Planning commission recommends rezoning for highway‑front storage units after neighbors raise traffic, safety and dumping concerns

The Graham County Planning and Zoning Commission on not specified recommended approval of a rezoning request by Shauna Taylor to change a 5.5‑acre portion of a 61‑acre parcel east of U.S. Highway 191 from general land use to C‑M (commercial manufacturing) to allow construction of self‑storage units along the highway frontage.

Why it matters: Neighbors said the proposed development could increase traffic on Morning Dove Lane, a primarily single‑lane, county‑unmaintained road where families live and children walk to Southridge School District bus stops, and they expressed concerns about illegal dumping. The applicant said all access would be from an existing highway easement about 800 feet south of Morning Dove and that the facility would be fenced, gated, lit in accordance with county standards and limited to smaller metal…