The Graham County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to forward a rezoning application for property at 2469 Second Avenue, Solomon, to the Board of Supervisors after hearing from applicant Sandra Herrado.

Herrado told commissioners she did not know the parcel was zoned MX (Unlimited Manufacturing) until she sought a building permit to place a manufactured home on the lot. "I didn't realize it was zoned as MX Industrial," she said, and told the commission she purchased the lot from an older owner in 1989. She said she previously had a home on the parcel that was demolished in 2014.

The rezoning application is listed on the agenda as REZ942-25, APN 107-53-033, described in the record as the southeast corner of Center Street and Second Avenue (address given as 2469 Second Avenue). The application requests changing the zoning from MX Unlimited Manufacturing to AR (30,000-square-foot agricultural/residential) so the parcel will match surrounding residential uses and allow placement of a manufactured home.

County staff member Steve told the commission the office had received "no correspondence in either direction from any of the neighbors." Commissioner 1 moved to approve forwarding the rezoning recommendation to the Board of Supervisors; Commissioner 2 seconded. The commission voted in favor with all members saying "aye." The chair announced, "Motion carries." The same item is scheduled for the Board of Supervisors on Nov. 3 at 8:00 a.m.

At the start of the meeting commissioners also approved the minutes of the September meeting by motion and unanimous vote.

Next steps: the Board of Supervisors will take final action on the rezoning application on Nov. 3; the Planning and Zoning Commission's role in this meeting was to consider and recommend action to the board.