Planning commission presses housing task force for updated pipeline numbers and HDHO review
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Summary
Commissioners heard a presentation on multifamily‑residential eligible properties and the high‑density housing overlay (HDHO), urged staff to publish an updated dashboard, and asked the housing task force/Hasu to provide current counts of approved, built and occupied units.
Planning staff briefed commissioners on the county’s multifamily residential mapping and the high‑density housing overlay (HDHO), explaining the GIS dashboard layers for eligible and applied parcels and noting the county is building a dashboard to track the housing pipeline.
Commissioners discussed how many HDHO units have been approved and how many are built and occupied; staff referenced a previous presentation that reported 53 built/occupied units as of last summer and roughly 300 approved. Commissioners asked Hasu or the housing task force to present updated figures; a commissioner agreed to contact Hasu and report back to the commission.
The board debated whether to continue waiting for the comprehensive land‑use code revision or to use existing tools like the HDHO and pipeline maps to phase in attainable units. One commissioner proposed phasing units in three segments (closer to town first) to prioritize development near services while permitting future phases farther out.
Commissioners asked staff to arrange a presentation from the housing task force and to bring updated data to a future meeting so the commission can make data‑driven decisions on HDHO and implementation steps.
