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Commission reviews state housing and platting bills; staff to prepare UDO text amendments
Summary
Planning staff briefed the Chino Valley Planning and Zoning Commission on two recently passed state bills — one expanding accessory dwelling unit (ADU) rights and one requiring administrative approval of subdivision plats — and described potential impacts and next steps including UDO text amendments.
Town staff briefed the Chino Valley Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 7, 2025, about two state bills — HB2447 and HB2928 — that could change local development rules for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and subdivision plats. Staff described legal language, potential impacts for Chino Valley and planned local responses.
Will (town staff) and other staff members explained HB2928 as a state mandate that would require municipalities to allow accessory dwelling units by right on single-family parcels. Under the version discussed, a single-family lot could allow one attached ADU and one detached ADU by right, and lots of one acre or larger could be allowed an additional ADU (described in staff comments as resulting in up to four dwelling units on some parcels). Staff said an exemption tied to municipal population (a 75,000-population threshold in earlier language) appears in the bill’s final…
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