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Development Services presents 2025 annual report, highlights code changes and annexation plans
Summary
City staff presented the Development Services 2025 annual report, noting a zoning code rewrite and user guide, staffing additions, an annexation petition phase for large areas including East Walapai Foothills, revised code implementation, code‑enforcement community court diversion, and project permit statistics.
City of Kingman Development Services staff presented the department’s 2025 annual report at the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting June 10, summarizing staffing changes, code updates, annexation planning, permitting and inspection volumes, code‑enforcement process improvements, and several completed or ongoing commercial projects.
Staff said the department added a building permit technician, a planning technician and an additional code enforcement officer to improve counter service and case handling. They recapped a zoning code text amendment finalized in late 2025 (with minor cleanups since) and the launch of a user guide to make the code easier for the public and applicants to navigate.
The presentation outlined active annexation planning that began in July 2024: an airport annexation area of approximately 3,415 acres and an East Walapai Mountain Foothills annexation of roughly 4,238 acres that includes an estimated 3,300 acres of BLM land; staff said the city will circulate petitions and that annexation requires sufficient property‑owner signatures and valuations to proceed.
Staff presented development metrics for 2025: one pre‑plat (84 lots) and 84 lots platted in 2025 compared with 183 in 2024; planning conducted over 200 plan reviews and 284 business license reviews; building and safety handled about 627 commercial/residential plan reviews and three inspectors completed more than 6,025 field inspections collectively. On code enforcement, staff reported 459 open cases in 2025 and 465 closed, and described a community court diversion program coordinated with the courts to encourage compliance without imposing misdemeanor convictions when owners participate and remediate violations.
Staff called out recent completed or near‑complete projects including Tropical Smoothie (Stockton Hill), a rehabilitation/gym facility on Andy Divine, a Starbucks building under tenant fit‑out, Mojave Storage, Hawaiian Barbecue, Copper Hay Company facade improvements, and a planned Bosa Donuts opening in mid‑June and Hobby Lobby tenant improvements expected in mid‑to‑late July. Commissioners praised the streamlined review process and asked about concurrent building permit submittals; staff explained concurrent submittal is allowed "at risk" but that deferred submittals, fire plans and other requirements must be in place by second check to avoid field conflicts.
The presentation was informational and required no commission action.
