BISBEE — Mountain View Koi Fish and Plant Nursery is now in compliance with zoning codes after the county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a re-zoning request.

The zoning went from R-36 (residential with a minimum lot size of 36,00 square feet) to general business.

Curt and Lisa Ogren, who live at 3828 Keeling Road, have been operating out of their home using a home occupation permit for the past 12 years. Due to expansion of the business, they have added outdoor uses that surpassed what was allowed under their permit, said senior planner Michael Turisk.

Half of their three-acre parcel is already zoned general business and is where they operate as Pioneer Firewood Supply.

However, the general business zoning requires site development. Things such as an asphalt driveway off Keeling, meeting set-backs and a 6-foot solid screen around the parcel are required, Turisk said. Currently, the site is adequately graveled. In order to get these requirements waived, the Ogrens will have to appear before the Board of Adjustment.

Supervisors Pat Call, Richard Searle and Paul Newman all favored the idea of dropping those requirements, but they have no authority to do so. Since the Ogrens’ operation is well-tended and has a natural vegetative barrier consisting of mature trees that hide the property from view, the supervisors agreed they would at least voice their opinions on the matter.

“This is something we’ve been working on for quite a while,” Call said. “The screening requirement is already met with the mature trees. These are good people who started small and have grown. They have a first-class operation.”

Searle added, “They have done an excellent job of blending with the community. The screening they have meets the standard and the site is fine for the purpose.”

The supervisors also briefly discussed a proposition made by Rick Tutor, the only salaried constable in the county, to raise writs of execution issued by the justice courts by $5 to go into a fund to train him. Writs are a remedy for plaintiffs to recover a monetary judgment or return of property.

The county currently has set aside $1,000 for his training, which could be saved through this new fee, said Jim Vlahovich, assistant county administrator.

Tutor said the money collected from the fees would go into the state constables’ ethics standards and training fund. Such training twice a year is required by the state. He did not know if the fees would apply to all the county justice of the peace writs of execution.

Though none of the supervisors objected to the idea of saving money, they decided they wanted to hear from the other justices and constables. So, they tabled the matter until the Oct. 7 meeting to give Deputy County Attorney Britt Hanson time to gather the information.

“I would want to think about it. Maybe it can be just the JP5 (Sierra Vista). But I think the fees would be countywide, not just for JP5,” Hanson added.

The supervisors instructed Hanson to find out just how many writs are written out of the justice courts, what the sheriff’s office thinks about the proposal, what differences are there between a hired constable compared with an elected constable, as they are in Benson and Bisbee.

During the flood control district and library district board meetings, the supervisors also tabled the items that dealt with applying for lines of credit with J.P. Morgan Chase Bank. The supervisors were curious about the need for such credit, because no one could tell them if credit had ever been used for either district. No department heads were at the meetings to provide any information to show what necessitates the need for lines of credit.

The Cochise County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday also:

• Approved a submission to the governor’s office for children, youth and families for federal pass through funding used by the juvenile court to cover expenses for judges serving in the county’s juvenile drug courts.

• Approved a work session to discuss water system improvements at the Bisbee-Douglas International Airport.