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Cochise County OKs zoning change to allow larger accessory structures, targeted to antiquated subdivisions
Summary
The Board of Supervisors adopted a text amendment to the county zoning regulations allowing accessory structures to be built before—and to be larger than—principal residences in select antiquated subdivisions such as SunSites; the change applies only to parcels of four acres or more and includes site-development limits.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted 3-0 on July 1 to adopt a zoning text amendment that permits accessory structures to be built before a principal residence and for those accessory structures to be larger than the principal residence in specified antiquated subdivisions, including SunSites.
County planner Michael Taylor presented the docket, R-25-01, explaining the change was intended to give property owners in older, largely undeveloped subdivisions more flexibility without switching their zoning to RU-4, which permits manufactured housing. Taylor said SR-174 standards (minimum lot size of four acres) would be modified for only those antiquated subdivisions and would mirror RU-4 in allowing accessory structures prior to a principal structure and permitting…
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