Photo via Happy Jack Lodge & RV
By Cody Bashore | AZ Daily Sun
Just how many feet make for an adequate buffer between a sprawling RV park and an adjacent property owner of more than three decades?
After nearly four hours of presentations, public comments and deliberations, that became the final question to be answered by the Coconino County Board of Supervisors as they approved a zoning change requested by Happy Jack Lodge & RV on Tuesday night.
With the approval, Happy Jack Lodge will be allowed to expand from its current 381 RV campsites to 631, an increase of 65% capacity, and from 572 RV storage spaces to 812, a 42% increase.
The 4-0 vote by the board concluded a process that began more than four years ago when the Coconino County Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the change of three parcels, totaling 49.79 acres of land, from open space to resort commercial in October 2020. A continuance by the county Board of Supervisors two months later left the decision in limbo as a master development plan was requested to break down the existing development on the land, in addition to a traffic impact analysis to identify where improvements may be required for proposed development expansion.