Sedona planning commissioners recommend denial of Tranquil–Rigby rezoning and conditional-use permit

The City of Sedona Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial on Sept. 16 of a request to rezone roughly 9.5 acres at 50 Tranquil Avenue and 80 Rigby Road from RMH (single-family manufactured-home residential, 4 units/acre) to RM3 (high-density multifamily, up to 20 units/acre) and denied a conditional-use permit (CUP) that would have allowed the existing house to remain until future development is approved.

The recommendation follows the staff report, which concluded the rezoning did not meet multiple required findings, including consistency with the Sedona Community Plan and other adopted plans, minimizing impacts on surrounding property owners, environmental and fiscal impacts, and compliance with utility and transportation standards. City staff recommended denial for both the zone change and the CUP. Carrie (city planner, first name only in record) told commissioners the city had received the applicant’s complete file June 25 and noted the 180-day statutory review deadline in December for residential rezoning applications.

Why it matters: The parcels lie north of the Windsong Mobile Home Park and west of the Safeway shopping center along 89A in West Sedona. The Community Plan’s future land-use map designates this site as “multifamily, high density” but staff said the proposal lacked required strategies to demonstrate housing affordability and diversity and did not adequately commit to transportation, environmental, and neighborhood protections described in adopted…