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Diablo Canyon Rural Planning Area
On March 11, 2003, the Coconino County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution, proposed by the Prosser and Metzger families, to establish the Diablo Canyon Rural Planning Area (RPA). This planning area, believed to be the first of its type in Arizona, is authorized under Arizona statute A.R.S. 11-806.D (3). The statute allows rural landowners, in counties with populations less than four hundred thousand persons, to petition the County Board of Supervisors to form RPAs. Thus, “Rural, Rural” landowners become part of the planning and permitting process instead of only being able to react to plans after they are established.
The Diablo Trust then formed a working group to help the County develop the RPA for the private ranch lands in the Diablo Trust area. “The goal is to develop a Rural Area Plan that maximizes planning tools and incentives to promote sustainable open spaces and healthy watersheds,” said Diablo Trust Director Mandy Metzger. “This resolution comes to us with high hopes and no baggage.”
Funds were secured from the Arizona State Department of Commerce to assist in the planning effort. A number of economic opportunities that that may help ensure the future sustainability of the ranches were explored, including wind energy, conservation easements, ecotourism, low impact housing, and other opportunities.
The Plan for the Diablo Canyon RPA that emerged from these cooperative efforts was unanimously approved by the Coconino County Planning and Zoning Commission on June 28th, 2005, and by the Board of Supervisors on August 16th.
The Plan document has been professionally designed and printed in full color and made available to interested friends of the Diablo Trust. Please contact us if you would like a copy.
Or, the entire Plan can be downloaded as five separate PDFs:
Cover, Table of Contents and Forward
Executive Summary, Introduction, and Existing Conditions
Economic Opportunities I
Economic Opportunities II
Evolving Traditions
Learning from the land and sharing our knowledge...
So there will always be a West.