A state bill earlier this year loosened some regulations the city of Phoenix had in place for casitas. One member of the Phoenix Planning Commission pushed for some further loosened regulations, but he was overruled by the rest of the commission during last week’s meeting.
Commissioner Ryan Boyd suggested allowing detached casitas, or accessory dwelling units, in a house’s front yard — as long as they’re not too close to the street — and removing requirements for attached casitas to look similar in style to primary house.
The commission last week approved a zoning text change to align the city’s laws around auxiliary dwelling units to the state’s, but no other members of the 10-person commission joined Boyd’s substitute motion to enact those two amendments.
