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Kingman council approves Hualapai's Edge general‑plan amendment and rezoning despite traffic concerns
Summary
Council approved a minor general‑plan amendment and companion rezoning to permit a 155‑acre regional commercial development at Louise Avenue and Flying Fortress Parkway; residents and an engineering adviser urged a planning‑level traffic analysis because the site currently relies largely on a single primary intersection for ingress/egress.
The City Council voted May 19 to amend the general plan (GP25‑008) and rezone approximately 155 acres at the northeast corner of Louise Avenue and Flying Fortress Parkway to regional commercial (C‑3), clearing the way for a large commercial project dubbed Hualapai’s Edge.
Jason Moquin, director of development services, told the council the change would consolidate a patchwork of existing designations into a single regional commercial designation and aligns with an applicant‑proposed companion rezone. He and staff said notices were mailed and the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval 7‑0.
Several nearby residents and American Woodmark manager Robert Batty urged the council to require a planning‑level traffic impact analysis before approving the land‑use changes because most project access would route through the Louise/Flying Fortress intersection, creating a potential bottleneck. Batty and others argued a project of the proposed size typically requires multiple arterial access points and that a single primary ingress could push traffic into residential streets during incidents.
Applicant Tanner Schroeder and his team described conceptual plans that show two right‑in/right‑out access points on Flying Fortress and said the general‑plan amendment is a high‑level step to allow marketing and tenant interest. Traffic engineer Jason Garner, who said he is a member of the Institute of Traffic Engineers, told the council that a detailed traffic impact analysis requires tenant information and that conditioning site‑level traffic studies at the site‑plan phase is standard practice; he cautioned that requiring a full tenant‑level analysis at the zoning stage can be premature.
Councilors discussed buffering, landscaping and requiring traffic studies as part of subsequent site‑plan review. After public comment and applicant responses, the council approved the general‑plan amendment and the rezoning (companion ordinance) by voice votes; staff said site plans and traffic impact analyses will be required before building permits are issued.
