By Adrian Skabelund | Daily Sun
Achieving one of the objectives of the city’s 10-year Housing Plan, the Flagstaff City Council approved a zoning change allowing the construction of housing within the public facilities zone.
The decision could lead to the construction of additional affordable units in a city that declared a housing emergency in 2020.
“We have a housing emergency, we’re in crisis here and we’re not going to fix this overnight, but we’re going to fix it one project at a time,” Councilmember Deborah Harris said of the change.
Councilmember Deborah Harris asks Tiffany Antol, the city’s zoning code manager, questions during the consideration of the Residential Uses in the Public Facility Zone resolution and the amendment to the Flagstaff Zoning Code during a city council meeting on Tuesday at Flagstaff City Hall.Hattie Loper, Arizona Daily Sun
Mayor Becky Daggett said she saw several reasons to support the measure.
