Kingman Planning and Zoning approves storage CUP, two rezonings and ordinance change to meet SB 1162 timelines

The City of Kingman Planning and Zoning Commission on an unspecified date voted to approve Conditional Use Permit CUP24-006 for a 51,600-square-foot climate-controlled self-storage building and to approve two separate rezoning requests and a staff‑initiated text amendment to the zoning code required by Arizona Senate Bill 1162.

The actions mark local approvals for a private storage project south of Hualapai Mountain Road, a city-initiated rezoning of roughly 16 acres along Bank Street to Community Business (C2), and a neighborhood rezone on Stockton Hill Road and Florence Avenue proposed by Delmonico Real Estate LLC. Commissioners also approved an amendment to the city zoning code that sets administrative completeness and decision timelines to comply with SB 1162.

Conditional Use Permit (CUP24-006) Planning staff presented CUP24-006, an application by Angle Homes for a climate-controlled storage facility to be built on about 1.32 acres approximately 300 feet south of Hualapai Mountain Road and east of Mission Boulevard in the C2 Hualapai Mountain Road overlay. Staff described the proposal as a single 51,600-square-foot building with required landscaping and on-site retention. The site plan shown to the commission is conceptual; final materials and elevations will be reviewed during ministerial site‑plan review. Staff advised the facility would generate very little traffic, meets setback and parking requirements (the site proposes 16 spaces where the code-based requirement would be about 10), and would not create public‑health, safety or welfare issues.

During the public hearing, Robert Bennett, owner of D and L Storage (also identified in public remarks as Walapai Mountain Storage), spoke at length about longstanding zoning disputes involving his own property and past litigation. Commissioners asked staff questions about access and whether the adjacent road (Washington/Mission frontage) would be required to be improved; staff said the applicant would be required to improve any frontage across their property. A commissioner noted concerns about the frequency of vehicle trips associated with storage facilities and their placement relative to road investments but said the site is off the main corridor and that the proposal did not appear to have public opposition.

The commission…