Maricopa County cuts 53 pages from zoning rules to speed up housing development
Real estate attorneys and homebuilders are applauding changes to zoning rules adopted by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.
One of the key changes to the Maricopa County Zoning Ordinance removes the "plan of development" requirement for smaller multifamily residential projects. (Photo: Jim Poulin/Phoenix Business Journal)
(Photo: Jim Poulin/Phoenix Business Journal)
Real estate attorneys and homebuilders are applauding zoning ordinance changes adopted by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.
The board voted unanimously Dec. 10 to approve significant updates to the decades-old ordinance.
Jordan Rose, a long-time zoning attorney and founder of Rose Law Group, said the modernized zoning ordinance cuts out the needless government regulations that lead to price escalation in the housing market and prioritizes AI infrastructure uses — addressing some critical issues.
“I would bet that this new ordinance will be plagiarized and adopted by local governments around the country, as it comprehensively speaks to the future of growth and development,” Rose said.
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Yeah, because what the Phoenix metro area really needs is MORE houses, built even faster.
Actually, they just changed to a smaller New Times Roman font which requires less pages to publish.
The 2025 zoning ordinance changes were not a rollback of quality standards. They addressed setbacks (notably for energy facilities) (let's hope they are putting solar panels on all roofs) as for parking rules let's hope they got rid of those silly minimum parking spaces required. While leaving unit size flexibility to encourage diverse housing. Let me build a tiny home without having to put it in the backyard of someone's house. That will modernize and simplify, not weaken protections.