Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1118: rural hospitals; radiation protection grants
Status: Failed, June 11, 2026
SB1118 - (NOW: historic neighborhoods; housing; zoning)
What the bill says
An act amending section 9-462.13, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to municipal zoning. Section [DELETED: 1.] 1. Section 9-462.13, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to development; middle housing; applicability; definitions A. On or before January 1, 2026, a municipality with a population of seventy-five thousand persons or more must authorize, by ordinance and incorporate into its development regulations, zoning regulations and other official controls, the development of duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and townhomes as a permitted use on both of the fol.
From the engrossed text, April 28, 2026:
AN ACT amending section 9-462.13, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to municipal zoning. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section [DELETED: 1.] 1. Section 9-462.13, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to development; middle housing; applicability; definitions A. On or before January 1, 2026, a municipality with a population of seventy-five thousand persons or more must authorize, by ordinance and incorporate into its development regulations, zoning regulations and other official controls, the development of duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and townhomes as a permitted use on both of the following: 1. All lots zoned for single-family residential use within one mile of the municipality's central business district. 2. At least twenty percent of any new development of more than ten contiguous acres. B. The municipality may not do any of the following: 1. Discourage the development of middle housing through requirements or actions that individually or cumulatively make impracticable the permitting, siting, or construction of middle housing. 2. Restrict middle housing types to less than two floors. 3. Restrict middle housing types to a floor area ratio of less than fifty percent. 4. Set restrictions, permitting or review processes for middle housing that are more restrictive than those for single-family dwellings within the same zone. 5. Require owner occupancy of any structures on the lot. 6. Require any structures to comply with a …