REFERENCE TITLE: planned communities; zoning; prohibitions

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

SB 1365

 

Introduced by

Senators Murphy: Griffin

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 9, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9‑461.15; amending title 11, chapter 6, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11‑810; relating to planned communities.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 9, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-461.15, to read:

START_STATUTE9-461.15.  Mandatory planned communities and homeowners' associations; prohibited

The planning agency of a municipality in exercising its authority pursuant to this title shall not require as part of a subdivision regulation or approval or a zoning ordinance that a subdivider or developer construct or establish a planned community as defined in section 33-1802.  A subdivider or developer shall not be penalized because of a lack of a planned community as part of the preliminary plat or specific plan of a subdivider or developer. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Title 11, chapter 6, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-810, to read:

START_STATUTE11-810.  Mandatory planned communities and homeowners' associations; prohibited

A county planning and zoning commission in exercising its authority pursuant to this title shall not require as part of a subdivision regulation or approval or a zoning ordinance that a subdivider or developer construct or establish a planned community as defined in section 33-1802.  A subdivider or developer shall not be penalized because of a lack of a planned community as part of the preliminary plat or specific plan of a subdivider or developer. END_STATUTE