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Accessory dwelling units in Buckeye, AZ

What the Buckeye zoning ordinance says about accessory dwelling units, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.

All districts

An accessory dwelling unit (ADU) is permitted as an accessory use in every single-family residential district (AG, R1-43, R1-18, R1-10, R1-6, R1-3, R1-1) and in DR, per Table 3.1-1; it is not listed as allowed in MF-1, MF-2, MH, or the mixed-use and nonresidential districts other than DR. A lot may have one attached and one detached ADU, or one ADU on a duplex lot, plus an additional detached ADU on lots of one acre or more where at least one ADU is a deed-restricted affordable unit. Maximum ADU size is 75 percent of the gross floor area of the single-family dwelling on the same lot. The minimum rear and side setback for an ADU is 5 feet, and no separate utility meter, parking space, or density counting against Table 4.1-1 is required. Mobile homes, industrialized housing, RVs, and other wheeled or transportable structures cannot be used as ADUs. Arizona's statewide ADU law (HB2720, 2024, A.R.S. Section 9-461.18) requires ADU allowances in cities over 75,000 by January 1, 2025; Buckeye's 2025 Development Code rewrite folds ADUs into the base use table citywide in the districts listed above rather than adding a separate state-mandate section, so this pack cites the Development Code's own ADU standard directly.

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