ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

House: COM DP 8-1-0-1

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

HB 2447: self-certification program; administrative review

Sponsor: Representative Carbone, LD 25

Caucus & COW

Overview

Requires, rather than allows, a municipality to authorize administrative personnel to perform specified duties.

History

Current statute requires each municipality's planning agency and governing body to prepare and adopt, in coordination with the Arizona State Land Department, a comprehensive, long-range general plan for the development of the municipality. The general plan must include a statement of community goals and development policies, including maps and plan proposals (A.R.S. § 9-461.05).

A municipality's legislative body must regulate the subdivision of all lands within its corporate limits and exercise its authority by ordinance to prescribe: 1) procedures to be followed in the preparation, submission, review and approval or rejection of all final plats; 2) standards governing the design of subdivision plats; and 3) minimum requirements and standards for installation of subdivision streets, sewer and water utilities and improvements as a condition of final plat approval (A.R.S. § 9-463.01).

Provisions

1.   Requires, rather than allows, the legislative body of a city or town to authorize administrative personnel to review and approve without a public hearing:

a)   site and development plans, land divisions, lot lines and ties and preliminary and final plats; and

b)   design review plans based on objective standards. (Sec. 1)

2.   Maintains the ability of the legislative body of a city or town to adopt a self-certification program allowing registered architects and professional engineers to certify and be responsible for compliance with all applicable ordinances and construction standards for projects that the ordinance identifies as being qualified for self-certification. (Sec. 1)

3.   Provides a definition for license. (Sec. 1)

 

 

 

---------- DOCUMENT FOOTER ---------

                        HB 2447

Initials PB     Page 0 Caucus & COW

 

---------- DOCUMENT FOOTER ---------