North Peoria Area Drainage Master Plan - Flood Control District of ...

NORTH PEORIAAREA DRAINAGE MASTER PLANOther applicable policies and guidelines forpreservation of landform visual resources arepresented in the Comprehensive Plan-MaricopaCounty Eye to the Future 2020 (1997),Maricopa County’s Zoning Ordinance (HillsideDevelopment Standards (August 1993))and the ESDA (June 2000) for areas withinMaricopa County. For areas within the City ofPeoria, applicable policies and guidelines arepresented in the City of Peoria’s General Plan(June 2001), Peoria Desert Lands ConservationMaster Plan (August 1999), Lake Pleasant/North Peoria Area Plan (November 1999),Zoning Ordinance (September 1995 (HillsideDevelopment Overlay District)).Cultural ResourcesOur cultural resources inform us of prehistoricand historic cultures and cultural changethrough time. Both Maricopa County and theCity of Peoria recognize the importance of culturalresources and have adopted conservationand preservation policies that strive toprotect our cultural resources. Applicable policiesand guidelines for the identification, protectionand conservation of cultural resourcesare presented in the City of Peoria’s GeneralPlan (June 2001), Comprehensive Plan-MaricopaCounty Eye to the Future 2020 (1997),and Maricopa County’s Desert Spaces Plan(1995).Multiple-Use OpportunitiesAs an element of the North Peoria ADMP, anassessment of opportunities and limitationsfor integrating multiple-use recreational featuresinto preferred flood control managementalternatives was conducted.26Opportunities identified are primarily locatedalong Morgan City Wash in the Morgan CityArea, Unnamed Washes 1, 2, and 3 in the BigSpring Area, and Caterpillar Wash and TwinButtes Wash in the Twin Buttes Area. Thelocation of multiple–use recreational facilities(identified as part of this study) along thesewash corridors are primarily limited to the100-year floodplain and/or erosion hazardzone and possible detention/retention facilities,located within a wash, that may be constructedby developers. Multiple-useopportunities constraints are the physicaldimensions of the 100-year floodplain anderosion hazard zone and steep terrain. Washcorridors in the Morgan City Wash Area, BigSpring Area, and the Twin Buttes Area abovethe CAP canal are typified by incised channels,steep banks, narrow floodway limits thatare coincidental with floodplain limits (minimumdevelopment potential with floodplain)and erosion hazard zones that are not significantlydifferent than the 100-year floodplainlimits. Twin Buttes below the CAP Canal ischaracterized by a wider floodplain and erosionhazard zone than the reach above theCAP. Given the 100-year floodplain and erosionhazard zone dimensions and steep terrainconstraints multiple-use opportunitiesassociated with flood control managementalternatives are primarily limited to trails andopen space located within a wash corridor(the wider the floodplain/erosion hazardzone the greater the opportunity). Multiple-Use opportunities could be enhanced by planningrecreational facilities located outside ofthe wash corridor that connect to potentialtrail systems/open space areas within andadjacent to a watercourse.Planning efforts for multiple-use recreationalfacilities in the North Peoria ADMP shallinclude where merited the incorporation ofguidelines and standards developed for theCity of Peoria and Maricopa County in variousplanning documents that include, the Cityof Peoria’s Trails Master Plan (January 1999)and River Master Plan (January 1999), theFlood Control Districts Agua Fria WatercourseMaster Plan (2001), Maricopa County’s, Highway74 Scenic Corridor Overlay Zoning OrdinanceXXII-F-1, (August 1993) and, MaricopaCounty’s Parks and Recreation Department,Proposed Maricopa County Regional TrailSystem (on going).The following general goals are offered asopportunities to meet local community needsfor recreation and open space. Specific objectivesand policies are not developed as part of