Title
Public Hearing - Amend City Code - Ordinance Adoption - Multi-Family Conversion and Adaptive Reuse - Z-TA-9-24-Y (Ordinance G-7363) - Citywide
Description
Request to hold a public hearing on a proposed text amendment Z-TA-9-24-Y and to request City Council approval per the Planning Commission recommendation which amends the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance to comply with the provisions of HB 2297, Fifty-Sixth Legislature, Second Session (2024), and codified as A.R.S. § 9-462.10. Specifically, this text amendment amends Chapter 2, Section 202 (Definitions) to revise and clarify definitions regarding affordable housing and related items; replaces Chapter 7, Section 711 (Planned Development) to establish standards for Multi-Family Conversion of obsolete commercial, office, and/or mixed-use buildings; and replaces Section 712 (Mobile Home Parks) to establish development standards for adaptive reuse of existing buildings.
Report
Summary
The proposed text amendment includes three main components: 1) new and revised definitions; 2) creation of a new Section 711, Multi-Family Conversion, and 3) creation of a new Section 712, Adaptive Reuse as detailed in the Staff Report (Attachment B).
Applicant: City of Phoenix, Planning Commission
Representative: City of Phoenix, Planning and Development Department
Staff Recommendation: Approval of Z-TA-9-24-Y as shown in Exhibit A of the Staff Report (Attachment B).
PC Action: The Planning Commission heard this case on February 6, 2025, and recommended approval, per the staff recommendation, by a vote of 9-0.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Alan Stephenson and the Planning and Development Department.