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\"Currently, yes, residents in the area are trespassing across the subject property to access their properties,\" staff said, describing an informal dirt track that currently provides access from the north but is not a recorded legal easement. Staff said the applicant proposes to resolve the issue by relocating access onto a recorded northern easement and has submitted a traffic statement to ADOT; ADOT confirmed it could issue an encroachment permit for the proposed access on the north end.

Staff also noted the northern portion of the lot is contiguous with a rural activity center and adjacent to existing commercial uses including RV and self-storage to the northeast, suggesting commercial development would be contextually consistent in the northern panhandle. The applicant's proposed site plan shows long, narrow storage buildings accessed from a recorded easement that connects to Highway 89.

Neighbors raised access concerns at the applicant's neighborhood meeting; staff reported mixed responses but said several neighbors supported resolving the longstanding informal access by shifting travel onto the recorded easement. The parcel will require design-review and additional permitting if the zone change is approved.

Why it matters: The proposal resolves a longstanding informal access pattern that some neighbors use but which is not formalized in recorded easements. A zone change would allow a commercial development on a parcel partially surrounded by residential lots and would require further design review and permits if approved.

Next steps: Staff will conduct a full analysis of zoning standards, setbacks, landscaping, drainage and ADOT encroachment conditions and present findings in a staff report. If the commission forwards a recommendation in favor, the final decision would go to the board of supervisors.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Planning and Zoning Staff and Commission Study Session and Public Hearing May 28, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Staff previewed ZC2504, a proposed zone change on a 1.87-acre mixed-zoned Highway 89 parcel in Doney Park that would convert an undersized residential half into commercial general to allow self-storage development; staff raised access easement issues.","taxTitle","Coconino County, Arizona","taxId",2575,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":46,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544055,"Planning and Zoning Commission votes (May 28, 2025): approvals for several CUPs, mixed outcome on Kachina rezoning",7399,7399000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3845722-579e3f877fff12881db5de1ed3c728cd&start=7399&end=0","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3845722-579e3f877fff12881db5de1ed3c728cd/thumbnail_7399000.jpg","/articles/6544055/Coconino-County/Arizona/Planning-and-Zoning-Commission-votes-May-28-2025-approvals-for-several-CUPs-mixed-outcome-on-Kachina-rezoning","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544055-d4b6ebce17defee338da2c1e90560440/orig.mp4?Expires=1771035744&Signature=NfUXVICN29f-4H~Y6oGJGo9yJPcxGO0Rzxy-5ffAzugjkets0NkTyL12WQ33ndtZEg3kZggIO5w55JkGL1Nf1bJdSegmhQHPCHiB43q~3bNilDpJH-tbQpZeTUcO42KRE4AmSCg8iPLXS20~T1osxZYVGz-XAEal4fPg2j2y2wUdaa9ZI6SlcmKKIOrzbVQjhI8RykoMXitVAhOKjP5KQqvgBLzYL7-2EyLCLIFGH80Bd0nSMCwsmesNigiRrDsmi8itpCwOzImENi3lPcugSOEn5NmYiCZAtoClGZHX8y~83eluaOX-x7U34CAkbawDuQSEl~RcqtaymgDVdpLn4w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Coconino County Planning and Zoning Commission took the following formal actions at its May 28, 2025 public meeting. The list below summarizes motions, movers, seconds, outcomes and vote tallies. All case files, staff reports and conditions will be posted on the county website.

Votes at a glance

1) CUP25013 ' Tuscona RV as permanent residence (Red Lake)
- Motion: Approve CUP25013 with conditions (including waste management, limits on short-term rental use, noise/ generator limits and a fire-mitigation coordination requirement with the local fire district).
- Mover: Vice Chair Wilson. Second: Commissioner Williams.
- Vote: Aye: Chair Burton; Vice Chair Wilson; Commissioners Tohi (Tohey), Walsh, Williams, Best, Burger. Nay: Commissioner Leslie.
- Tally: Yes 7 ' No 1. Outcome: Approved. Notes: Staff and the commission added a condition requiring the applicant to coordinate with the local fire district (and submit a mitigation plan for review) to address neighbor concerns about wildfire risk; building-permit review must verify setbacks and utilities and determine if any site relocation is needed.

2) CUP25007 ' Geslinger (Kachina Village) park-model RV as permanent residence
- Motion: Approve CUP25007 with conditions including a Firewise/ local-fire-district coordination requirement.
- Mover: Vice Chair Wilson. Second: Commissioner Walsh.
- Vote: Unanimous (all commissioners present voted Aye).
- Tally: Yes 8 ' No 0. Outcome: Approved. Notes: Site has water and sewer availability; neighbors raised short-term rental concerns but staff noted the county short-term rental rules and building-code requirements distinguish permitted dwellings from RVs.

3) CUP25015 ' Arizona State University radio-astronomy antennas (two ranch parcels east of Twin Arrows / near Meteor Crater)
- Motion: Approve CUP25015 with conditions in staff report (wildlife-friendly fencing, containment of fall zones, paint/ color and a requirement that sites remain unmanned; coordination with utilities and permitting to follow).
- Mover: Commissioner Walsh. Second: Commissioner Berger.
- Vote: Unanimous (all commissioners present voted Aye).
- Tally: Yes 8 ' No 0. Outcome: Approved.
- Notes: Project proposes arrays of five-foot antennas on ranch parcels and small lattice relay towers near I-40; staff found minimal view-shed impacts and no wildlife conflicts with proposed mitigation.

4) ZC25002 / DRO25002 ' Martin property (Kachina Village): zone change from RS-6000 to RM-10A and design review for a converted fire station to five units
- Motions & outcomes:
a) Zone change (ZC25002): Planning Commission motion to recommend denial of the zone change forwarded to the Board of Supervisors.
- Mover: Vice Chair Wilson. Second: Commissioner Best.
- Vote on recommendation to deny ZC: Aye (in favor of denying) ' Commissioners Wilson, Walsh, Williams, Best, Leslie, Chair Burton; (note: some commissioners had mixed comments; chair also recorded a vote). Outcome: Commission forwarded a recommendation against the zone change to the board of supervisors. (See minutes for full roll call.)
b) DRO25002 (Design Review Overlay): The commission motioned and voted to deny the DRO (the recommendation stayed with the Commission for action).
- Mover: Vice Chair Wilson. Second: Commissioner Leslie.
- Vote to deny DRO: Aye (recommend deny): Wilson, Walsh, Williams, Best, Leslie. Nay: Burger, Burton. Tally: Yes 5 ' No 2. Outcome: Recommendation to deny DRO (final authority for zoning is the Board of Supervisors for the zone change).
- Notes: Commissioners cited incompatibility with immediate neighborhood scale, public-safety/egress concerns (narrow canyon access), and community opposition. The commission's recommendation against the zone change will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors; the DRO denial remains a commission action.

5) CUP25014 ' Gustafson accessory structure (Fort Valley): 5,000-square-foot accessory garage
- Motion: Approve CUP25014 with staff condition (standard condition tying accessory use to the primary residential use, and building-permit review for setbacks and site work).
- Mover: Commissioner Walsh. Second: Commissioner Williams.
- Vote: Unanimous. Outcome: Approved.

Why it matters: The meeting approved multiple conditional uses that allow nontraditional residential arrangements (two RV-as-residence cases) and research infrastructure (ASU antennas) while the commission rejected a rezoning request in Kachina Village that several neighbors said would change the neighborhood's scale and safety profile. The zone-change recommendation now goes to the Board of Supervisors for final action.

Where to find documents: Staff reports, site plans and full conditions are available on the Coconino County Community Development website and in the meeting packet for the May 28, 2025 meeting.","The Planning and Zoning Commission issued a mix of approvals and a formal recommendation against a requested Kachina Village rezoning at its May 28 meeting, approving several conditional-use permits and forwarding a recommendation to deny ZC25002 to the Board of Supervisors.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":90,"_47":91,"_49":92,"_51":93,"_53":94,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":95,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":96,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544064,"Flagstaff-area plan staff flag 150-foot cell tower proposal near Doney Park for review",0,85000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3845722-579e3f877fff12881db5de1ed3c728cd&start=85&end=85","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3845722-579e3f877fff12881db5de1ed3c728cd/thumbnail_85000.jpg","/articles/6544064/Coconino-County/Arizona/Flagstaff-area-plan-staff-flag-150-foot-cell-tower-proposal-near-Doney-Park-for-review","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544064-5021fb300349ff3f4c0498bc3c12e94d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771035744&Signature=R32ky0VPcsNU~pSVGdsj1m9m9pV~RXHEcuhBCREHgUJfAlbmqBQy8TUTd6MB4P-bKXIrGoUr~tuG9Nkdunya0tWf3ykYNvB-Eqka2hjN-TXpsEuZ-f8jVhjXlWwX1SEi2zWnKg7iT08MTU8y1iIMEYJPztAu0lXDdzWNI~qSpYHBK0g2EOnCAMcjNiZgRUXWqHsRwbA6wPb6jZPpURetlpkwIOokEIQBLMDsTxc~rTz0M3q42gVCD5jkBBfr5k4bTmUpVb-mPTHH4afXeoUiJdyUOgX5mRuRh-KgSEa-9xgHveZoONnFnB8P3mL9t-vyguqAQ6sPOFo6MsFVgbN1YQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Coconino County planning staff presented a study-session preview of CUP25018, a conditional use permit application for a 150-foot monopole wireless telecommunications facility on Loop Road in the Doney Park industrial area.

\"This request is for a conditional use permit for a 150 foot wireless telecommunications facility,\" Planning staffer Zach Schwartz told commissioners, describing the proposal to place 64 small antennas on 5-foot elements within a fenced 60-by-60-foot lease area and to locate ground equipment including cabinets and a backup generator on the site.

The subject property, a 3.2-acre parcel owned by Blackheart Logistics (a Flagstaff towing company), sits inside a heavy-industrial-zoned block along Loop Road that abuts residential zoning to the south. Staff showed photo simulations and coverage maps the applicant provided; the maps show an existing cellular coverage gap in the area and the applicant's modeling shows the proposed installation would close it.

Staff said the zoning ordinance ranks new towers in heavy-industrial zones as a permitted but mid-ranked facility type and noted the commission must decide whether the proposed tower is the \"least intrusive means\" to close the coverage gap. Staff reminded the commission it may not consider radio-frequency emissions, noting that FCC rules limit local authority on RF concerns.

What staff will analyze for a future staff report: comprehensive-plan and zoning conformance, landscape and screening, fencing and fall radius, and whether the proposal meets the ordinance's preference hierarchy for siting telecommunications. The applicant also supplied visual simulations and a fall-zone analysis showing the tower would collapse within the property footprint.

Why it matters: Providers and communities increasingly seek additional cellular and data coverage in growing fringe neighborhoods. The commission must weigh infrastructure needs against visual impact and proximity to residences, and apply the county's siting preferences and conditional-use standards.

Next steps: Staff will prepare a full analysis and a staff report for the commission's June public hearing that will include additional mapping, ordinance analysis and recommendations.","County staff previewed a conditional use permit (CUP25018) for a proposed 150-foot monopole wireless tower and associated equipment on Loop Road in the Doney Park industrial area; staff said the tower would close a documented coverage gap and that RF emissions cannot be considered by the commission.",{"_33":98,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":99,"_41":89,"_43":100,"_45":100,"_47":101,"_49":102,"_51":103,"_53":104,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":105,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":106,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544069,"Coconino County begins 60-day public review of Envision 2045 comprehensive plan update",2117000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3845722-579e3f877fff12881db5de1ed3c728cd&start=2117&end=2117","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3845722-579e3f877fff12881db5de1ed3c728cd/thumbnail_2117000.jpg","/articles/6544069/Coconino-County/Arizona/Coconino-County-begins-60-day-public-review-of-Envision-2045-comprehensive-plan-update","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544069-8f2e514188c5451e3bcb2ae5194ae84f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771035744&Signature=Ohp15zrzZuk2LQpe3GezzKeEDZca2Zc4HBHj0xd6ds95jSE4TtT8jL0tVSuRFPprAD7oQjVXxFhAWU40FDNz9rfYPTOys6Xzkrqwk52H~lan2RfYDhr91QWYPRhZCVR4nRSg~0g2TVV8yMmh0Peqxal6iz5aYjFeuF~3XyiT17~0lDXq52kG2sVhKLxbwR73d~P96AA-3xq0gJUVTUnCxdUu208F0RDu49b6fAaev~BVs45tzKbPMImDe8YyVRp-GovUGgpcqOPci5rjo-o2mlHqqgUjI7Tnt96In77iu4V58pSB-oQf3b~68aEqd~sr~~IFFUCyE-ltB4w98KioyQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Coconino County planning staff on May 28 opened a 60-day public review of the county's Envision 2045 comprehensive plan update and described how the draft would move to public hearings later this year.

\"60 days starting May 19, it will conclude on July 18,\" said Melissa Shaw, the county's long-range planner, summing the public comment window and announcing open houses in Fort Valley and Tuba City and an online webinar in July.

Shaw told the Planning and Zoning Commission the draft reorganizes the plan into three sections'Quality of rural lifestyle, Stewards of the natural environment, and Diverse communities and services'and trims the number of policies while adding implementation detail. The draft highlights recurring public concerns: housing availability and affordability, water supply and drought, wildfire and community wildfire-response, rural infrastructure and roads, broadband access, impacts of tourism and support for local businesses.

Shaw said the draft introduces a prioritized implementation program with 50 action items and identified the top action as a countywide housing needs assessment to guide subsequent housing strategies. \"The first action item is to conduct a countywide housing needs assessment that would inform a housing plan to address housing needs and to recommend housing solutions,\" she said.

Staff described changes made after an April regional retreat with the City of Flagstaff and earlier 60-day review input, and said the City will hold its own hearings in September and October. The county expects to schedule its hearings after the county plan process advances; staff said that sequencing is intended to avoid confusing overlapping public hearings.

Shaw and other staff shared maps and appendices added to the draft, including a countywide \"existing land use pattern\" map produced with the assessor's office showing how private lands are currently used (ranching remains a major land use on large private parcels), a water-demand projection required by Arizona law, community assessment reports, and an updated set of goals and policies at the end of each chapter with cross-references to implementation actions.

Commissioners asked for more time and clearer briefing materials as edits accumulate. Commissioner Best said the May 2 retreat materials had changed substantially since an earlier packet and asked whether commissioners would get another round of review before public hearings; Shaw said staff will coordinate additional briefings as needed. Commissioners also pressed for clarity in the plan's housing terminology and for consistency with the Flagstaff Regional Plan glossary.

Why it matters: The county comprehensive plan guides land-use decisions, zoning changes and subdivision approvals on private lands across Coconino County. The draft's priorities and the implementation schedule could shape housing policy, wildfire planning, and infrastructure investments for the next two decades. Public hearings and the 60-day comment period are the formal next steps before the board of supervisors considers adoption.

What happens next: The 60-day review runs through July 18. Staff will collect comments, may reconvene advisory groups, and intends to bring the draft to public hearings in the fall. Staff posted the draft and invited public input at open houses in Fort Valley and Tuba City and at a webinar; printed copies are available in county libraries.","County planning staff opened a 60-day public review period for the Envision 2045 comprehensive plan update, outlining major goals — housing, wildfire resilience, broadband and respectful tourism — and a prioritized implementation program that begins with a countywide housing needs assessment.","actionData","errors"]

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