The Phoenix Planning Commission last week gave the OK for a planned affordable housing development to exceed the height and density of current zoning in the area, going against the recommendation of the local village planning committee.
The issue will now go to city council for final approval.
The project, at 13425 N. 21st Place, plans to add 24 affordable housing units in a four-story, 46-foot-tall building. A rezoning request to change the property to R5 multifamily residential zoning would allow for that density and height. The current R3 multifamily zoning would allow for only 12 units, two-stories and 30 feet in height.
