Senate Engrossed House Bill residential building materials; requirements; prohibition State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 HOUSE BILL 2584 An Act amending title 9, chapter 7, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-810.02; relating to municipal building codes. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Senate Engrossed House Bill residential building materials; requirements; prohibition
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
HOUSE BILL 2584
Senate Engrossed House Bill
residential building materials; requirements; prohibition
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
2024
HOUSE BILL 2584
An Act
amending title 9, chapter 7, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-810.02; relating to municipal building codes.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 9, chapter 7, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-810.02, to read: START_STATUTE9-810.02. Municipal building codes; residential buildings; building materials; applicability; prohibition; definitions A. A municipality may not adopt or enforce any code, ordinance, standard, stipulation or other legal requirement that does either of the following: 1. Prohibits or limits using or installing a building material in the construction, renovation, maintenance or other alteration of a single-family residential building if the building material is approved for construction, renovation, maintenance or other alteration by the municipality's building code and meets the conditions specified in the municipality's building code. 2. Subjects a prefabricated residential building, material or component to additional or different requirements from other residential buildings except as required by federal law. b. a municipality may not regulate design AESTHETICS for a single-family residential building except within an area that is designated as a district of historical significance pursuant to section 9-462.01, subsection a, paragraph 10 or an area that is designated as historic on the national register of historic places. c. This section does not supersede applicable building codes, fire codes, dark sky ordinances or public health and safety standards. d. For the purposes of this section: 1. "BUILDING MATERIAL": (a) MEANS A SUBSTANCE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, MAINTENANCE or other alteration OF A STRUCTURE. (b) includes wood, concrete, steel, brick, glass and plastic. 2. "prefabricated residential building" means a structure or a portion of a structure that is transportable in one or more sections and that is designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to required utilities. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 9, chapter 7, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-810.02, to read:
START_STATUTE9-810.02. Municipal building codes; residential buildings; building materials; applicability; prohibition; definitions
A. A municipality may not adopt or enforce any code, ordinance, standard, stipulation or other legal requirement that does either of the following:
1. Prohibits or limits using or installing a building material in the construction, renovation, maintenance or other alteration of a single-family residential building if the building material is approved for construction, renovation, maintenance or other alteration by the municipality's building code and meets the conditions specified in the municipality's building code.
2. Subjects a prefabricated residential building, material or component to additional or different requirements from other residential buildings except as required by federal law.
b. a municipality may not regulate design AESTHETICS for a single-family residential building except within an area that is designated as a district of historical significance pursuant to section 9-462.01, subsection a, paragraph 10 or an area that is designated as historic on the national register of historic places.
c. This section does not supersede applicable building codes, fire codes, dark sky ordinances or public health and safety standards.
d. For the purposes of this section:
1. "BUILDING MATERIAL":
(a) MEANS A SUBSTANCE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, MAINTENANCE or other alteration OF A STRUCTURE.
(b) includes wood, concrete, steel, brick, glass and plastic.
2. "prefabricated residential building" means a structure or a portion of a structure that is transportable in one or more sections and that is designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to required utilities. END_STATUTE