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Supervisors approve three rezonings to allow smaller residential lots, add shared-driveway stipulation on Lebanon Loop split
Summary
The board approved three separate rezoning requests — including a multi‑lot split on Lebanon Loop — allowing smaller residential parcels; the board required a shared driveway buffer for one proposal after neighbor concerns about traffic and water.
The Graham County Board of Supervisors approved three rezoning requests Aug. 4 that will allow smaller residential lots in separate locations after a public hearing and Planning & Zoning recommendations. 1) Lebanon Loop (RZ935‑25): The board approved a request to rezone roughly 3.18 acres south of Safford into smaller rural residential lots with a minimum 20,000‑square‑foot (about half‑acre) lot size to create five residential parcels. The county planning staff said the applicant intends to combine and then redivide the parcel to create smaller, lower‑cost homes, with two lots larger than the minimum and one lot kept at roughly one acre for an existing double‑wide home. Planning & Zoning issued a favorable recommendation by a 3–2 vote. Several neighbors raised concerns at the board hearing about additional traffic, septic/percolation capacity and water availability. The applicant agreed to a stipulation, accepted on the record, to use a shared driveway centered on the parcel to reduce traffic impacts on adjacent properties; the board approved the rezoning with that stipulation. 2) Parcel 10502054 in Bryce (RZ937‑25): Property owners Leslie and her husband requested rezoning of a front parcel to half‑acre status to sell the frontage lot while keeping the rear acreage at one‑acre zoning. Planning & Zoning recommended approval unanimously; the board approved the rezoning without recorded opposition. 3) San Jose parcel (RZ936‑25): A property owner asked to split a parcel to create two roughly half‑acre parcels after resolving a code violation that involved a second dwelling on a single lot. Planning & Zoning recommended approval; the board approved the rezoning unanimously. Board members and staff discussed county zoning history — the county’s 20,000‑square‑foot standard dates to a 1969 ordinance where a half‑acre minus right‑of‑way yielded a 20,000‑square‑foot “buildable” lot — and noted infrastructure constraints such as septic, percolation tests and limited city sewer/water outside municipal boundaries. The board recorded motions and approved each rezoning by voice vote.
