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Planning and Zoning Commission votes (May 28, 2025): approvals for several CUPs, mixed outcome on Kachina rezoning
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission issued a mix of approvals and a formal recommendation against a requested Kachina Village rezoning at its May 28 meeting, approving several conditional-use permits and forwarding a recommendation to deny ZC25002 to the Board of Supervisors.
The Coconino County Planning and Zoning Commission took the following formal actions at its May 28, 2025 public meeting. The list below summarizes motions, movers, seconds, outcomes and vote tallies. All case files, staff reports and conditions will be posted on the county website.
Votes at a glance
1) CUP25013 ' Tuscona RV as permanent residence (Red Lake) - Motion: Approve CUP25013 with conditions (including waste management, limits on short-term rental use, noise/ generator limits and a fire-mitigation coordination requirement with the local fire district). - Mover: Vice Chair Wilson. Second: Commissioner Williams. - Vote: Aye: Chair Burton; Vice Chair Wilson; Commissioners Tohi (Tohey), Walsh, Williams, Best, Burger. Nay: Commissioner Leslie. - Tally: Yes 7 ' No 1. Outcome: Approved. Notes: Staff and the commission added a condition requiring the applicant to coordinate with the local fire district (and submit a mitigation plan for review) to address neighbor concerns about wildfire risk; building-permit review must verify setbacks and utilities and determine if any site relocation is needed.
2) CUP25007 ' Geslinger (Kachina Village) park-model RV as permanent residence - Motion: Approve CUP25007 with conditions including a Firewise/ local-fire-district coordination requirement. - Mover: Vice Chair Wilson. Second: Commissioner Walsh. - Vote: Unanimous (all commissioners present voted Aye). - Tally: Yes 8 ' No 0. Outcome: Approved. Notes: Site has water and sewer availability; neighbors raised short-term rental concerns but staff noted the county short-term rental rules and building-code requirements distinguish permitted dwellings from RVs.
3) CUP25015 ' Arizona State University radio-astronomy antennas (two ranch parcels east of Twin Arrows / near Meteor Crater) - Motion: Approve CUP25015 with conditions in staff report (wildlife-friendly fencing, containment of fall zones, paint/ color and a requirement that sites remain unmanned; coordination with utilities and permitting to follow). - Mover: Commissioner Walsh. Second: Commissioner Berger. - Vote: Unanimous (all commissioners present voted Aye). - Tally: Yes 8 ' No 0. Outcome: Approved. - Notes: Project proposes arrays of five-foot antennas on ranch parcels and small lattice relay towers near I-40; staff found minimal view-shed impacts and no wildlife conflicts with proposed mitigation.
4) ZC25002 / DRO25002 ' Martin property (Kachina Village): zone change from RS-6000 to RM-10A and design review for a converted fire station to five units - Motions & outcomes: a) Zone change (ZC25002): Planning Commission motion to recommend denial of the zone change forwarded to the Board of Supervisors. - Mover: Vice Chair Wilson. Second: Commissioner Best. - Vote on recommendation to deny ZC: Aye (in favor of denying) ' Commissioners Wilson, Walsh, Williams, Best, Leslie, Chair Burton; (note: some commissioners had mixed comments; chair also recorded a vote). Outcome: Commission forwarded a recommendation against the zone change to the board of supervisors. (See minutes for full roll call.) b) DRO25002 (Design Review Overlay): The commission motioned and voted to deny the DRO (the recommendation stayed with the Commission for action). - Mover: Vice Chair Wilson. Second: Commissioner Leslie. - Vote to deny DRO: Aye (recommend deny): Wilson, Walsh, Williams, Best, Leslie. Nay: Burger, Burton. Tally: Yes 5 ' No 2. Outcome: Recommendation to deny DRO (final authority for zoning is the Board of Supervisors for the zone change). - Notes: Commissioners cited incompatibility with immediate neighborhood scale, public-safety/egress concerns (narrow canyon access), and community opposition. The commission's recommendation against the zone change will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors; the DRO denial remains a commission action.
5) CUP25014 ' Gustafson accessory structure (Fort Valley): 5,000-square-foot accessory garage - Motion: Approve CUP25014 with staff condition (standard condition tying accessory use to the primary residential use, and building-permit review for setbacks and site work). - Mover: Commissioner Walsh. Second: Commissioner Williams. - Vote: Unanimous. Outcome: Approved.
Why it matters: The meeting approved multiple conditional uses that allow nontraditional residential arrangements (two RV-as-residence cases) and research infrastructure (ASU antennas) while the commission rejected a rezoning request in Kachina Village that several neighbors said would change the neighborhood's scale and safety profile. The zone-change recommendation now goes to the Board of Supervisors for final action.
Where to find documents: Staff reports, site plans and full conditions are available on the Coconino County Community Development website and in the meeting packet for the May 28, 2025 meeting.
