Kingman planning panel approves 84-lot Central Subdivision with conditions banning most manufactured homes

The City of Kingman Planning and Zoning Commission on March 12 approved a preliminary plat for Central Subdivision, Tract 6054, to divide about 19.13 acres into 84 single-family lots and five parcels.

Staff recommended approval with five conditions, including a restriction that prevents placement of manufactured homes on lots less than 100 feet in length. Jason, Development Services staff, told the commission the site is zoned both R-16 and RMH-6 and that the proposed plat was designed with those designations in mind.

The condition on manufactured homes “states that no manufactured homes would be allowed on lots that are less than a hundred feet in length,” Jason said, noting that only four lots would be long enough under current lot dimensions to allow manufactured homes under the RMH-6 rules. Jet, the project engineer on the phone, said the developer does not plan to place manufactured homes and that most lots are about 97.5 feet deep, which would leave only a handful technically eligible under the zoning absent the condition.

The preliminary plat covers 19.13 acres north of Hualapai Mountain Road and west of Central Street (APN 321111115). Staff reported the site was annexed into the city in 1982 by ordinance No. 443 and partially rezoned in February 2006; current zoning maps show both R-16 and RMH-6 on portions of the property. The general plan designates the site as medium-density residential; the proposed layout yields about 4.6 dwelling units per acre.

Neighbors who spoke at the public hearing raised traffic, school safety, infrastructure, lot sizes, property values and possible parking/driveway impacts. Donna Robles said she and her husband were told the neighborhood would remain acre lots and that more houses would strain roads and services. Lisa Picard said Wallapai Elementary’s pickup and drop-off already causes congestion and asked how the project would address those safety concerns.

Developers and their representatives, including Annette Johansson of CAG 4 LLC and Doug Litt of DTL Homes, said their company intends to build site-built single-family houses, not manufactured homes. Johansson said the team has built about 200 homes in Kingman and “we have no intention of putting mobile homes there.” Jet reiterated that the RMH-6 portion mostly contains proposed retention basins and that, as designed, the subdivision would not practically support a manufactured-home park under the current preliminary plat.

City staff also said the developer will be required to improve Karen Avenue between Central and Indigo to full street width, including curb, gutter and sidewalk, and to dedicate five parcels to the city for drainage (including a roughly one-acre retention basin) that the city will maintain under current practices. Staff noted that any future change to allow manufactured homes on the site would require a replat and a new public hearing.

Commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the preliminary plat with the attached five conditions. Chair Goss, Commissioner McCoy, Commissioner Sarkeesian and Commissioner Sixta voted to approve; Commissioners Noble, Waters and Vice Chair Swapp were excused.