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Commission approves special use for Fort Grant contract construction business with dust‑mitigation conditions
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved SU25‑24 Oct. 8, a special‑use authorization allowing a contract construction/drilling business to operate on multiple parcels near Fort Grant Road, subject to modified screening conditions and gravel/vegetative dust mitigation after neighbor complaints about blowing dust.
The Cochise County Planning and Zoning Commission approved special use SU25‑24 on Oct. 8, allowing a contract construction services business operated by Kyle and Jennifer Wortman to continue on four parcels near 1270–1282 North Fort Grant Road, with conditions intended to mitigate dust and visual impacts.
Staff described the site as four parcels totaling roughly 16 acres in an R‑36 zone, with about 10.8 acres used for equipment parking and storage. Staff said the business has operated on the site since about 2014 and is near residences, the City of Wilcox boundary and Interstate 10. Neighbors raised concerns at the hearing about fugitive dust and sand blowing onto adjacent properties during Wilcox’s…
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