Arizona bill seeks to restrict ADUs as short-term rentals

(The Center Square) – A new bill would limit how Arizonans can use additional dwelling units on their property.

Senate Majority Leader John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, recently pre-filed Senate Bill 1105, which allows Arizona counties, cities and towns to restrict ADUs from being used for vacation or short-term rentals.

The state legislation seeks to mandate ADUs be used “to ease the housing crunch and not just become hotel rooms for people on vacation,” Kavanaugh told The Center Square.

These new units “should be used for affordable housing and not hotel profits,” he said.

Kavanaugh added he “respects local zoning” rules and doesn’t think single-family zone areas should have short-term rentals “popping up” around them.