Gilbert last week had to scrap its proposed revisions to standards for accessory dwelling units after the governor inked a new law that takes away local control over these structures.
Town planners are working to clarify and tweak Gilbert s Land Development Code regulating secondary dwelling units and accessory structures built on single-family residential properties.
A new Phoenix zoning code amendment allowing single-family homeowners to build casitas in their backyards has drawn some attention from the Gilbert Planning Commission.
Gilbert Planning commissioners last week gave a thumb up to a compromise to put open space, apartments, retail and “a cool destination spot” of restaurants on 39 acres that would