Crocker Enterprises Lot 6 rezone (ZC26-13)

A company that wants to build a concrete batch plant asked Hurricane to rezone about 7.68 acres of vacant land behind 492 Old Highway 91, Lot 6 of the Crocker Enterprises industrial subdivision, from light industrial (M-1) to heavy industrial (M-2). The Planning Commission recommended approval unanimously on Aug. 13 after a hearing with no objections, but the City Council denied the request on Aug. 20, finding heavy industry did not fit the surrounding uses. On Oct. 15 the applicant returned with new information for reconsideration. Staff wrote that the general plan labels the area Light Industrial/Business, which M-2 does not match, but that two similar plants already operate along Old Highway 91, no homes are nearby, and neighboring land is mostly undeveloped. They said a batch plant's effects are greater than a typical light-industrial use, though the lot is large enough to limit them, and their recommendation was pending the applicant's new information. The applicant now runs an operation just outside city limits near Quail Creek Industrial Park. The Oct. 15 outcome is not in a posted record; the city's Oct. 19 notice of adopted ordinances lists only an unrelated claims ordinance.