LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Cochise County Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice a public hearing will be held at or after 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at the Cochise County Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, at 1415 Melody Lane, Building G, in Bisbee, Arizona, to consider the following:

Docket Z-09-07 (Rogers): The County Planning Director seeks to rezone parcel 102-31-084B from TR-18 (Residential, 1 dwelling per 18,000 square feet) to GB (General Business), to correct an error in the original 1975 Zoning designation of the parcel to TR-18. The bar/restaurant structure/use on Parcel 102-31-084 had existed since 1961 (La Ramada). The 0.76-Acre subject property was subsequently split from Parcel 084 and became 084B. The restaurant/bar later lost its legal-nonconforming status due to a two-year closure. The owner seeks to re-establish the use on the property as restaurant/bar, but the rezoning would not be limited to the bar/restaurant structure/use, but would allow any permitted or special use in a GB District, as noted below.

Other land uses permitted in a General Business District that are not permitted as-of-right in a TR District include: Group quarters; Guest lodging; Recreational vehicle and manufactured home parks; Bed and breakfasts; Day care facilities and establishments; Educational services; Utility installations; Churches or places of religious worship; Welfare and charitable services; Cultural, historic and nature exhibits; Hospitals; Personal and professional services; Banks; Research and testing laboratories; Veterinary clinics or animal hospitals; Funeral and crematory services; Cemeteries; Gasoline/service stations; Convenience stores and grocery stores; Shopping centers; Retail sales or rentals; Repair services; Contract construction services;  Wireless communications towers; Parking lots and garages; Bus and rail terminals; Mini-warehouses; Printing and publishing businesses; Meat-cutting and butchering shops;  Warehousing, distribution and storage of non-hazardous goods; Impoundment storage yards;  Residential care institutions; Health clinics; Car washes; Emergency vehicle stations; and Commercial plant nurseries.

In addition, the following Special Uses are allowed in a GB District, which are not allowed in a TR District: Manufacturing, wholesaling, warehousing, distribution or storage of goods; Zoos and other outdoor animal exhibits; Fairgrounds and amusement parks; Motion picture production sites/studios; Recycling centers; Offender rehabilitation facilities; Jails, prisons, and detention centers; Billboards; Swap meets; Regional sewage treatment plants; Truck stops; Lighted Outdoor Recreation Facilities; and Golf courses.

The subject parcel is located at 1948 S. Naco Highway in Bisbee, AZ. It is further described as being situated in Section 32 of Township 23, Range 24 East of the G&SRB&M, in Cochise County, Arizona.

Applicant: Cochise County Planning Department, on behalf of David and Lorena Rogers.

Details of the above docket are on file in the Cochise County Planning Department and may be examined during office hours. Inquiries may be directed to Planner Keith Dennis by calling 520-432-9240, or by email to kdennis@cochise.az.gov. All persons interested in said matter may appear at the public hearing and show cause why the request should or should not be granted.

Dated November 17, 2009.

Ann English, Chair, Cochise County Board of Supervisors

Publish: San Pedro Valley News-Sun

No later than November 25, 2009