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Development review board approves Mountainside residence on Horizon Drive with standard conditions
Summary
The Development Review Board approved a development plan for a single-family home on a ridgeline parcel on Horizon Drive, finding it meets mountainside and Rural-190 zoning standards and attaching standard revegetation and permit-timing conditions.
The Carefree Development Review Board approved a development plan for a single-family residence on a subdivided parcel on Horizon Drive, including a detached garage and site landscaping, after staff confirmed the proposal met mountainside and Rural-190 zoning standards.
Staff member (zoning administrator) told the board the parcel is in a north-central area of town and was created from the combination of two earlier lots. The plan places the house and detached garage on a defined ridgeline; staff said locations on ridgelines are allowed under the town's mountainside ordinance subject to limits on structure height where the building intersects the ridge. The project designer, Brian Raines, and owners Tim and Lena McCoy were present to answer questions.
The board was presented measurements and compliance checks. Staff reported the lot coverage for solid roofs is roughly 3 percent; the permitted maximum disturbance area is 18 percent and the proposal would disturb a little more than 8 percent (excluding the driveway). Cumulative building height at its highest projection was reported as about 25 feet, 10 inches (below the 40-foot zoning limit); the structure’s highest point above finished floor was reported as about 18 feet, and the detached garage was listed as 14 feet, 6 inches. Staff said grading, drainage, cut-and-fill ratios and other engineering requirements have been reviewed by the town engineer and found to meet standards. The property will take water service from the Carefree Water system and will use an on-site septic system for wastewater.
The board reviewed landscaping and revegetation obligations in the mountainside ordinance; staff and the applicant said plans call for salvaging native plants where feasible and using native landscaping in the utility corridor revegetation proposal that the board must approve. Staff also reported that the applicant performed the required citizen participation outreach within 500 feet of the property and that no responses had been received as of the staff report.
During questions, a board member asked whether the one-year permit timing in condition number 2 is statutory or discretionary. The zoning administrator said the one-year timeframe to obtain a building permit is specified in the town zoning ordinance but that the zoning administrator can grant a six-month extension in writing if the applicant requests it. The board also clarified that the one-year rule requires submittal for building permits within one year, not completion of construction in that time.
After brief additional questions about plant locations and the planned meter connection to the water line, the board moved, seconded and voted to approve the development plan with the conditions listed in the staff report.
The board’s approval is subject to the conditions placed on the project in the staff report, including the time limit for permit submittal and the town-reviewed revegetation plan. No changes to the conditions were recorded in the meeting minutes.
Votes at a glance: the motion to approve the development plan was moved and seconded on the record and the chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it; no roll-call tally was read into the record.
