municipal general plans;
open space
HB 2650 allows municipalities to designate land as open space or recreation without complying with certain general plan requirements if the land was zoned as such before May 1, 2000.
Municipalities are required to adopt a general plan, which is a municipal statement of land development policies that outlines the principals and standards for local growth. Current statute (A.R.S. § 9-461.06) stipulates in applying an open space element or a growth element of a general plan, a municipality shall not designate private land or state trust land as open space, recreation, conservation or agriculture unless the municipality receives written consent of the landowner or provides an alternative, economically viable designation in the general plan or zoning ordinance, that allows for at least one residential dwelling per acre.
· Stipulates that municipalities may designate land as open space or recreation without complying with certain general plan requirements (requirements listed in the history section) if the land was zoned as open space and used as a golf course or recreation pursuant to a zoning ordinance adopted pursuant to Title 9, Article 6.1, Chapter 4 before May 1, 2000, unless the land is state trust land that was not planned and zoned as open space or recreation pursuant to Title 37, Chapter 2, Article 5.1.
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45th Legislature
Second Regular Session 2 June 4, 2002
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