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Hearing officer recommends sweeping zoning-code changes including ADUs, tiny‑home parks
Summary
At a public hearing April 30, 2026, Huachuca City hearing officer Dr. Jim Johnson summarized proposed zoning-code amendments — including ADUs in R‑1, tiny‑home parks in R‑4, raising lot coverage and fence height limits — and recommended the package be forwarded to the mayor and council for readings.
Huachuca City hearing officer Dr. Jim Johnson recommended that the mayor and council approve a package of zoning‑code text amendments after a public hearing on April 30, 2026.
The proposed changes would add new definitions to Section 18.10.010, raise maximum lot coverage in R‑1 from 30% to 40% (Section 18.35.050E), increase the maximum rear‑yard fence height in R‑1 from 6 to 8 feet (18.35.050G), permit accessory dwelling units in R‑1 with standards (18.35.070), allow tiny‑home parks as an allowable use in R‑4 (18.50.010D), permit mixed residential/commercial use in the B/C business district (18.75.025), require a principal building before accessory uses (18.100.135), and add design guidelines for tiny‑home parks (18.100.290). "My recommendation to the Council is to approve the amendments as written," Dr. Jim Johnson said.
The hearing officer said the draft packet shows deletions with strikethrough and additions highlighted, and that the draft has been available for public review following a citizen review period that began April 15, 2026. He explained that if the council approves the changes in its readings the ordinance would proceed to a 30‑day review before adoption. No formal council action was taken at the hearing; the hearing officer's recommendation will be forwarded for the council's first and second readings.
Provenance: topic introduced SEG 007 (hearing overview) / topic finish SEG 025 (recommendation).
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