City of Tucson Planning Commission, August 26, 2026
Deferred: Living Landscapes Phase One commercial rainwater-harvesting UDC amendments - second study session, unanimous
What happened
On August 26, 2026, the City of Tucson Planning Commission deferred Living Landscapes Phase One commercial rainwater-harvesting UDC amendments - second study session (unanimous).
The Tucson Planning Commission held three study sessions (no final entitlement votes) on citywide code initiatives. On the Living Landscapes Phase One commercial rainwater-harvesting UDC amendments, the Commission declined to advance to a public hearing and instead voted unanimou…
- Jurisdiction
- Tucson, AZ
- Governing body
- Advisory (makes a recommendation)
- Date
- August 26, 2026
- Decisions
- 3 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Deferred, unanimous
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Living Landscapes Phase One commercial rainwater-harvesting UDC amendments - second study session
Study session on Phase One Living Landscapes UDC amendments (commercial rainwater harvesting: depressed parking-lot planting areas UDC 7.6.4.B, standard details UDC 7.6.6.5, right-of-way green stormwater infrastructure UDC 7.6.4.5, including golf courses/churches/cemetery lots under Tucson code 7-185, Tucson Basin native plant list, increased tree-to-understory ratio). Staff requested setting a public hearing for September 16, 2026, but commissioners (Willett, Lampo, Lane, others) were uncomfortable endorsing a plant-list reference without seeing the draft list. Commission voted to request a second study session instead of a public hearing. Roll call: all aye (Chair Kenney, Lampo, Lane, McKenzie, Silva, Small, Trumbull, Veach, Willett).
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Key Decisions (3)
Living Landscapes Phase One commercial rainwater-harvesting UDC amendments - second study session
Code Tucson 2026 code update package - first study session
Planning Commission Rules of Procedure update - study session
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Market Signals (5)
Commercial Demand
Proposed Code Tucson parking-standard changes (removing separate mixed-use parking calculations…
Sentiment
Strong community and commissioner sentiment (Tucson for Everyone, MPA, multiple…
Infrastructure
Living Landscapes Phase One would require new commercial development to…
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Who spoke
15 distinct speakers; 13 identified names.
All speaker roles: 2 Public, 7 Commissioner, 4 Staff, 1 Chair, 1 Attorney.
Identified name roles: 7 Commissioner, 4 Staff, 1 Chair, 1 Attorney.
Speaker sample: Jim DeGroote, Staff.
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Zoning terms (13)
72 recorded timestamps
- land use (3 timestamps)
- commercial (17 timestamps)
- public hearing (14 timestamps)
- density (3 timestamps)
- approved (6 timestamps)
- mixed use (6 timestamps)
Decision moments (3)
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