Flagstaff planners recommend rezoning Lone Tree site for 168 affordable units, forward measure to City Council

The Flagstaff Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to forward a recommendation to City Council to rezone three parcels at the Lone Tree Ranch site to High-Density Residential with a Resource Protection overlay, clearing the way for a 168-unit, 100% affordable rental development. Staff and the project team told the commission the project is conditioned to an approved site plan and a Development Agreement spelling out affordable-housing commitments and required improvements.

Planning Manager Alexandra Puccarelli told the commission the request would rezone one parcel from Suburban Commercial and remove conditions tied to a 1997 rezoning on the two other parcels. “All 168 are affordable,” she said, and explained the project uses a 45% density bonus for 100% affordable housing to increase the site from 116 to 168 units. Puccarelli also said the proposed units are planned for households earning on average up to 60% of area median income, and staff had concluded the three required findings (consistency with the regional plan,…