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Flagstaff staff outline large code rewrite effort to unlock housing and advance climate goals
Summary
City staff and consultants described the Land Availability & Suitability Study plus code analysis (LASTCAP) project, which identifies 50 opportunity sites and proposes code concept options to increase housing capacity and support carbon‑neutrality targets; public outreach and council work sessions are planned.
Housing and sustainability staff updated the Commission on Diversity Awareness on a multi‑year project to identify land available for housing and propose zoning and code changes intended to increase housing production and support Flagstaff’s climate goals.
Jen Michelson, housing planning manager, and Genevieve Parathree of sustainability summarized the Land Availability and Suitability Study and the code diagnostic and concept phases of the project, known as LASTCAP. “We wanted to understand how our city’s codes may have some barriers to preventing a lot of our housing and climate goals,” Michelson said, describing an assessment that identified roughly 50…
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