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Board approves conditional use for three‑story self‑storage on Ranch Drive with restricted hours
Summary
The Prescott Board of Adjustments approved a conditional use permit for a new three‑story, 77,886‑square‑foot self‑storage facility on Ranch Drive adjacent to State Route 69, requiring hours to be limited to 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The City of Prescott Board of Adjustments on Feb. 20 approved a conditional use permit allowing a new three‑story, 77,886‑square‑foot self‑storage building on Ranch Drive adjacent to State Route 69, with a condition limiting hours of operation to 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The permit, advertised as CUP 24007, applies to a site zoned Business Regional (BS) and was presented by Tammy Duett, the City of Prescott community planner. Duett said the site is vacant, is consistent with the city general plan and commercial corridor overlay standards, and that staff circulated notices to property owners within 500 feet and published notice in the paper; staff received no written public comments before the hearing. Duett recommended one possible condition—limiting hours—to reduce impacts on nearby hotels.
The applicant, Tyler Bush of the William Warren Group/StoreQuest Self Storage, told the board the company’s usual hours for similar facilities are Monday–Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and that it did not plan to operate 24/7. "We would be open to" a condition limiting hours, Bush said.
During public comment, Mary Hinton, speaking for the 29 homeowners at Oaks at the Ranch, urged a traffic impact study and expressed concerns about moving‑truck traffic, emergency access for elderly residents, and increased pedestrian or vagrant activity around vacant nearby properties. Duett and other staff members said the city’s traffic engineering review determined self‑storage sites typically generate low ongoing traffic and that the project did not trigger a required traffic‑impact analysis. City staff also noted the site plan shows an on‑site loading/unloading area so trucks would not need to load from Ranch Road.
Board member Mary Frederickson moved to approve CUP 24007 with the staff‑recommended hours condition; Tom Hutchison seconded. The board voted to approve the permit, 5‑0.
The decision includes the condition limiting hours of operation to 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week, and staff will continue standard permit review for building elevations, colors and commercial corridor overlay compliance.
