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Queen Creek staff preview state housing and administrative bills that could force zoning changes
Summary
Planning staff briefed the commission on several state bills — including proposals on administrative self‑certification, 'middle housing' (duplexes/triplexes), landscape watering limits and an optional town 'shelf' of predesigned housing plans — and said the town will propose code amendments if the measures become law.
Town planning staff briefed the Planning and Zoning Commission on June 3 about a set of state legislative proposals and local code changes staff expects may require zoning and text amendments.
Eric Swanson, planning staff, told commissioners the town is tracking bills that would affect local review processes and land‑use rules. He highlighted several measures: House Bill 2447 (administrative review and possible self‑certification for some site plans and plats), HB 2721 (a "middle housing" measure that would require by‑right allowance of duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes on lots currently zoned single‑family), SB 1529 and related bills addressing landscape water allocations and pond/lake recharge usage, and SB 1529 (and companion measures) requiring municipalities to develop predesigned single‑family and attached‑housing…
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