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County officials warn state ADU rules could spur density without sewer or water upgrades

Yavapai County Board of Supervisors & Planning and Zoning Commission (joint session) · November 13, 2025
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Summary

Supervisors and commissioners debated state ADU requirements and expressed concern that recent Arizona legislation will enable higher densities—ADUs, tiny homes and multiple dwellings per acre—without adequate wastewater, water or road infrastructure, prompting calls to align a zoning rewrite with comprehensive-plan updates.

Commissioners and supervisors spent a large portion of the study session debating the local effects of new state ADU law and related statutes that, as presenters noted, limit certain local controls.

——"My take on this new ARS ... it blew open wildcatting in Yavapai County," said Commissioner Ray Pice, arguing the state rule could permit multiple dwellings on small parcels without adequate services. Several board members…

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