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Casa Grande staff pauses proposed zoning-code changes after state House Bill 2447 becomes law
Summary
Planning staff paused code amendments intended to increase administrative review and a new citizen review chapter after staff determined House Bill 2447 (HB 2447) — which requires certain administrative reviews without public hearings — may change what the city can lawfully require to go to public hearing.
Paul Theis, Director, briefed the City Council on a suite of zoning code text amendments staff had drafted to streamline development review, expand early public engagement and move some smaller projects to administrative review. "The objective of these amendments was enhancing public engagement and expanding public engagement, increasing efficiency and effectiveness of the development review process," Theis said.
Staff said the changes included a new Chapter 17.66 (Citizen Review Process), a rewrite of Chapter 17.68 (administrative procedures), revised conditional-use and permitted-use tables, and specific measures such as allowing certain small commercial or multi‑family projects (for…
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