Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes

§ 9-461.11 — Extraterritorial jurisdiction; development plans

ARS § 9-461.11Title 9. Cities and Towns · Ch. 4. GENERAL POWERS · Art. 6. Municipal Planning

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9-461.11. Extraterritorial jurisdiction; development plans A. In any county not having a county planning agency with jurisdiction in the unincorporated territory, the legislative body of any municipality may exercise the planning powers granted in this article both to territory within its corporate limits and to that which extends a distance of three contiguous miles in all directions of its corporate limits and is not located in a municipality. Any ordinance intended to have application beyond the corporate limits of the municipality shall expressly state the intention of such applications. Such ordinance shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions set forth therein. B. The extraterritorial jurisdiction of two or more municipalities whose territorial boundaries are less than six miles apart terminates at a boundary line equidistant from the respective corporate limits of such municipalities, or at such line as is agreed to by the legislative bodies of the respective municipalities. C. As a prerequisite to the exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction, the membership of the planning agency charged with the preparation or administration of proposed comprehensive planning for the area of extraterritorial jurisdiction shall be increased to include at least two additional members to represent the unincorporated area. Any additional member shall be a resident of the extraterritorial jurisdiction area outside the corporate limits and shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county wherein the unincorporated area is situated. Any such member shall have equal rights, privileges and duties with other members of the planning agency in all matters pertaining to the plans and regulations of the unincorporated area in which they reside both in preparation of the original plans and regulations and in consideration of any proposed amendments to such plans and regulations. D. Any municipal legislative body exercising the powers granted by this section may provide for the enforcement of its regulations for the area of extraterritorial jurisdiction in the same manner as the regulations for the area within the municipality are enforced. E. A county may enter into an intergovernmental agreement under the provisions of title 11, chapter 7, article 3 with any tribal government, city or town within the county for the following purposes: 1. Adoption of a joint development plan that may include land use, circulation, conservation, recreation, transportation and transit, public services and facilities, housing, economic development and public safety. 2. Adoption of a planning program addressing the timing and sequencing of public facilities and services to serve new and existing development and the staging of development in accordance with the availability of public facilities and services. 3. Adoption of a capital improvements program containing the following components:

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