McCrum Lane Contractor Yard Special Use Appeal
Summary
A Whetstone contractor wanted to build a 50-by-80 storage warehouse but couldn't meet Category B landscaping, chip-seal paving and 100%-opaque screening rules. The board let him keep his asphalt-milling yard and existing fence while requiring chip seal where customers park.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 16, 2026.
Impact analysis
The applicant avoided roughly $37,000 in new fencing and the cost of full chip-seal paving.
The Ritenours, who can now build their warehouse without combining lien-encumbered parcels or replacing all fencing at once.
The property owner, who must relocate stored equipment or seek alternative compliant industrial zoning.
Mentions & discussions (2)
Board of Adjustment Meeting (September 2026) — September 16, 2026
A Whetstone contractor wanted to build a 50-by-80 storage warehouse but couldn't meet Category B landscaping, chip-seal paving and 100%-opaque screening rules. The board let him keep his asphalt-milling yard and existing fence while requiring chip seal where customers park.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting — August 25, 2026
Neighbors successfully appealed a planning commission decision to allow a commercial contractor yard in a rural residential area near Sierra Vista, citing excessive noise, dust, and heavy equipment intensity.
Related development
McCrum Lane Contract Construction Service (Docket SUA26-01)
Neighbors raised concerns regarding heavy truck traffic, dust, noise, and incompatibility with rural residential zoning, leading the board to grant the appeal.
Docket VAR26-10 — Ritenour contractor construction yard
The existing yard and fence stay as-is, customers get chip-sealed parking, and a warehouse can be built between the applicant's existing parcels.
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