Scottsdale’s proposed new state-mandated ordinance designed to create more affordable housing in the city will only likely yield about 126 new apartments.
After several public hearings on the matter, the city’s planning commission voted 6-1 during its Oct. 23 meeting to recommend the law to the city council for final approval sometime in November.
Arizona House Bill 2297, which was signed into law by Gov. Katie Hobbs in April, requires cities with more than 75,000 people to pass an ordinance to allow adaptive reuse of existing commercial, office and mixed-use sites to be repurposed as multifamily housing without the public hearing process -— in other words, the rezone will be done without the approval of the planning commission, developmental review board or the city council.
