For Star subscribers: Tucson's City Council is set to consider a set of zoning changings, which if adopted, could change what the city's housing and commercial development looks like.
Nicole Ludden The Tucson City Council will soon consider a set of zoning code changes that could promote infill development while removing bureaucratic hurdles that often hinder housing construction.
People are also reading… The Planning Commission, a 12-member body appointed by the mayor and council charged with advising them on development-related regulations, reviewed the recommended changes. They include minimizing parking requirements to maximize a lot’s capacity for housing, fixing code provisions that diminish the ability to build townhouses and changing the rules that determine buildings’ setbacks.
The city’s zoning code currently requires the number of parking spaces in multifamily housing projects to align with the number of bedrooms in a unit. For a three-bedroom unit, at least two parking spaces are required. The proposed change from PDSD is to instead tie the parking requirement to the number of units so that only one parking space would be required per unit.
The current code requires individual property lines to be spaced at least six feet apart, a rule that “restricts the development of townhomes unless a special approval process is used,” Manning said. The change suggests removing the required space to allow construction of attached single-family homes.
Sharayah Jimenez provides architectural services through her company CUADRO Design, which focuses on small projects and infill development. In her experience with the city’s code, she said, “the setbacks that we have in Tucson really, more than anything, make it almost impossible for you to ever actually max out your underlying zoning.”
Digitizing all the department’s records could take up to five years to complete, said PDSD Deputy Director Lynne Birkinbine. And while the department has hired 13 of the 14 authorized positions, it can take about a year for new employees to be properly trained on the complicated processes built into the city’s codes.
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