Planning commission forwards three rezonings and ADU code changes, approves truck parking; tables two special‑use items

The Cochise County Planning and Zoning Commission took action on multiple zoning and code items, forwarding several rezoning requests to the Board of Supervisors with recommendations of approval, approving one contractor‑yard special use with conditions, approving a countywide accessory dwelling unit (ADU) text amendment required by new state law, and tabling several dockets to the September meeting.

What the commission approved and forwarded

- RZ25‑09 (Desert Sky Subdivision): The commission recommended approval without special conditions to downzone a parcel from RU‑2 to RU‑4 (tax parcel 404‑02‑027). The motion passed unanimously; commissioners recorded their votes in the roll call (Ayes: Limbach, Montgomery, Watkins, Gonzales, Fickett, Saunders; Chair voted aye). Staff noted the parcel is in an older subdivision and that RU‑4 allows owner‑builder residential development and temporary RV occupancy during construction; the applicant, Shane Harmon, said he plans to move to the property and build a single‑family home.

- RZ25‑10 (Highway 80 commercial property): The commission recommended approval to rezone tax parcel 408‑11‑009 from RU‑4 to General Business (GB). Staff noted the property’s plan designation as a developing corridor and that GB is appropriate along major arterials;…