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Glendale adopts ADU and middle-housing code changes to align with state law

Glendale City Council · November 26, 2025
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Summary

Council adopted two zoning text amendments: an ADU amendment requiring owner occupancy when a short-term rental coexists with an ADU and a middle-housing provision to allow duplexes through fourplexes in specified areas consistent with Arizona Revised Statute §9-462.13 and HB 2721. Planning Commission had recommended approval of both items.

Glendale’s City Council unanimously adopted two zoning code amendments on Nov. 25 intended to align local rules with recent state legislation and to update how accessory dwelling units are measured.

Phil Martinez, senior planner in Development Services, presented Ordinance O25-45 (ZTA 25-02), which revises accessory dwelling unit provisions. Martinez said the amendment requires that when a short-term rental is located on the same property as an…

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