Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes
§ 9-461.13 — Prohibited urban growth management requirements
ARS § 9-461.13Title 9. Cities and Towns · Ch. 4. GENERAL POWERS · Art. 6. Municipal Planning
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View on source9-461.13. Prohibited urban growth management requirements (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. There shall not be a state mandate that a city, charter city, town or county: 1. Adopt by ordinance or otherwise any "growth management" plan, however denominated, containing any provisions relating to such issues as mandatory development fees, mandatory air and water quality controls and street and highway environmental impacts, and requiring that, before adoption, the growth management plan, amendments and exceptions be automatically referred to the voters for approval. 2. Establish or recognize, formally or informally, urban growth boundaries, however denominated, that effectively prevent new urban development and extension of public services outside those boundaries. 3. Apply or attempt to apply urban growth management restrictions or boundaries to lands owned or held in trust by this state, unless specifically authorized by act of the legislature. B. There shall not be a state mandate that the attorney general file any action in any court in this state against any local government or official to enforce any provision prohibited by this section.