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Scottsdale commission recommends approval of adaptive-reuse text amendment to expand conversion eligibility
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a zoning text amendment intended to align Scottsdale code with a recent state adaptive-reuse law, substantially shrinking the city's airport-area exclusion and increasing the number of properties potentially eligible for multifamily conversion.
The Scottsdale Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve a zoning-text amendment intended to implement the state's adaptive-reuse law (referred to in the staff presentation as "house bill 21 10"). Brad Carl of the Planning Department told commissioners the text change updates the city's methodology for identifying sites eligible to convert existing commercial, office or mixed-use buildings to multifamily housing and aligns the city code with recent council revisions to the commercial employment hubs table.
Carl said the amendment…
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