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Commission reviews renewal and expansion of Valley Canyon Water CUP; proposal would restart commercial water hauling and add an extra 500,000-gallon tank
Summary
Planning staff presented CUP25-52, a renewal and expansion of an existing water-tank/water-hauling operation on Highgrove Road; the applicant seeks a new 500,000-gallon tank, standpipes and commercial water sales and delivery; staff recommended conditions and commissioners asked about access and operations.
The Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed Conditional Use Permit CUP25-52 for Valley Canyon Water, a request to renew and expand an existing water-tank and water-hauling operation on Highgrove Road in the Valley area.
Planner Bob Short (staff) told the commission the property contains an existing roughly 500,000-gallon water tank installed under a prior CUP approved in 2007; that CUP expired in 2017. The current application requests installation of an additional roughly 500,000-gallon tank, standpipes providing potable water for commercial truck fill, a non-potable filling station for emergency and livestock use, and commercial water hauling and sales. The site is a 3.6-acre portion of a 40.88-acre parcel in General (G) zoning with a 10-acre minimum.
Short presented the site plan, which shows the second tank adjacent to the existing facility, truck circulation, and two separate filling systems for potable and non-potable uses. Short said the site has a deep well installed in 1994 used historically for commercial water services and water hauling for valley businesses. He noted the proposed access is from Highgrove Road, which connects to Highway 64; Highgrove is improved and can accommodate heavy vehicles because of campground traffic, Short said.
Commissioners asked clarifying questions about emergency access and road paving; Short said an encroachment permit from ADOT and coordination with county engineering will be required for roadway impacts and that truck circulation is shown on the site plan. Short recommended approval with conditions.
No members of the public raised comments during the study-session overview. The commission did not act at that meeting; the case was scheduled for the October public hearing.
