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REFERENCE TITLE: affordable housing; parking; reduction |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
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HB 2721 |
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Introduced by Representatives Ortiz: Austin, De Los Santos, Gutierrez, Sandoval, Sun
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An Act
amending title 9, chapter 4, article 6.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-462.10; amending title 11, chapter 6, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11-820.04; relating to planning and zoning.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 6.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-462.10, to read:
9-462.10. Affordable housing; parking reduction; definitions
a. Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality shall adopt a regulation or general or specific plan PROVISION that reduces the minimum parking requirements for any housing development that meets all of the following:
1. Is LOCATED within five hundred feet of a major public transit stop.
2. is subject to a regulatory agreement with the municipality that restricts at least twenty percent of the total number of units to lower income households and establishes all of the following:
(a) The size of the unit.
(b) The location of the unit.
(c) the terms and conditions of affordability of the unit.
(d) The production schedules for the unit.
3. THe developer provides an impact study to the municipality that demonstrates the parking reduction would not have an impact on existing residential or commercial parking within one-half mile of the housing development.
b. The impact study prescribed in subsection a, paragraph 3 of this section shall be prepared and stamped by a registered professional engineer.
C. for the purposes of this SECTION:
1. "Area median income" means the median family income of the county as determined by the United States department of housing and urban development.
2. "Housing Development":
(a) Includes:
(i) A multifamily building that contains more than four dwelling units.
(ii) A mixed-use building in which at least two-thirds of the square footage is used or designated for residential dwelling units.
(iii) A multifamily building with transitional housing.
(iv) A multifamily building with supportive housing.
(b) Does not include a development in which any portion is designated for use as a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, short-term rental or vacation rental as defined in section 9-500.39 or other transient lodging.
3. "Lower income household" means persons and families whose income does not exceed eighty percent of the area median income.
4. "Major public transit stop" means a site containing a public rail station or the intersection of two or more public bus routes with a service interval of fifteen minutes or less during the daily peak commute periods.
5. "Supportive housing" means permanent housing in which housing assistance and supportive services are provided to assist families with at least one individual with a disability in achieving housing stability.
6. "Transitional housing" means housing to facilitate the movement of homeless individuals and families into permanent housing.
Sec. 2. Title 11, chapter 6, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-820.04, to read:
11-820.04. Affordable housing; parking reduction; definitions
a. Notwithstanding any other law, a county shall adopt a regulation or general or specific plan PROVISION that reduces the minimum parking requirements for any housing development that meets all of the following:
1. Is LOCATED within five hundred feet of a major public transit stop.
2. is subject to a regulatory agreement with the county that restricts at least twenty percent of the total number of units to lower income households and establishes all of the following:
(a) The size of the unit.
(b) The location of the unit.
(c) the terms and conditions of affordability of the unit.
(d) The production schedules for the unit.
3. THe developer provides an impact study to the county that demonstrates the parking reduction would not have an impact on existing residential or commercial parking within one-half mile of the housing development.
b. The impact study prescribed in subsection a, paragraph 3 of this section shall be prepared and stamped by a registered professional engineer.
C. for the purposes of this SECTION:
1. "Area median income" means the median family income of the county as determined by the United States department of housing and urban development.
2. "Housing Development":
(a) includes:
(i) A multifamily building that contains more than four dwelling units.
(ii) A mixed-use building in which at least two-thirds of the square footage is used or designated for residential dwelling units.
(iii) A multifamily building with transitional housing.
(iv) A multifamily building with supportive housing.
(b) Does not include a development in which any portion is designated for use as a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, short-term rental or vacation rental as defined in section 9-500.39 or other transient lodging.
3. "Lower income household" means persons and families whose income does not exceed eighty percent of the area median income.
4. "Major public transit stop" means a site containing a public rail station or the intersection of two or more public bus routes with a service interval of fifteen minutes or less during the daily peak commute periods.
5. "Supportive housing" means permanent housing in which housing assistance and supportive services are provided to assist families with at least one individual with a disability in achieving housing stability.
6. "Transitional housing" means housing to facilitate the movement of homeless individuals and families into permanent housing.