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Hearing officer recommends Huachuca City zoning change to bar firearms-related home-based businesses
Summary
At a Feb. 19 public hearing, the hearing officer recommended approval of a proposed amendment to Section 18.100.210 D(1) of the Huachuca City zoning code to align local rules with Arizona state law and clarify that home-based businesses may not involve explosives or "prohibited weapons" under ARS §13-3101; no public comments were submitted.
At a public hearing on Feb. 19, 2026, hearing officer Dr. Johnson recommended approval of a proposed amendment to Section 18.100.210 D(1) of the Huachuca City zoning code to align the town's rules with Arizona state law regarding firearms-related home-based businesses. "The amendment is necessary to align the town code section 18.100.210 D (1) with state law concerning firearm related home based businesses and to further clarify what is prohibited," Dr. Johnson said as he presented the draft language to the empty chamber.
Dr. Johnson read the proposed wording of the ordinance aloud. The text specifies that "the operation of a home based business involving the sale, mail order, trade, manufacture, display, storage or repair of any sort of explosive or improvised explosive device, and or prohibited weapons, as defined under ARS Section 13-3101" would be prohibited. He told those present that notice of the hearing had been posted at appropriate locations and on the town's Facebook page and that a citizen-review process had been open since Feb. 5. "To date, there are no written comments, no phone in comments of any kind has been submitted," he said.
The hearing officer opened the public comment period and allowed a brief pause for anyone to come forward; no members of the public entered the council chamber. Present in the room were Dr. Johnson, Town Clerk Brandye Thorpe and Chief of Police Wyatt Barry. After waiting, Dr. Johnson closed the public hearing and formally announced his recommendation to approve the amendment as written. He said the recommendation will be sent on to the Town Council for the final reading; the minutes do not specify a date for the Council's final consideration.
The public hearing was then adjourned. The minutes record the document as "Approved by Mayor Johann R. Wallace on February 26, 2026," and include Town Clerk Brandye Thorpe's certification of the minutes.
