Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes

§ 9-463.01 — Authority

ARS § 9-463.01Title 9. Cities and Towns · Ch. 4. GENERAL POWERS · Art. 6.2. Municipal Subdivision Regulations

Statute text

9-463.01. Authority A. Pursuant to this article, the legislative body of every municipality shall regulate the subdivision of all lands within its corporate limits. B. The legislative body of a municipality shall exercise the authority granted in subsection A of this section by ordinance prescribing: 1. Procedures to be followed in the preparation, submission, review and approval or rejection of all final plats. 2. Standards governing the design of subdivision plats. 3. Minimum requirements and standards for the installation of subdivision streets, sewer and water utilities and improvements as a condition of final plat approval. C. By ordinance, the legislative body of any municipality shall: 1. Require the preparation, submission and approval of a preliminary plat as a condition precedent to submission of a final plat. 2. Establish the procedures to be followed in the preparation, submission, review and approval of preliminary plats. 3. Make requirements as to the form and content of preliminary plats. 4. Either determine that certain lands may not be subdivided, by reason of adverse topography, periodic inundation, adverse soils, subsidence of the earth's surface, high water table, lack of water or other natural or man-made hazard to life or property, or control the lot size, establish special grading and drainage requirements and impose other regulations deemed reasonable and necessary for the public health, safety or general welfare on any lands to be subdivided affected by such characteristics. 5. Require payment of a proper and reasonable fee by the subdivider based on the number of lots or parcels on the surface of the land to defray municipal costs of plat review and site inspection. 6. Require the dedication of public streets, sewer and water utility easements or rights-of-way, within the proposed subdivision. 7. Require the preparation and submission of acceptable engineering plans and specifications for the installation of required street, sewer, electric and water utilities, drainage, flood control, adequacy of water and improvements as a condition precedent to recordation of an approved final plat. 8. Require the posting of performance bonds, assurances or such other security as may be appropriate and necessary to assure the installation of required street, sewer, electric and water utilities, drainage, flood control and improvements meeting established minimum standards of design and construction. The municipality may allow an applicant to request a hold on the issuance of a certificate of occupancy as a security required by this paragraph to assure the installation of the required streets, sewer, electric and water utilities, drainage, flood control and improvements meeting established standards of design and construction. D. The legislative body of any municipality may require by ordinance that land areas within a subdivision be reserved for parks, recreational facilities, school sites and fire stations subject to the following conditions: 1. The requirement may only be made on preliminary plats filed at least thirty days after the adoption of a general or specific plan affecting the land area to be reserved. 2. The required reservations are in accordance with definite principles and standards adopted by the legislative body. 3. The land area reserved shall be of such a size and shape as to allow the remainder of the land area of the subdivision within which the reservation is located to develop in an orderly and efficient manner. 4. The land area reserved shall be in such multiples of streets and parcels as to allow an efficient division of the reserved area in the event that it is not acquired within the prescribed period. 5. If groundwater savings credits have been pledged to a certificate of assured water supply for a subdivision, a municipality may not condition final approval of the subdivision plat on inclusion of a school site within the subdivision plat unless all of the following apply:

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