Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Zoning Rezoning topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council approves rezoning at The Shops at Lake Havasu to limit industrial uses, restrict freestanding signs
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance No. 19-1225 to rezone several parcels at The Shops at Lake Havasu: existing retail building parcels to C-2 and three undeveloped outparcels to a restricted C-2 Planned Development that prohibits storage, warehouse, wholesale distribution and outdoor storage and restricts freestanding signs; vote 7-0.
The Lake Havasu City Council on Oct. 22 unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 19-1225 to amend the Planned Development for The Shops at Lake Havasu, rezoning several parcels along Highway 95 and removing certain uses and freestanding sign rights for three undeveloped outparcels.
The ordinance removes and rezones Tract 2396 Lot A-2 (including PetSmart, Beals and Cactus RV) from a C-2 Planned Development (PD) to C-2 (general commercial). It also removes Tract 2392 Block 1, Lots 56 and 8 (three undeveloped outparcels along Highway 95) from the current C-2 PD and creates a new C-2 PD for those parcels that allows C-2 commercial uses but explicitly excludes storage units, warehousing and wholesale distribution and outdoor storage. The amendment also restricts replacement freestanding signs on the outparcels along Highway 95.
Planning staff explained the measure follows prior piecemeal rezoning of other shopping-center parcels and aims to protect the character of the shopping center and Highway 95 frontage by preventing industrial, storage and large outdoor-storage uses on the highway-facing lots. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the amendment 6-0.
Vice Mayor Dave Lane moved adoption of Ordinance No. 19-1225 and Councilmember Kevin Dolan seconded. The motion passed 7-0.
The ordinance standardizes permitted uses across the shopping center’s properties and preserves the shopping-center entrance signage as the primary freestanding sign for the development; individual outparcels will not be allowed separate freestanding signs under the new PD restrictions. The council record shows no public speakers in opposition at the public hearing.
Council action changes the zoning entitlements for the named parcels; any future development proposals on the affected outparcels will need to comply with the new PD restrictions and any applicable building and sign permits.
