ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

House: NREW DPA/SE 7-5-0-0

HB 2554: land divisions; property; technical correction

S/E: counties; land divisions; surveys

Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 14

Caucus & COW

Overview

Prohibits counties from requiring surveys as a condition for approving land divisions.

History

Counties can adopt land division ordinances to split a parcel of land into five or fewer lots, parcels or fractional interests, each of which is ten acres or smaller. One condition for approval of a land division application is that the applicant provides a statement from a licensed surveyor or engineer, or other acceptable evidence, indicating whether each lot, parcel or fractional interest is traversable by a two-wheel drive vehicle. However, a land division may be approved even if it does not meet this condition, provided the applicant signs an acknowledgement that the county will not issue building or use permits until the land complies with the statutory minimum requirements (A.R.S. § 11-831). 

Provisions

1.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteProhibits a county from requiring a land division applicant to conduct a survey as a condition of approving the land division, conveying the land or issuing a building permit. (Sec. 1)

2.   Repeals the requirement that a land division applicant provide a statement from a surveyor or engineer or evidence indicating whether each lot, parcel or fractional interest is traversable by a two-wheel drive vehicle. (Sec. 1)

3.   Adds, as a requirement for approving a land division, that the applicant disclose to any buyer that the applicant has or has not conducted a survey of the land division. (Sec. 1)

4.   Prohibits a county board of supervisors from requiring each lot, parcel or fractional interest to be surveyed as a condition for approving a land division. (Sec. 1)

5.   Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)

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