Flagstaff staff propose by-right single-use residential, adaptive reuse incentives tied to affordable units

City staff presented a work session on a proposed zoning text amendment on June 25, 2025, that would allow single-use residential and adaptive reuse projects in commercial zones without a conditional use permit if the projects meet specified affordability and building criteria. Zoning Code Manager Tiffany Antal introduced the proposal as “a work session for our text amendment called single use residential and adaptive reuse incentive.”

The amendment would let developments that contain only residential uses — described in the draft as “single use residential” — be permitted by right in commercial zones if they provide a minimum of 20% of units at an average of 80% of area median income (AMI) for rental units (income restriction for 30 years). For ownership projects the draft sets a 15% affordable-unit threshold at a higher…