Prescott planning commission recommends approval of Lafferty Ranch four-lot preliminary plat

The City of Prescott Planning Commission voted 7-0 on Sept. 25 to recommend approval of PLN25-2, a preliminary plat that would subdivide roughly 15.3 acres at 3910 East State Route 69 into four residential lots and a separate tract intended for future apartments.

The plat, presented by Jacob Lund, community planner for the city of Prescott, proposes four single-family lots sized to meet RE-2 (residential estate, two-acre) zoning requirements and a separate tract (labeled Tract A) to provide ingress and egress and utility access to the subdivision. Staff recommended approval at the hearing.

Commissioners and staff highlighted two technical constraints: Lot 2 contains slopes exceeding 20 percent, so the applicant proposed a restricted building envelope to place development where slopes are 0–20 percent; the applicant submitted a slope analysis to demonstrate the effective buildable area. Alex Bramlett and city public-works and fire reviewers worked with the applicant on easement widths and fire turnaround requirements, while fire-protection features such as sprinklers will be evaluated at building permit review based on structure size and distance requirements.

Commissioner Jim Klazewski asked whether the tract intended for apartments (the southern parcel) will return to the commission if apartments are proposed; staff said the apartment portion was subject to separate rezoning action and that the current plat addresses only the four residential lots. The motion to recommend approval was made and seconded on the record; the roll call vote recorded seven approvals and the motion carried.

No members of the public spoke on the item during the hearing. The commission’s recommendation now moves the preliminary plat forward in the city’s review process; building permits, additional site-specific reviews and any future rezoning or separate approvals for apartments would be considered separately.