Assigned to TAT FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1313
general plan; transportation; independent study
Purpose
Prohibits a general plan from including policies or projects that reduce overall system
capacity for motor vehicle traffic or adversely impact emergency vehicle response times and
modifies the required elements of a general plan, as outlined.
Background
Each planning agency and governing body of each municipality must adopt a
comprehensive, long-range general plan for the development of the municipality. The general plan
must consist of a statement of community goals and development policies and include land use
and circulation elements.
For a city or town with a population greater than 2,500 persons but less than 10,000 persons
and whose population growth rate exceeded an average of two percent per year for a 10-year period
and for a city or town with a population of 10,000 or more persons, the general plan must, and for
other cities and towns the general plan may, include an open space, a growth area, an
environmental planning, a cost of development and a water resources element.
For a city with a population of 50,000 persons or more, the general plan must, and for a
city with a population of less than 50,000 persons the general plan may, include a conservation, a
recreational, a circulation, a public services and facilities, a public buildings, a housing, a
conservation, rehabilitation and redevelopment, a safety, a bicycle, an energy and a neighborhood
preservation and revitalization element (A.R.S. ยง 9-461.05).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Prohibits general plans from including transportation or land-use policies or projects that:
a) reduce overall system capacity of motor vehicle traffic; or
b) adversely impact response times for emergency vehicles.
2. Requires, for a general plan that includes a reduction in the level of service of any arterial
street, the municipality to conduct an independent study on the impact on emergency vehicle
response times.
3. Removes specifically identifying those areas, if any, that are particularly suitable for planned
multimodal transportation from the growth area element of the general plan for a city or town
with a population:
a) greater than 2,500 persons but less than 10,000 persons and whose population growth rate
exceeded an average of two percent per year for a 10-year period; and
b) of 10,000 or more persons. FACT SHEET
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4. Removes, from the required components of the general plan for a city or town with a population
greater than 50,000 persons, a bicycle element consisting of proposed bicycle routes, bicycle
parking areas and designated bicycle street crossing areas.
5. Makes technical and conforming changes.
6. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 9, 2023
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