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Cochise County staff: sand-and-gravel operations are state-regulated; county zoning does not apply
Summary
County planning and engineering staff told the Board of Supervisors that the site near Ocotillo Road appears to be a sand-and-gravel pit or borrow pit and is regulated by state agencies rather than by Cochise County zoning; staff found no county permits for the site and said the county does not issue business licenses.
Cochise County staff told the Board of Supervisors at a work session that the gravel operation near Ocotillo Road appears to be either a state-regulated sand-and-gravel mine or an unregulated borrow pit and that the county has no zoning permit authority over mining operations.
Kristine McLaughlin, interim director and planning manager for Development Services, summarized zoning history for the parcel and said the county had no current development services permits for the site. “We do not have any current development services permits for the property,” McLaughlin said, and she noted that an earlier rezoning request to heavy industry to accommodate a recycling center had been withdrawn in April 2024.
Jackie Watkins,…
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