The divided Lake Havasu Urban Planning and Zoning Commission recommends denying the 30-acre rezoning request for Victoria Farms Road to Industrial.
Property owner Copper Leaf Holdings has filed for rezoning of its 30-acre property at 2205 Victoria Farms Road, located on the north side of the street east of Havasu RV Resort. The Mojave County Assessor’s Office has certified Copper Leaf Holdings as a limited liability company with an address listed in Phoenix.
The property is currently zoned as a Light Industry/Planned Development approved by the City Council in 2007 as Pinnacle RV Resort (now Havasu RV). Copper Leaf requested that the lot be removed from the planned development and rezoned for industrial use.
However, the Planning and Zoning Commission, in a 4-3 vote, recommended denying the rezoning request. That recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council, which will make the final decision on whether to approve or deny the request at a future meeting.
City planner Trevor Kerns told the commission that the existing planned development originally included a total of 160 acres. His westernmost 40 acres have been developed into Havasu RV Restore. The remaining 120 acres were set aside for a second phase of construction, which never moved forward.
Kearns said many of the lots included in the Phase 2 plan have been sold since 2007, including 2205 Victoria Farms Road. About 59 of those 120 acres have already been removed from planned development and rezoned as either light or industrial, Kearns said.
Kearns also told the commission that a work stop order has now been placed on the property for installing and grading storage containers on the lot without obtaining proper permits from the city. rice field.
Hugo Acu, who said he represented property owners at the hearing on Wednesday, told the commission that there are no plans to develop or build properties at this time.
“It will remain a vacant lot,” he said.
Commissioner Tiffany Wilson asked Acu why the land was being graded when there were no plans to build or develop it.
“Their idea was to put some storage units on site,” Acu replied. “If they want to build a pad, they obviously need to present some site plan to the city to review for approval and obtain the necessary permits for that site.”
During public comment, Troy Wilde, who owns a 10-acre property just north of 2205 Victoria Farms Road, discussed some of the issues he has had with the property regarding the easement of entry and exit through the center of the lot. I spoke to the committee. Mr. Wilde said the 2205 Victoria Farms easement provides sole access to his property. But Wilde said the easement is blocked off with storage units, gates, and no trespassing signs.
Wilde said legal action was taken to regain access to the easement, but asked whether the property’s rezoning would affect the easement.
City Attorney Kelly Garry said the rezoning would not change easements, but said she could not comment on the legality of any particular easement.
“Obviously, if a ruling by a judge is required to determine its legality, something more is afoot,” Gary told the committee. “We see a very large puzzle piece. We don’t know what the language was, what happened after that, what happened before or after that, so we can’t answer these questions…we know that zoning and the city We’re only looking at what we can manage, it’s not a city easement.”
Havasu City officials recommended approval of the Rezone request.
There was no discussion of this request by any Commissioner prior to the vote. Commissioners Wilson, David Diaz, Gabriele Medley, and Susannah Ballard all recommended denying the request. Commissioners Joan Dzuro, Paul Lehr, and Jim Harris all voted to recommend approval.
Harris was the only commissioner to explain his vote.
