DEVELOPMENT

Chandler Council OKs middle-housing ordinance

Unexpected long dialogue about state-mandated designation

This map shows the overlay radius district where “middle housing” will be allowed to be built under a new state-mandated Chandler ordinance.

Courtesy of City of Chandler

The Chandler City Council voted to give preliminary approval to a pair of ordinances Nov. 10 that involved recently passed state-law mandates.

One type of ordinance, which makes review and approval of design plans and plats an administrative task rather than one requiring a public hearing, passed unanimously.

But a more complex ordinance, set in motion by a 2024 state-legislature development mandate, passed by a vote of 5-2, with council members O.D. Harris and Angel Encinas dissenting.

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