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Cochise supervisors adopt zoning change allowing accessory buildings before homes in antiquated subdivisions
Summary
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted 3-0 to amend SR district rules in select antiquated subdivisions to allow accessory structures to be built before a principal residence and to allow those structures to be larger than the future home, with limits tied to existing site development standards.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors on July 1 adopted zoning ordinance R-25-09, amending SR district accessory-structure rules for defined "antiquated subdivisions" such as SunSites Unit 2. The 3-0 vote implements a county staff and Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation to allow accessory structures to be constructed prior to a primary residence and to allow accessory structures that may be larger than the eventual house, provided they meet the SR site development standards.
The change applies only in specified antiquated subdivisions and not countywide. Planning staff said the amendment was intended to give property owners in older platted areas more flexibility and to reduce pressure to rezone to RU-4 solely to permit accessory buildings and manufactured housing. “Number 1,…
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