Public Hearings 8.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
Development Services
- Meeting Date:
- 04/05/2022
- Title:
- Docket CPA 22-01 (Commercial Port), Minor Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan
- Submitted By:
- Christine McLachlan, Development Services
- Department:
- Development Services
Presentation:
PowerPoint
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
2
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Christine McLachlan
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Planner II
Mandated Function?:
Not Mandated
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
Docket Number (If applicable):
CPA 22-01
Information
Agenda Item Text:
Adopt Resolution 22-09 to approve Docket CPA-22-01 (Commercial Port), a minor amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Growth Areas and Land Jurisdiction Map of Cochise County Comprehensive Plan.
Background:
This is a County-initiated request for a minor Comprehensive Plan map amendment. The request consists of forty-five (45) subject parcels that are generally located west of the City of Douglas boundaries between mileposts 359 and 363 along Highway 80 (east-west) and between Highway 80 and the international border (north-south). The subject parcels total 1,933 acres. The applicant requests that the land use designation on all subject parcels be amended from Rural (R) to Developing (DEV) and the land use growth area category be amended from D to B. The subject area is primarily undeveloped vacant land with Rural zoning.
Within the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act of 2021, $216 million of federal funding was allocated to the development of a new Douglas Commercial Port of Entry. The proposed commercial port of entry will be approximately 5.6 miles west of the existing port of entry in Douglas and 2.5 miles east of the Cochise College Douglas Branch, at the terminus of improved James Ranch Road/international border. A second commercial port of entry in the Douglas area will improve safety, security, and overall operations at the border. It will simultaneously reduce:
Within the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act of 2021, $216 million of federal funding was allocated to the development of a new Douglas Commercial Port of Entry. The proposed commercial port of entry will be approximately 5.6 miles west of the existing port of entry in Douglas and 2.5 miles east of the Cochise College Douglas Branch, at the terminus of improved James Ranch Road/international border. A second commercial port of entry in the Douglas area will improve safety, security, and overall operations at the border. It will simultaneously reduce:
- overcrowding and commercial truck traffic in downtown Douglas;
- queueing times for everyone, heading north or south; and
- conflicts between commercial trucks and non-commercial vehicles, which will increase pedestrian safety.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
The land use the plan designation of 1,933 acres subject to this Resolution and as indicated in “Exhibit A” will change from “Rural” to “Developing” and to change the plan growth area category from “D” to “B” on the land use growth areas and land jurisdiction map of the Comprehensive Plan.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
The current land use designation and category will remain unchanged and the Comprehensive Plan Growth Areas and Land Jurisdiction Map of the Cochise County Comprehensive Plan will not be amended. This will add an additional step to the development process for most non-residential development applications, which can discourage some investors.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
Sign and record resolution and provide a copy to Development Services