Arizona 2025 2025 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1529 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/03/2025

                    REFERENCE TITLE: municipal housing; preapproved design             State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025           SB 1529           Introduced by  Senator Petersen                    An Act   amending title 9, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-461.19; relating to municipal planning.      (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   

 

 

 

REFERENCE TITLE: municipal housing; preapproved design
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
SB 1529
Introduced by  Senator Petersen

REFERENCE TITLE: municipal housing; preapproved design

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

 

 

 

SB 1529

 

Introduced by 

Senator Petersen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 9, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-461.19; relating to municipal planning. 

 

 

(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 9-461.19, to read: START_STATUTE9-461.19. Municipal housing; standard preapproved housing design plans; definition A. A municipality shall establish standard preapproved housing design plans. The standard preapproved housing design plans developed by the municipality shall include at least three different elevation options for each class of standard preapproved housing design plan. The standard preapproved housing design plan classes are: 1. Class 1. In areas zoned as single-family residential, the municipality shall create at least three standard preapproved housing design plans for single-family homes, which must range in size from eight hundred square feet to two thousand square feet per single-family home.  2. Class 2. In areas zoned as single-family residential that allow for the development of duplexes, the municipality shall create at least three standard preapproved housing design plans for duplex homes, which must range from four hundred square feet to one thousand square feet per duplex unit.  3. Class 3. In areas zoned as single-family residential that allow for the development of triplexes, the municipality shall create at least three standard preapproved housing design plans for triplex homes, which must range in size from four hundred square feet to one thousand square feet per triplex unit.  4. Class 4. In areas zoned as single-family residential that allow for the development of accessory dwelling units, the municipality shall create at least three standard preapproved housing design plans for accessory dwelling units, which must range in size to include the minimum and maximum square footage allowed by the municipality.  B. For the purposes of this section, "Accessory dwelling unit" has the same meaning prescribed in section 9-461.18. 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 9-461.19, to read:

START_STATUTE9-461.19. Municipal housing; standard preapproved housing design plans; definition

A. A municipality shall establish standard preapproved housing design plans. The standard preapproved housing design plans developed by the municipality shall include at least three different elevation options for each class of standard preapproved housing design plan. The standard preapproved housing design plan classes are:

1. Class 1. In areas zoned as single-family residential, the municipality shall create at least three standard preapproved housing design plans for single-family homes, which must range in size from eight hundred square feet to two thousand square feet per single-family home. 

2. Class 2. In areas zoned as single-family residential that allow for the development of duplexes, the municipality shall create at least three standard preapproved housing design plans for duplex homes, which must range from four hundred square feet to one thousand square feet per duplex unit. 

3. Class 3. In areas zoned as single-family residential that allow for the development of triplexes, the municipality shall create at least three standard preapproved housing design plans for triplex homes, which must range in size from four hundred square feet to one thousand square feet per triplex unit. 

4. Class 4. In areas zoned as single-family residential that allow for the development of accessory dwelling units, the municipality shall create at least three standard preapproved housing design plans for accessory dwelling units, which must range in size to include the minimum and maximum square footage allowed by the municipality. 

B. For the purposes of this section, "Accessory dwelling unit" has the same meaning prescribed in section 9-461.18. END_STATUTE