MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ — Maricopa County's Board of Supervisors approved a comprehensive overhaul to zoning ordinances aimed at cutting red tape and reducing housing construction costs across the Valley.
"We have an outdated zoning ordinance. We need to address it. So we're cutting red tape, we're reducing the cost of what it takes to get houses built. And when I say houses, I mean all types of housing," said Maricopa County Board Chairman Tom Galvin.
The most controversial change allows multiple accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, on single-family residence plots — implementing state legislation signed by the governor last year. The county also streamlined short-term rental rules and made it easier to build smaller multi-family structures.
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