SB 1313
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: TAT DPA 4-3-0-0 | 3rd Read 16-13-1-0
SB 1313: general plan; transportation; independent study
Sponsor: Senator Hoffman, LD 15
Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
Overview
Restricts a municipalities general plan from including transportation or land use policies or
projects that lower the overall system capacity of motor vehicle traffic. Requires a municipality
whose general plan reduces the level of service of any arterial street to conduct an independent
study on the impact on emergency vehicle response times. Modifies general plan requirements.
History
Each planning agency must prepare, and each municipality governing body must adopt a
comprehensive, long-range general plan for the municipality's development. The general plan is
required to consist of a statement of community goals and development policies. The plan must
include maps, any necessary diagrams and text setting objectives, principles, standards and plan
proposals.
Statute outlines various requirements for municipal general plans. A general plan for cities with a
population of over 50,000 people is required to include, and for cities of a population under 50,000
may include, some of the following elements:
1) A public services and facilities element showing general plans for police, fire, emergency
services, sewage, refuse disposal, drainage, local utilities, rights-of-way, easements and
facilities for them;
2) A housing element consisting of standards and programs for the elimination of
substandard dwelling conditions and for the improvement of housing quality;
3) A public buildings element showing the locations of civic and community centers, public
schools, libraries, police and fire stations and other public buildings; and
4) A bicycling element consisting of proposed bicycle facilities including bicycle routes,
bicycle parking areas and designated bicycle street crossing areas.
Cities and towns with a population over 2,500 people with a population growth of more than the
average 2% per year and cities and towns with a population over 10,000 people are required to
include in their general plan a growth area element, specifically identifying areas that are
particularly suitable for planned multimodal transportation and infrastructure expansion and
improvements designed to support a planned concentration of a variety of uses including
residential, office, commercial, industrial or tourism (A.R.S. § 9-461.05).
Provisions
1. Prohibits any municipalities' general plan from including transportation or land use policies or
projects that lower the overall system capacity of motor vehicle traffic. (Sec. 1)
2. Requires a municipality to conduct an independent study on the impact on emergency vehicle
response times if the municipality's general plan includes a reduction in the level of service of
any arterial street, including reducing the speed or capacity of the street. (Sec. 1) SB 1313
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3. Removes the requirement for cities with a population over 50,000 people to include in their
general plan a bicycling element consisting of proposed bicycle facilities, including bicycle
routes, parking areas and designated bicycle street crossing areas. (Sec. 1)
4. Modifies the requirement that certain cities and towns include in their general plan a growth
area element to identify areas suitable for planned multimodal transportation and
infrastructure expansion and improvements to require the growth area element to only identify
areas suitable for infrastructure expansion and improvements. (Sec. 1)
5. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note