Planning and Zoning Commission - Regular Meeting

Morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Wednesday, July 15th, 2026 meeting of the Lake Havasu City Planning and Zoning Commission. Would you all please rise and join me for the pledge? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Madam Secretary, would you please call the roll?

Commissioner Joan DeZero.

Here.

Commissioner Paul Lair.

Here.

Vice Chair Tiffany Wilson. Here. Chair Jim Harris.

Here.

Commissioner Gabrielle Medley. Commissioner Mary Costa. Here. Commissioner JP Thornton.

Here.

Commissioner Phil Annette. Commissioner Lonnie Stevenson. Commissioner Kate Patel.

All right, we have one vacancy here at the DS if Ms. Patel would come and join us next to Mr. Thornton. Fill in for Ms. Medley. Correspondence and announcements. Mr. Gilbert.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Since the last Planning Commission meeting on June 23rd, with the July 1st meeting being canceled, the following actions have taken place at the City Council. Approval of the Paradigm Flats Townhome Project at Swanson and Smoketree Avenues, and approval of the Shoreline Public Access text amendments, and that was last night on that one. Finally, there's an annual action by the Planning Commission that has to occur next. The first agenda item for today's meeting is the annual selection of the Commission Chair and Vice Chair in accordance with the Development Code and the Lake Havasu City Boards and Commissions Handbook. The Chair and Vice Chair are chosen by the Commission. And thank you to the current Chairman and Vice Chairman for your service. In the past year, and moving on, the selections will be done as two separate items. The Commission will begin by selecting the Chair first with the following process. The chair will ask for nominees. The commission members will provide nominations. Once nominations are complete, a member may make a motion to nominate a member for chair. Only one motion can be active at a time. A second will be required. If the motion is not seconded, the motion fails and another motion can be made. Before voting, the chair will ask the nominee if they're willing to accept the nomination. If accepted, voting will be done through the vote cast system. If the vote fails, another motion may be considered and we'll follow the same process. And this process will be completed for the vice chair following the selection of the chair and we'll follow the same process. I'll now turn over to you, Mr. Chairman.

All right, let me ask commissioners, do we have any nominations for chairman for the commission? Mr. Chair. Ms. Zero.

I'd like to nominate Jim Harris if you're willing to accept it.

Do we need a second for that?

I'll second.

Yes. All right, we have a motion by Ms. Zero and a second by Mr. Thornton. And yes, I'll accept if you guys, that's what you guys want. Are there any other nominations? Hearing none, let's call for the question.

Vice Chair Wilson? Yes. A motion to select Jim Harris for chair for this term passes seven to zero.

Thank you, everybody. Okay, now we will solicit motions for vice chair. Do we have any nominations for a vice chair? I would actually nominate Joan DeZero for Vice Chair. I will second that, if I can. So we have a motion to nominate Ms. Zero for Vice Chair. And we have a second by Mr., no, we have a second by myself, Mr. Harris. Any further discussion? Any other nominations? Hearing none, let's go ahead and pose the question.

Vice Chair Wilson? Yes. A motion to select Commissioner DeZero as Vice Chair passes seven to zero.

Congratulations, a little late, do you accept? I do, thank you.

I forgot to ask that part. Yeah.

Okay, minutes from the last meeting. Do we have any additions, deletions, corrections to the minutes of the last meeting? Hearing none, I'll solicit a motion to approve.

I so move.

We have a second. I'll second. Okay, we have a motion by Ms. Zero, second by Mr. Thornton to approve the minutes of the last meeting. Any further discussion? Hearing none, let's go ahead and vote on the motion.

Commissioner Wilson. Yes. The motion to approve the minutes passes seven to zero.

Okay, I'm gonna turn the meeting over to Mr. Gilbert to discuss the first two items on the agenda.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Staff is requesting that the two conditional use permits that are on the agenda for this morning's meeting. that would reissue a conditional use permit for the two food courts for Havibite and Oasis on Jamaica Boulevard for Havibite and on Swanson Avenue for Oasis, that those be continued to the August 5th meeting. The applicant businesses are already operating under an approved conditional use permit, so the requested continuance for their reissuances will not hamper ongoing operations. The applicants are aware of this request to action. And Mr. Chairman, this concludes my staff report. A motion is necessary to make the continuances on each of the two applications and needs to include a specific time and date certain for the delayed consideration to be considered, which will be August 5th at 9 a.m. in both of these cases.

Okay. The two cases that we're considering we didn't mention are ID number 26-5281 and ID 265283. Requested continuance, we are looking for a motion to continue those to the August 5th date specific meeting.

I so move.

We have a motion by Ms. Zero to continue both of those continue. Go ahead. Do we have a second?

I second.

And we have a second by Ms. Patel to continue both of those items to the August 5th meeting.

And Mr. Chair, if I may add, we need 9 AM in there as well for a time and date certain.

9 AM, August 5th. Do I need any further clarification through the motions? No. Okay, all right, any further discussion on the motions? Hearing none, let's call for the question.

Ms. Gary, can we do this as one motion, or do I need to take two votes for each item?

I think you're safe in doing it as just one. There's no public here to open up for two separate hearings. If the public were here to speak, and we're continuing both at the same dates, and so I think it's fine to handle it as one item.

And we've identified both items.

Yep, perfect.

Commissioner Wilson? Yes. The motion to continue today's two items to Wednesday, August 5th at 9 AM passes seven to zero.

Okay, I'm glad it's you, Shelby, that has to type that stuff into vote cast, not me. Good job. All right, at this point, Move to call to the public. Is there anybody in the audience that wishes to speak to the commission on any item whatsoever? Anybody at all? I'll close the call to the public and future meetings, Mr. Gilbert.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The next regular meeting of planning commission is scheduled for Wednesday, August 5th, 2026 at 9 AM, at which these two continued cases will be heard.

It should be noted that I will not be present for that meeting, so. So noted. You asked for it. All right. At this point, the meeting is adjourned. Thank you all.