Arizona 2023 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2721 Compare Versions

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1	1	REFERENCE TITLE: affordable housing; parking; reduction State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023 HB 2721 Introduced by Representatives Ortiz: Austin, De Los Santos, Gutierrez, Sandoval, Sun 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. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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64	64	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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76	76	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: START_STATUTE9-462.10. 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. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Title 11, chapter 6, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-820.04, to read: START_STATUTE11-820.04. 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. END_STATUTE
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80	80	Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 6.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-462.10, to read:
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84	84	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:
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88	88	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:
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100	100	b. The impact study prescribed in subsection a, paragraph 3 of this section shall be prepared and stamped by a registered professional engineer.
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102	102	C. for the purposes of this SECTION:
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104	104	1. "Area median income" means the median family income of the county as determined by the United States department of housing and urban development.
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112	112	(ii) A mixed-use building in which at least two-thirds of the square footage is used or designated for residential dwelling units.
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118	118	(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.
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120	120	3. "Lower income household" means persons and families whose income does not exceed eighty percent of the area median income.
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122	122	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.
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124	124	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.
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126	126	6. "Transitional housing" means housing to facilitate the movement of homeless individuals and families into permanent housing. END_STATUTE
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128	128	Sec. 2. Title 11, chapter 6, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-820.04, to read:
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132	132	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:
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136	136	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:
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146	146	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.
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148	148	b. The impact study prescribed in subsection a, paragraph 3 of this section shall be prepared and stamped by a registered professional engineer.
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152	152	1. "Area median income" means the median family income of the county as determined by the United States department of housing and urban development.
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160	160	(ii) A mixed-use building in which at least two-thirds of the square footage is used or designated for residential dwelling units.
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166	166	(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.
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168	168	3. "Lower income household" means persons and families whose income does not exceed eighty percent of the area median income.
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170	170	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.
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172	172	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.
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174	174	6. "Transitional housing" means housing to facilitate the movement of homeless individuals and families into permanent housing. END_STATUTE