Lake Havasu City Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting - November 5, 2025
Lake Havasu City Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting – November 5, 2025
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a brief meeting on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 9:02 AM in the Council Chambers. Chair Jim Harris presided. The meeting included approval of previous meeting minutes, staff announcements, and continuances of two public hearings related to a major development on McCulloch Boulevard North. One public comment was received. The meeting adjourned at 9:13 AM.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of Minutes (ID 25-4998): The minutes from the October 15, 2025, regular meeting were approved unanimously (7-0) with a motion by Commissioner Dzuro and second by Commissioner Thornton.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Rick Ortiz, resident of Nautical Estates, asked when the changes to The Waterfront proposal (related to items ID 25-4995 and ID 25-4996) would be available for public review before the December 3 meeting. City Attorney Kelly Garry responded that the question could not be answered during Call to Public but offered to speak with him afterward.
Discussion Items
- Correspondence and Announcements: Planning Division Manager Chris Gilbert introduced new Planning Technician Carrington Meadows. He announced that the City Council had adopted the 2024 Building Codes (effective February 2026). Staff hosted open house events for the General Plan Update; the online version is open through November 23, 2025, and the public can participate via the city website or paper forms.
- Continuance of Public Hearings (IDs 25-4995 and 25-4996): Chair Harris stated that the applicant requested continuances for two related items to December 3, 2025, at 9:00 AM.
- Major General Plan Amendment (ID 25-4967): Proposal to change the Future Land Use Map designation for 1040 McCulloch Boulevard North (90.5 acres) from Open Space and Park (OSP) to Commercial Mixed Use (CMU), Resort Residential (RE-RES), and Resort Related Island (RE-ISL). Continued without staff presentation or public testimony.
- Planned Development Rezone and General Development Plan (ID 25-4968): Proposal to rezone the same 90.5 acres from Golf Course (G-C) to Island Body Beach/Planned Development (I-B/PD) for mixed-use development (resort, marina, commercial, residential) with specific exceptions. Continued without staff presentation or public testimony.
Key Outcomes
- Minutes Approved: October 15, 2025, minutes approved 7-0.
- Continuances Granted: Both public hearing items (IDs 25-4995 and 25-4996) were continued to the December 3, 2025, regular meeting without discussion or action.
- Next Meeting: The next regular meeting is scheduled for November 19, 2025, with four new public hearing items on the agenda.
Meeting Transcript
Your call has been forwarded. The person you're trying to reach is not available. Steve, are we good to go? Would you please rise and join me for the pledge? Madam Secretary, would you please call the role? Commissioner Susanna Ballard. Commissioner John DeZero. Commissioner Poller. Commissioner Lonnie Stevenson. Chair Jim Harris. Commissioner Gabrielle Medley. Commissioner Mary Costa. Commissioner JP Thornton. Commissioner Phillinette. Um he is our planning technician, so he'll be working closely with with our staff on a lot of the the uh uh activities that uh really closely involve contact with the public. Does that like counter questions and visits and emails and phone calls and things like that? Um second item is the uh 2024 building code was adopted by city council uh at a recent meeting, and that's due to take effect in February, and it is an upgrade from the current 2018 building code that's being enforced. And that's just mostly an informative thing for people who may be interested. Uh if they have questions you might want to ask our building department what the uh what the changes are. Um and finally, general plan workshops. The in-person versions were held last week, and you can still participate because on Have a We Night the electronic version opened. So if you go to our website at LHCAC.gov or grab one of these forms right outside the door here on your way out. Uh that will uh give you the information need to access and answer the questionnaire that's on there. And there's also all kinds of other uh good information from the entire year practically of the process so far. So I'll direct people to that. Uh Mr. Chairman, that's all I have on the corresponding announcements. Okay, let's move to minutes of the last meeting. Are there any additions, deletions, corrections to the minutes of the last meeting by commissioners? Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion. Mr. Chair. Ms. Zero. I make a motion to accept the minutes as submitted for the October 15th meeting. Do we have a second? We have a motion by Ms. Second by Mr. Thornton to uh approve the minutes of the last meeting. Any further discussion? Hearing none, let's go ahead and place our vote. I think I'm gonna have to reset that one moment. I'm gonna revote. Yes, sorry about that. I was missing one person there, so here we go. The motion to approve the minutes passes seven to zero. Okay. Let me first start start by saying this is a public hearing. There's a structured order to this proceeding. The city staff will present each item.
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