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Commission backs broad code amendments to comply with new state rules, shifting many approvals to administrative review

Oro Valley Planning and Zoning Commission · December 2, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff presented extensive code amendments to comply with new state law, including moving nondiscretionary design reviews to administrative approval, centralizing appeals to the Board of Adjustment, and requiring conditional use permits for certain height increases; the commission recommended approval and asked to forward the package to Town Council.

The Planning and Zoning Commission on Dec. 2 recommended that Town Council adopt a package of code changes designed to bring Oro Valley’s procedures into compliance with recently enacted state law.

Principal planner Michael Spade summarized the amendments as three primary “buckets”: (1) shifting nondiscretionary development and design‑review approvals to administrative approval (rather than…

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