the town of Taylor may ultimately assume the responsibility of maintenance and operation, or which may effect an improvement for which the town’s responsibility is established.
“Public sale” means that point in the transfer or exchange of property at which time title is transferred or upon close of escrow.
“Public works department” means the public works department of the town of Taylor.
“Public works director” means an employee of the town of Taylor, or a designee, authorized to direct the public works department and/or oversee public works projects and facilities for the town.
“Recorder” means the recorder of Navajo County.
“Regulation(s)” means this chapter, as adopted and amended by the town of Taylor.
Streets and Roads.
1. “Alley” means a secondary means of access to property located at the rear or side of property.
2. “Arterial highways” means state highways and rural routes of county-wide importance, which collect traffic from collector and local roads and bring all developed rural areas within a reasonable distance of a higher level of service than the local roads.
3. “Belt highway” means an arterial highway for carrying traffic partially or entirely around an urban area, or portion thereof.
4. “Collector streets” means those streets which provide for traffic movement within neighborhoods and between major streets and local streets and for direct access to abutting property. They may also serve secondary traffic generators, such as schools, parks and apartment areas with high population density.
5. “Commercial streets” means access streets serving substantial traffic volumes on relatively short trips in areas where land use is primarily retail sales or offices. These streets will normally be constructed with highly developed illumination and drainage and provisions for parking and pedestrian movements.
6. “Cul-de-sac” means a local street open at one end, with special provisions for turning around, and the further extension of which is precluded by the subdivision design.
7. “Dead-end streets” means local streets open at one end only, with temporary special provisions for turning around and which may be further extended into adjoining property.
8. “Divided highway” means a highway with separated roadways for traffic in opposite directions.
9. “Expressway” means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with full or partial control of access and generally with grade separations at intersections.
10. “Freeway” means those roads and streets with full control access and which serve corridors of major traffic flow not already served by the interstate freeways.
11. “Frontage street or road” means a local street or road auxiliary to and located on the side of an expressway, freeway, major highway or secondary highway for service to abutting property and adjacent area for access control.
12. “Highway” means a right-of-way designated for vehicular traffic, including expressway, freeway, road or street.
13. “Industrial streets” means access streets serving substantial traffic volumes and particularly high proportions of commercial vehicles on areas where land use is predominantly industrial, wholesale trade and goods movement.
14. “Local roads” means roads primarily for access to abutting lands, such as farms, rural subdivisions or other low intensity purposes.
15. “Local streets” means those streets providing direct access to commercial, industrial or other abutting land and for local traffic service to collector or major streets.
16. “Private streets” means streets serving only property within the subdivision, which are not dedicated to public use nor maintained by the town of Taylor, and to which access by the public is controlled by the subdivision design and by either posting or gating and such streets are maintained by the owners or developer.
17. “Residential streets” means other streets in municipalities. In general, these streets provide access to residential property.
18. “Restricted streets” means short local streets where, due to unusual conditions as determined and approved by the town council, it is impractical to provide a wider right-of-way.
19. “Right-of-way” is a general term denoting land, property or interest therein, usually in a strip acquired for or devoted to a highway, road, street, alley or utility drainage.
20. “Roadside strip” means the area adjoining the outer edge of the roadway or street and extending to the right-of-way line, and in which sidewalks, approved plantings, approved utility structures and bank slopes may be located.
21. “Roadway” means the portion of a street or highway, including shoulders and auxiliary lanes, for vehicular travel.
“Subdivision” (or “subdivided lands”) means improved or unimproved land or lands divided for the purpose of financing, sale or lease, whether immediate or future, into four or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, or, if a new street is involved, any such property which is divided into two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, or any such property, the boundaries of which have been fixed by a recorded plat, which is divided into more than two parts. “Subdivision” also includes any condominium, cooperative, community apartment, townhouse or similar project containing four or more parcels, in which an undivided interest in the land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy of any unit located thereon, but plats of such projects need not show the buildings or the manner in which the buildings or airspace above the property shown on the plat are to be divided. “Subdivision” does not include the following:
1. The sale or exchange of parcels of land to or between adjoining property owners if such sale or exchange does not create additional lots.
2. The partitioning of land in accordance with other statutes regulating the partitioning of land held in common ownership.
3. The leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within a building or trailer park, nor to mineral, oil or gas leases.
4. Land splits as defined in this title.
“Subdivision development sketch” means a simple drawing of the proposed subdivision showing streets, alleys, utility and drainage easements. Subdivisions will be shown in relation to existing and planned streets within 1,000 feet of the subdivision prepared to scale.
“Town” means the town of Taylor.
“Utilities” means the installation of facilities furnished for the use of the public, such as sewer, water, electricity, gas, fire hydrants, street light, computer networks, telephone, cable television or other facilities, owned and operated by any person, firm, corporation, municipal department or board duly authorized by state, county or town of Taylor regulations.
“Vicinity map” means a simple drawing of the subdivision showing its location in relation to an established town, county, state or interstate highway, and drawn to a legible scale.
“Vision triangle” means beginning at the intersection of the property lines at any street corner, thence to a point 25 feet along the front property line, thence to a point 25 feet along the corner-side lot line, then connecting those two points by a line that runs diagonally across the corner.
“Zoning administrator” means an employee of the town of Taylor, or a designee, who serves to administer TTC Title 18. May be the same as the planning official. [Ord. 109 § 1, 1-2, 2007.]
17.05.030 Duties of the planning official.
A. Specified. The duties of the planning official shall be as follows:
1. Make investigations and reports on the design and improvement of proposed subdivisions.
2. Shall coordinate review of the preliminary and final plats, improvement plans, method of financial assurance, and any accompanying documents with the town manager, public works director, zoning administrator, town clerk, town attorney, planning commission, town council members and other interested parties.
3. Shall make recommendation for action to the planning commission, subject to the provisions of this title, of proposed plats of subdivisions prepared and filed according to this title.
4. Shall make recommendation for action to the planning commission of the kinds, nature and extent of the improvements to be installed in subdivisions.
5. Shall report directly to the subdivider or owner the action taken on preliminary and final plats.
6. Shall be responsible for the collection and distribution of any financial assurance, in accordance with the provision of this title.
7. Shall coordinate the recording of any final plat, results of survey, resubdivision or reversion to acreage plat approved in accordance with the provisions of this title with the town clerk. [Ord. 109 § 1, 1-3, 2007.]
17.05.040 Duties of the planning and zoning commission.
A. Specified. The duties of the planning and zoning commission shall be as follows:
1. The commission shall engage in those planning activities authorized by A.R.S. section 9-461, et seq., including the development of a general plan.
2. The commission shall produce and recommend regulations, codes and ordinances for consideration by the town council.
3. The commission shall hear requests for the granting of conditional uses, preliminary subdivision plats, conceptual development plans, and mixed use plans. The commission may approve, deny, or make changes to such requests in original or modified form. The applicant shall have the right to appeal to the town council.
4. The commission shall hear requests for general plan amendments, specific plan amendments, and mixed use developments, and shall recommend for approval, denial or approval with revisions upon such requests to the town council.
5. The commission shall prescribe, in connection with a request for an amendment, use permit, or subdivision, such conditions as the commission may deem necessary in order to fully carry out the provisions and intent of these regulations.
6. The commission shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the conduct of its proceedings, fix the time and place for its meetings, and give public notice of those meetings which shall be open to the public and news media. The planning official or his designee shall act as secretary of the commission and shall keep written minutes of its meetings to be filed with the town clerk and open to the public as required by law. The rules for the election of officers, terms of office and establishment of a quorum are contained in TTC Title 18. [Ord. 109 § 1, 1-4, 2007.]
17.05.050 Duties of the town council.
A. Specified. The duties of the town council shall be as follows:
1. Designate, subject to the provisions of this title, the kinds, nature and extent of the improvements to be provided in subdivisions.
2. Give its approval of the final subdivision plat and the type and method for completion of public improvements as prescribed in this title. Such approval may include such conditions as deemed necessary to ensure the health, safety, general welfare, orderly growth and harmonious development of the town. Such approval shall be in a timely manner as set forth in this title. [Ord. 109 § 1, 1-5, 2007.]