Bill Text: AZ SB1365 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed


Bill Title: Planned communities; zoning; prohibitions

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-03-11 - Referred to House RULES Committee [SB1365 Detail]

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State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

SENATE BILL 1365

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 9, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9‑461.15; amending title 11, chapter 6, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11‑810; relating to planned communities.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 9, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-461.15, to read:

START_STATUTE9-461.15.  Mandatory planned communities and homeowners' associations; prohibited

The planning agency of a municipality in exercising its authority pursuant to this title shall not require as part of a subdivision regulation or approval or a zoning ordinance that a subdivider or developer construct or establish a planned community as defined in section 33-1802.  A subdivider or developer shall not be penalized because of a lack of a planned community as part of the preliminary plat or specific plan of a subdivider or developer. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Title 11, chapter 6, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-810, to read:

START_STATUTE11-810.  Mandatory planned communities and homeowners' associations; prohibited

A county planning and zoning commission in exercising its authority pursuant to this title shall not require as part of a subdivision regulation or approval or a zoning ordinance that a subdivider or developer construct or establish a planned community as defined in section 33-1802.  A subdivider or developer shall not be penalized because of a lack of a planned community as part of the preliminary plat or specific plan of a subdivider or developer.  a county may require a subdivider or developer to construct or enact a planned community to maintain private improvements that are proposed as part of a preliminary plat, final plat or specific plan. a required planned community shall be specifically limited to the maintenance of community-owned property. END_STATUTE

Sec. 3.  Legislative intent

While the legislature recognizes that issues of planning and zoning by political subdivisions, including charter cities, may be a matter of local concern, the legislature finds and declares that, for the purposes of ensuring that residents of cities, towns and counties are governed by their elected public officials and not by a private corporation that is not fully transparent and accountable to the voters, that planned community development with mandatory homeowners' associations is a matter of statewide concern and shall be restricted in future development.

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