Board delays comprehensive‑plan text changes after staff explain statutory density implications

Oct 1, 2025

Officials presented minor text amendments to bring the comprehensive plan into compliance with ARS 11‑8‑04(e); staff said some land‑use categories could confer higher residential density on private and state trust lands, and supervisors asked for more background and maps. The board continued the hearings to November dates.

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Yavapai County Planning Manager Matt Blake told the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 1 that proposed minor text amendments are intended to incorporate statutory language from ARS 11‑8‑04(e) into the county comprehensive plan — a change that can alter residential density for private and state trust lands placed in certain land‑use categories.

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