Senate Engrossed municipal housing; preapproved design State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SENATE BILL 1529 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)
Senate Engrossed municipal housing; preapproved design
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
SENATE BILL 1529
Senate Engrossed
municipal housing; preapproved design
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
SENATE BILL 1529
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