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Flagstaff staff: city and region have buildable land but many parcels need infrastructure and rezoning
Summary
City staff told a public workshop that the land-availability and suitability study identified thousands of acres that could yield housing, but most opportunity parcels are undeveloped, will require new utilities or rezonings and face environmental or cost constraints.
City of Flagstaff staff presented the findings of a multi‑year land‑availability and suitability study and told residents the region has buildable acreage but that most of it is not ‘shovel‑ready.’ Michelle McNulty, the city’s planning director and interim community development director, said the study examined vacant and underutilized parcels across the metropolitan planning area to identify 50 “opportunity sites” and to test infrastructure, environmental and zoning constraints.
The study found roughly 10,500 acres in the study area that were potentially billable for development; about 8,100 acres are inside land‑use categories that allow residential development. McNulty said much of that acreage is zoned…
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