State SealARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

HB 2662: zoning hearing; annexation; petition; testimony

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Weninger, LD 17

BILL STATUS: House Engrossed

                               

 

Overview

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteAuthorizes the governing body of a municipality to consider testimony of an aggrieved party in relation to a zoning ordinance and specifies that an interested party in an annexation must be within the territory to be annexed.

History

When a city zoning ordinance is brought forward, a municipality must hold a public hearing.  A notice must be given at least 15 days before the hearing in a statutorily prescribed manner.  This notice is required to include the time and place of the hearing and a general description of the area affected by the zoning ordinance.  If the planning commission or hearing officer has held a public hearing, the governing body is permitted to adopt the recommendations without holding a second public hearing if there is no objection, request for public hearing or other protest (A.R.S. §9-462.04).

Current statute outlines the procedures and requirements for extending and increasing the corporate limits of a city or town by annexation.  All information contained in the filings, notices, petition, the tax and property rolls and other matters regarding a proposed or final annexation must be made available to the public for inspection during regular office hours.  The county attorney, the attorney general, any city or town or any other interested party may question the validity of the annexation for failure to comply with statute relating to annexations (A.R.S. §9-471).

Provisions

1.       Allows the governing body to consider the testimony of any party aggrieved when making its decision on a city or town zoning ordinance. (Sec. 1)

2.       Specifies that an interested party who has the ability to question the validity of the municipality's annexation for failure to comply with statute must be within the territory to be annexed. (Sec. 2)

3.       Defines party aggrieved. (Sec. 1)

4.       Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1, 2)

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8.       Fifty-fourth Legislature                       HB 2662

9.       First Regular Session                            Version 3: House Engrossed

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