The Greenlee County Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning request for parcel 500-08-051 in Duncan, changing the zoning from RU-36 to MH-18 to allow a small recreational-vehicle site.

Property owner Chad Corbel told the board he plans to start with about five to six RV spaces on the roughly 3.5-acre parcel and said he would "secure my property" if he develops it. "I plan on putting starting off with about 5 to 6 RV spots," Corbel said during the public hearing.

The move follows a recommendation from the county planning and zoning commission, which voted 5-1-1 in favor of the rezoning. The board held a public hearing at which several nearby residents expressed concerns about drainage, septic siting and proximity to a local school.

A nearby resident, identified in the record as Matt, told the board that past floods have put water across local roads and yards and warned that raising or altering the parcel could push water onto neighboring properties: "If he builds it up, that just means there's gonna be more on all the rest of the neighbors," he said.

Planning staff and the county engineer told supervisors the rezoning does not bypass later permitting steps. Staff explained the owner still must secure health-department approval for on-site sewage disposal and must meet drainage requirements; the county's rules require septic components to be sited at regulated distances from existing wells, and soil leach tests will determine the allowable density. Hayden, planning staff, noted that the owner "has an obligation not to change where the water exits his property or the intensity or concentration of that water as it exits." The record shows the parcel is not in FEMA'designated floodplain, but neighbors and the board discussed that local wash flooding can occur outside mapped flood zones.

Supervisors also discussed investigating and cleaning a nearby culvert to improve drainage in the neighborhood. One supervisor asked staff to look into a program to keep that culvert and related drainage clear so runoff can move through the channel during storm events.

The board approved the rezoning by voice vote. The rezoning authorizes the MH-18 zoning district; any future development still must meet health, drainage and building requirements before RV pads could be installed.

The planning-and-zoning record shows letters submitted to the commission; several letters from adjacent property owners were referenced at the hearing.