Mesa moves to strip apartment zoning from 21.6 acres — Oct 27–Nov 10

Mesa Planning & Zoning Board — October 28, 2026

• ZON26-00126. "View 202 - Multifamily Rezone," 21.6± acres located at the southwest corner of South Ellsworth Road and East Starfire Avenue.: Staff recommends approval of a rezone that moves 17.1± acres out of apartment zoning (RM-4-PAD) into light industrial and 4.5± acres into limited commercial at the southwest corner of South Ellsworth Road and East Starfire Avenue. Applicant Sean Lake of Pew & Lake represents owner Todd Holzer of Sunbelt Land Holdings, and the Council Use Permit would allow a large commercial use. For housing, it deletes about 17 acres of land already zoned for apartments in Council District 6. View item
• GPA26-00248. "View 202 - Minor GPA," 21.6± acres located at the southwest corner of South Ellsworth Road and East Starfire Avenue.: The companion amendment flips 21.6± acres from the Urban Residential designation to Local Employment Center, the category that matches light industrial. Staff recommends adoption, reasoning that a large residential area already sits east of Ellsworth Road; without this change the rezone could not proceed. View item

Mesa Planning & Zoning Board — October 28, 2026

• Balanced Housing Plan Follow-up - Year to Date Summary of Housing Entitlements.: Mesa's planning staff reports 78 homes entitled since the July update — 78 single-family and 0 multifamily, per the memo from Planning Director Mary Kopaskie-Brown. It is the clearest scoreboard on whether the city's Balanced Housing Plan is producing units. View item

Board of Supervisors — November 04, 2026

• AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH GUADALUPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: Amendment No. 8 adds $270,000 in HUD HOME funds to the Guadalupe Community Development Corporation agreement and extends it through September 30, 2028, for a new total of $3,148,595.97. The agreement's existing work statement covers new construction of a roughly 2,000-square-foot three- or four-bedroom house on a vacant lot at 5639 E Calle Pitaya in Guadalupe for sale to a low-income household, and the amendment revises that work statement and adds a Program Year 2026 one. View item
• AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH NEWTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CITY OF AVONDALE: A non-financial amendment extends to December 31, 2027 the agreement behind three HOME-assisted single-family homes at 305 and 309 East Hill Drive in Avondale, built by Newtown Community Development Corporation with the city. The homes go into Newtown's community land trust and stay affordable in perpetuity; the county put $796,326 in HOME funds behind the project. View item
• INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH TOWN OF GILBERT FOR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES: A new intergovernmental agreement sends $621,053 in HOME funds to Gilbert to buy and lightly rehabilitate two two- or three-bedroom homes for rent to income-eligible residents. The term runs September 30, 2026 through September 30, 2028, adding rent-restricted units in a high-cost suburb. View item
• INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH TOWN OF YOUNGTOWN FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACTIVITIES: The county would pass $385,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds to Youngtown for a 40-foot by 55-foot library addition — meeting and program space, workforce services and a home for the historical society. It is federal community development money, not housing production. View item

City Council — October 27, 2026

• Public Hearing – Soliciting comments from interested parties in reference to the submission of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application(s) to the Maricopa County Housing and Community Development Division for grant funds.: Tolleson opened public comment on its CDBG application to Maricopa County, where housing is one eligible use alongside streets, parks and facilities. Staff recommends putting about $500,000 into owner-occupied housing rehabilitation — up to $85,000 per home for major work and $25,000 for minor repairs, roughly 10 homes — with the council picking projects November 10 and the application due December 9. View item
• Public Hearing – Use Permit Application No. PNZ-26-0027 (Haro Arredondo Irvin E.) for a separate 400-square-foot guest house at 8725 W. C.P. Hayes Drive; zoned R1-7. Council Action: Approve/Deny.: The council holds its own hearing and vote on the same 400-square-foot detached guest house at 8725 W. C.P. Hayes Drive in Tolleson, on a 7,179-square-foot R1-7 lot, right after the commission makes its recommendation. Approval adds a unit on land that is already developed; denial blocks it. View item

Planning and Zoning Commission — October 27, 2026

• Public Hearing – Use Permit Application No. PNZ-26-0027 (Haro Arredondo Irvin E.) to construct a separate 400-square-foot guest house at 8725 W. C.P. Hayes Drive; APN 102-48-249, ~7,179 sq ft, zoned R1-7.: The commission hears Use Permit PNZ-26-0027 from owner Haro Arredondo Irvin E. for a detached 400-square-foot guest house at 8725 W. C.P. Hayes Drive in Tolleson, on a lot of about 7,179 square feet zoned R1-7. A guest house is the smallest form of added housing, and staff notes no budget impact either way. View item

Flagstaff City Council — November 03, 2026

• Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2026-28: (zoning map amendment, ~13.01 acres from Rural Residential (RR) with partial RPO to Single-Family Residential (R1) with full RPO): Ordinance No. 2026-28 rezones about 13.01 acres from Rural Residential with a partial Resource Protection Overlay to Single-Family Residential with the full overlay. It is a modest step up in allowed density, and the Resource Protection Overlay would then apply across the whole site. View item
• Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2026-52 and Ordinance No. 2026-27: 'PZ-26-00136 - Zoning Map Amendment Process' amending Title 10, Flagstaff Zoning Code: Resolution No. 2026-52 and Ordinance No. 2026-27 rewrite the city's zoning map amendment process in Title 10 of the city code. How long a rezone takes and what it costs a builder is decided at this procedural level. View item
• Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2026-54: delegating authority to the City Manager to approve awards of funding for affordable projects eligible for payment and/or reimbursement of municipal fees: Resolution No. 2026-54 delegates to the city manager the authority to approve awards of funding for affordable projects eligible for payment or reimbursement of municipal fees. Covering those fees lowers the cost of building affordable units and removes a council vote from the path. View item

Flagstaff City Council — November 03, 2026

• Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2026-28: (zoning map amendment, ~13.01 acres from Rural Residential (RR) with partial RPO to Single-Family Residential (R1) with full RPO): The draft-agenda copy of the same 13.01-acre Rural Residential to Single-Family Residential rezone. Listed so the version that reaches the council floor is tracked against the final agenda. View item
• Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2026-52 and Ordinance No. 2026-27: 'PZ-26-00136 - Zoning Map Amendment Process' amending Title 10, Flagstaff Zoning Code: The draft-agenda copy of the zoning map amendment process ordinance. Captured so staff can compare the draft language with what the council ultimately adopts. View item
• Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2026-54: delegating authority to the City Manager to approve awards of funding for affordable projects eligible for payment and/or reimbursement of municipal fees: The draft-agenda version of the resolution delegating affordable-housing fee awards to the city manager. Same effect: lower development cost and a faster decision for affordable builders. View item

Flagstaff Planning and Zoning Commission — October 28, 2026

• Public Hearing: PZ-25-00159-03 adoption of the STL 290 Specific Plan, a regulating document for approximately 290 acres of State Trust land northeast of Pine Canyon Estates along the planned J.W. Powell Boulevard extension.: Adoption of the STL 290 Specific Plan would set development rules — land uses, circulation, open space — for about 290 acres of State Trust land northeast of Pine Canyon Estates along the planned J.W. Powell Boulevard extension. This is the document that decides how much housing the site can hold. View item
• Public Hearing: PZ-25-00159 Concept Zoning Map Amendment by Symmetry Companies, ~139 acres from Rural Residential (RR) with RPO to Single Family Residential (R1) with RPO.: Symmetry Companies asks to rezone about 139 acres from Rural Residential to Single-Family Residential, both with the Resource Protection Overlay. It is the largest single-family piece in the package and depends on the Regional Plan amendment and a new specific plan. View item
• Public Hearing: PZ-25-00159-01 Concept Zoning Map Amendment by Symmetry Companies, ~72.14 acres from Rural Residential (RR) with RPO to Suburban Commercial (SC, 20.49 ac), Highway Commercial (HC, 23.69 ac), and MR (27.9 ac), all with RPO.: The second concept rezone splits 72.14 acres into 20.49 acres of Suburban Commercial, 23.69 acres of Highway Commercial and 27.9 acres of MR zoning, all with the Resource Protection Overlay. The MR piece is the residential capacity in the request. View item
• Public Hearing: PZ-25-00159-02 Minor Amendment to the Flagstaff Regional Plan 2030 by Symmetry Companies to move activity center S12 north, remove activity center S17, and realign the road network to the J.W. Powell Boulevard extension.: The amendment moves activity center S12 north on three maps, removes S17 and realigns roads to the John Wesley Powell Boulevard extension. It is the gate that the specific plan and both rezonings must pass through. View item

Phoenix Community Services & Education Subcommittee — October 28, 2026

• Neighborhood Services Department Update on Infill Property Dispositions - Districts 4 and 8: Phoenix's Neighborhood Services Department walks the subcommittee through awards on 38 city-owned lots in the Isaac Redevelopment Area in District 4 and 17 lots along 16th Street at Broadway Road in District 8. Recommended developers include Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona, Pennrose, Spire Development, TigerMountain Foundation and Brinshore Development, and one Isaac package drew no proposals at all. View item
• 2027-28 Housing and Urban Development Consolidated Annual Action Plan Process - Citywide: The subcommittee opens Phoenix's 2027-28 HUD Consolidated Annual Action Plan process, which sets next year's split of federal housing and community development dollars. It is the front end of the funding decisions that later turn into specific projects. View item
• Update to the Neighborhood Services Department's Code Enforcement Policy - Citywide: The subcommittee reviews an updated Code Enforcement Policy setting response windows, notice timelines and abatement rules. Enforcement cuts both ways for housing: it can force repairs on substandard units or push owners and tenants out. View item

Avondale Neighborhood & Family Services Commission — November 04, 2026

• ANNUAL ACTION PLAN (AAP) FY2027 – 2028 PRESENTATION: Avondale's commission takes a public hearing presentation on the FY2027-28 Annual Action Plan, which sets how the city spends its HUD dollars on housing and community development. This is where the choice between housing production and other eligible uses gets made. View item

Mesa City Council — November 02, 2026

• ZON25-00943 'Waffle Flower Warehouse Rezone' 2.4± acres at the northwest corner of East Thomas Road and North 54th Street. Rezone from Single Residence-90 (RS-90) to Light Industrial (LI), Site Plan Review, and Special Use Permit. (District 5): The council votes on rezoning 2.4± acres at the northwest corner of East Thomas Road and North 54th Street from Single Residence-90 to Light Industrial for an 18,000-square-foot Waffle Flower Crafts warehouse. Staff recommends approval with conditions and the Planning and Zoning Board agreed 7-0; it removes a small parcel of residentially zoned land in District 5. View item
• A resolution adopting the Mesa Historic Preservation Design Guidelines that amend and replace the 'Historic Homes of Mesa: An Architectural and Preservation Guide'.: Mesa replaces its 2001 preservation guide with new design guidelines covering seven chapters, including additions and new construction in historic districts. The guidelines are advisory and the zoning ordinance still controls, but they shape how infill and additions in older neighborhoods get reviewed; the Historic Preservation Board voted 6-0 and P&Z 7-0 to recommend adoption with conditions. View item
• Amendments to Mesa City Code Title 11, Chapters 23, 44, 66, 74, and 87 pertaining to historic preservation.: Ordinance No. 6036 repeals and replaces Mesa's historic overlay, historic signs and historic district procedure chapters and adds new archaeological review procedures. Extra review layers can slow rehabilitation and infill in older neighborhoods; P&Z and the Historic Preservation Board recommended adoption. View item
• Approving and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Development Agreement with The Grove at Lehi Community Association related to the maintenance of landscaping.: A development agreement with The Grove at Lehi Community Association covers about 28 mesquite and live oak trees plus irrigation in the ADOT right-of-way along Loop 202, with a 20-year term that auto-renews. It is a 42-acre subdivision's landscaping obligation, not a decision about units or density. View item

Phoenix City Council — October 27, 2026

• Housing Phoenix Plan and Housing Trust Fund Update - Citywide: Phoenix reports 71,128 homes created or preserved toward its 50,000-home goal, including 7,110 affordable units created and 6,363 preserved, with 17,584 workforce and 40,071 market units. The Housing Trust Fund created May 21, 2025 can pay for down payment help, land acquisition, pre-development loans and gap financing, against a 2024 needs assessment that found an affordable rental housing gap of about 59,000 units for households at or below half of area median income. View item

Phoenix City Council — November 04, 2026

• Approval of Proceedings Regarding Issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (The Cypress at South Mountain Project), Series 2026 by the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix (Resolution 22408) - District 8: Council takes up approval of the proceedings for Industrial Development Authority multifamily revenue bonds for The Cypress at South Mountain, Series 2026 (Resolution 22408), in District 8. Bond approval is the financing step that lets an apartment project move forward; the agenda lists no unit count or dollar amount. View item
• Approval of Proceedings Regarding Issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (West Eleventh Project) by the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix (Resolution 22409) - District 3: Bond proceedings for the West Eleventh project (Resolution 22409) in District 3, one of three apartment financings on the same agenda. The agenda does not list unit counts or bond amounts. View item
• Approval of Proceedings Regarding Issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Girasol Three Project) by the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix (Resolution 22411) - District 8: Bond proceedings for Girasol Three (Resolution 22411) in District 8, the third multifamily issuance council takes up the same night. No unit counts appear on the published agenda. View item
• Approval of Proceedings Regarding Issuance of Community Development Revenue Refunding Bonds (CPLC PM Redevelopment Project), Series 2026 by the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix (Resolution 22410) - District 8: Refunding of community development revenue bonds for the CPLC PM Redevelopment Project (Resolution 22410) in District 8. Refinancing keeps an existing project viable rather than funding new construction. View item
• 2027-28 Housing and Urban Development Consolidated Annual Action Plan Process - Citywide: Council formally launches the 2027-28 HUD Consolidated Annual Action Plan process. The plan sets how the city allocates its federal housing and community development dollars for the next cycle. View item
• Amend City Code - Official Supplementary Zoning Map 1313 (Ordinance G-7556) - District 4: Council adopts Official Supplementary Zoning Map 1313, reclassifying property in District 4. The attached draft ordinance only carries the standard adoption language and does not name the districts involved, so the housing effect cannot be read from the published documents. View item
• (CONTINUED FROM AUGUST 26 AND OCTOBER 21, 2026) - Amend City Code - Official Supplementary Zoning Map 1309 (Ordinance G-7533) - District 5: Official Supplementary Zoning Map 1309 in District 5 returns for a third hearing, continued from August 26 and October 21 so staff could explain the supplementary zoning process to the property owner. Two continuances on a map amendment are the kind of entitlement delay that raises the cost of carrying a project. View item
• Amend City Code - Ordinance Adoption - Rezoning Application Z-92-26-6 - Southeast Corner of SR-51 and Camelback Road (Ordinance G-7555) - District 6: A 28.40-acre site at the southeast corner of State Route 51 and Camelback Road moves from planned shopping center, multifamily and parking zoning to intermediate commercial with a mid-rise district in District 6. The first phase is capped at 84 feet with a path to 165 feet for an urban mall alternative, so the change opens the door to housing above shops. View item
• Amend City Code - Ordinance Adoption - Rezoning Application Z-180-25-6 (Rio Rancho PUD) - Southeast Corner of 26th Street and Indian School Road (Ordinance G-7557) - District 6: A 3.02-acre site at the southeast corner of 26th Street and Indian School Road is rezoned from single-family and commercial districts to a planned unit development in District 6. The ordinance requires new right-of-way for Indian School Road, 26th Street and Fairmount Avenue and ties the project to a September 2025 traffic study. View item
• Amend City Code - Ordinance Adoption - Rezoning Application Z-103-26-8 - Southwest Corner of 24th Street and Portland Street (Ordinance G-7558) - District 8: A 1.49-acre site at the southwest corner of 24th Street and Portland Street moves from multifamily and neighborhood retail zoning into the Walkable Urban Code's transit gateway district in District 8. The new rules require shade, secure bicycle parking with e-bike charging, electric vehicle hookups and green stormwater features. View item
• Request Authorization to Accept Funding and Enter Into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Flood Control District of Maricopa County for the Fiscal Year 2027 Capital Improvement Program - 35th Avenue and Dobbins Road Storm Drain Project (Ordinance S-53309) - District 8: Phoenix takes up authorization to accept Flood Control District of Maricopa County funding and enter an intergovernmental agreement for the 35th Avenue and Dobbins Road storm drain project in District 8. Drainage capacity is a precondition for building on flood-prone land, so projects like this can unlock developable parcels. View item

Tucson City Council — November 04, 2026

• CONSENT AGENDA (includes i. Pima County Community Land Trust: Barrio Kroeger Lane - Verdugo St. Infill - Impact Fee Subsidy Request (Ward 1); j. Issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds - Craycroft Towers and Lee Street Duplexes (Ward 6)): The consent block carries two housing items: an impact-fee subsidy request for Pima County Community Land Trust's Barrio Kroeger Lane and Verdugo Street infill project in Ward 1, and multifamily revenue bonds for Craycroft Towers and the Lee Street Duplexes in Ward 6. Waiving impact fees is one of the most direct ways a city makes small infill housing pencil out. View item

Mesa Board of Adjustment — November 04, 2026

• BOA26-00182. 'Spilsbury Future Site,' 1.8± acres at 521 East Lehi Road. Special Use Permit to allow combined gross floor area of detached accessory buildings to exceed 100% of the primary building and a detached structure to exceed the height of the primary building. (District 1) Recommendation: Continue to Date Uncertain: Staff asks the board to continue to a date uncertain a special use permit for detached accessory buildings on 1.8± acres at 521 East Lehi Road in District 1. No decision is expected, which leaves the property in limbo. View item
• BOA26-00410. '1147 N Diane St,' 0.27± acres at 1147 North Diane Street. Variance to allow a detached accessory structure within 6 feet of the primary dwelling and within the required side yard setback. (District 1) Recommendation: Continue to December 2, 2026: A variance for a detached accessory structure within 6 feet of the house and inside the side yard setback at 1147 North Diane Street, on a 0.27± acre lot in District 1, is continued to December 2, 2026. Small-lot owners depend on these variances to add space. View item

Tempe Development Review Commission — October 27, 2026

• USE PERMITS — 4A massage establishment; 4B shade structure over driveway; 4C tandem parking for new duplex; 4D wireless facility; 4E tobacco retailer; 4F second-story addition to single-family home; 4G arcade; 4H RV garage height and side setback reduction: The commission's use permit list includes several residential cases: tandem driveway parking for a new duplex at 1201 South Farmer Avenue, a second-story addition at 6720 South Towers Street, and RV garage height and setback relief at 2065 East Pebble Beach Drive. Each one shows how many separate approvals it takes to add living space in Tempe. View item

Tempe Development Review Commission — October 27, 2026

• PRESENTATION(S): 5A Tempe Residential Parking Permit Program; 5B Draft Downtown Tempe Historic Core Plan: A study session presentation on a citywide residential parking permit program and the draft Downtown Tempe Historic Core Plan. Both parking rules and historic-district standards set how much housing downtown can absorb. View item

Mesa City Council — October 29, 2026

• Hear a presentation, receive an update, and discuss recommended changes to Mesa's large water user requirements and Water Shortage Management Plan.: Mesa staff propose cutting the standard water demand ceiling for large users from 330 acre-feet to 224 acre-feet and adding schools to the listed exclusions, alongside a rework of the Water Shortage Management Plan. The presentation says residential and hospital uses are already excluded from the ceiling, and that qualifying existing customers keep 330 acre-feet with a permit and allowance required to go above it. View item

Youngtown Town Council — November 05, 2026

• Presentation, Discussion, and/or Action Re: Approval of Resolution 2026-20 adopting a schedule of vacant property registration fees (Stuhan): Resolution 2026-20 would adopt a fee schedule for registering vacant property. Fees raise the carrying cost of holding empty homes and lots, which can push land toward reuse or sale, or simply add expense depending on how they are set. View item

Buckeye Planning & Zoning Commission — October 27, 2026

• (see details) — agenda detail not extracted: The Teravalis Planned Area Development rezones about 33,939 acres — roughly 53 square miles — from the Douglas Ranch community master plan framework into a new PAD allowing up to 130,000 dwelling units at 3.83 units per acre, plus about 3,542 acres of non-residential development. The framework also requires at least 150 single-family lots with 12,000 square feet or more to keep large-lot housing in the mix. View item
• (see details) — agenda detail not extracted: Buckeye's commission recommends rezoning 57.4 acres from Planned Community to Single Family Residential 43 so Invenergy can build the Cloud Cap battery energy storage project south of the Sun Valley Substation. The residential district is a vehicle for the storage use, and the request does not itself add homes. View item
• (see details) — agenda detail not extracted: Approval of minutes from the October 13, 2026 regular meeting, where the commission heard an arts and culture plan and took up no housing cases. Listed for completeness only. View item