Can a guest house or casita prevent a home from closing in Arizona?
Well, one would not think so as people generally love separate building casitas around Arizona. A great place to have a guest stay but not stay too close and giving privacy for both. Or as a home for kids when they come back to visit and are grown with their own children. There is a lot to love.
Well I had a home buyer years ago that wanted a guest house for all of the normal reasons. In fact I found them a beautiful home in Pima County on multiple acres with a view with 2 guest homes each with separate kitchens around a central courtyard in the back yard. Everything was great, just what the buyer wanted.
However during the due diligence period, it was learned that the County required no ovens in the two guest houses. The home was zoned for single family and the two guest houses were permitted as additional structures. Each of the 3 homes, the main home and the two structures were well built but they were not allowed to have separate full 220 volt electric ovens. The ovens had to be removed from the guest houses. So a kitchen sink and refrigerator were allowed and a microwave and/or a toaster oven that could be plugged into a regular wall outlet.
It was all about the OVENS
The ovens had to go in the two guest houses (Photo: Solomon Rodgers, Pixabay)
Evidently, the county felt that each of the 3 homes had a full oven that would make 3 residences on a single family zoning lot, making it likely that the guest houses cold be rented out making it a multi family situation. An oven is evidently is conducive to a longer staying rental where the opinion was that a microwave and toaster oven were for shorter stays of guests.
My buyer client was not planning to rent out but he had to understand the permitting and use before the inspection was finally accepted.
Pima County has since loosened up on some of their guest house rules as they are so popular and we see multi generational living. This is often the same in other Arizona cities in their municipal zoning like in the Phoenix and Scottsdale metro areas.
The bottom line? Check out the permits and use requirements especially if you are planning to rent out the guest house and not use it for your own personal guests or personal use.
Here are the current Pima County, Arizona guest house rules:
"Guest houses are allowed with certain conditions that protect neighboring properties from adverse affect. The standards listed in the Pima County Zoning Code Section 18.09.020 (G) must be met.
A Guest house is a detached structure consisting of a minimum of two rooms and a bathroom, which may have a kitchen, used primarily by members of the family occupying the main dwelling and their non paying guests. (Per 18.03.020 (G) (7))
Secondary dwelling for RH or GR-1 zones"
When can a guest house be allowed on a property?
A guest house shall be permitted on any residential or rural lot which has a minimum lot size of sixteen thousand square feet or more, and
A guest house shall meet the following Zoning Requirements:
Shall be no larger than forty-five percent of the floor area of the main dwelling
Only one guest house per lot shall be allowed
Minimum Yard Requirements:
Front: Must meet the minimum front yard setback for accessory buildings for the zone in which the guest house is located.
Side and Rear: Twenty feet
Distance to residence: Three feet
One additional on-site parking space shall be required for each bedroom within the guest house
Shall use the same access which serves the main dwelling (No new driveway or other access points allowed)
The guest house and the main dwelling shall not be served by separate utility meters"
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