REFERENCE TITLE: transit-oriented development; standards. State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 SB 1563 Introduced by Senators Bravo: Hernandez, Shope; Representative Ortiz An Act amending title 9, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-461.18; relating to municipal housing. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: transit-oriented development; standards.
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
SB 1563
Introduced by Senators Bravo: Hernandez, Shope; Representative Ortiz
REFERENCE TITLE: transit-oriented development; standards.
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
2024
SB 1563
Introduced by
Senators Bravo: Hernandez, Shope; Representative Ortiz
An Act
amending title 9, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-461.18; relating to municipal housing.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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 9-461.18, to read: START_STATUTE9-461.18. Transit-oriented development; standards; applicability; definition A. Notwithstanding any other law, ordinance or charter provision, on or before January 1, 2025, a municipality with a population of more than five hundred twenty-five thousand persons shall allow by right, in any existing commercial, mixed use or multifamily residentially zoned district within one-half mile of a major transit corridor, the construction of low-income multifamily residential rental property as defined in section 42-13601 with the following development standards: 1. The maximum height limit may not be less than eighty feet. 2. The density limit must allow for density equal to the greatest density in existence within one mile of the project. B. The municipality may not require a general plan amendment or use permit for construction pursuant to subsection A of this section. C. This section does not apply to any land in the immediate vicinity of a municipal airport, to any territory in the vicinity of a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461 or to any area where an existing mobile home park as defined in section 33-1409 may be displaced. D. For the purposes of this section, "major transit corridor" means a light rail or streetcar stop, a bus rapid transit stop or a freeway. END_STATUTE
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 9-461.18, to read:
START_STATUTE9-461.18. Transit-oriented development; standards; applicability; definition
A. Notwithstanding any other law, ordinance or charter provision, on or before January 1, 2025, a municipality with a population of more than five hundred twenty-five thousand persons shall allow by right, in any existing commercial, mixed use or multifamily residentially zoned district within one-half mile of a major transit corridor, the construction of low-income multifamily residential rental property as defined in section 42-13601 with the following development standards:
1. The maximum height limit may not be less than eighty feet.
2. The density limit must allow for density equal to the greatest density in existence within one mile of the project.
B. The municipality may not require a general plan amendment or use permit for construction pursuant to subsection A of this section.
C. This section does not apply to any land in the immediate vicinity of a municipal airport, to any territory in the vicinity of a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461 or to any area where an existing mobile home park as defined in section 33-1409 may be displaced.
D. For the purposes of this section, "major transit corridor" means a light rail or streetcar stop, a bus rapid transit stop or a freeway. END_STATUTE