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HB 2503: building code exemptions; public notice

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Barton, LD 6

BILL STATUS: House Engrossed

 

Legend: BOS – board of supervisors Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRelating to agricultural land use changes.

Provisions

1.       Allows an owner of property used primarily for specified agricultural purposes to change the agricultural use of all or part of the property provided the change does not endanger public health or safety.

a.       Applies to agricultural land used primarily for agricultural purposes, to produce trees or is a golf course (A.R.S. § 41-12002). (Sec. 1)

2.       Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)

Current Law

The county BOS may adopt and enforce a building code and other related codes to regulate the quality, type of material and workmanship of all aspects of construction of buildings or structures. The BOS may exempt areas zoned rural or unclassified from the building code's provisions (A.R.S. § 11-861). The following activities are exempt from the building code requirements: 1) construction and repair to district irrigation and drainage ditches; 2) farming, dairying, agriculture, viticulture, horticulture; 3) stock or poultry raising; and 4) clearing or other work on land in rural areas for fire prevention purposes (A.R.S. § 11-865).

 

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                  HB 2503

Second Regular Session                               Version 3: House Engrossed

 

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