Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes

§ 9-500.05 — Development agreements; public safety; definitions

ARS § 9-500.05Title 9. Cities and Towns · Ch. 4. GENERAL POWERS · Art. 8. Miscellaneous

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9-500.05. Development agreements; public safety; definitions A. A municipality, by resolution or ordinance, may enter into development agreements relating to property in the municipality and to property located outside the incorporated area of the municipality. If the development agreement relates to property located outside the incorporated area of the municipality, the development agreement does not become operative unless annexation proceedings to annex the property to the municipality are completed within the period of time specified by the development agreement or any extension of such time. B. A development agreement shall be consistent with the municipality's general plan or specific plan, if any, as defined in section 9-461, applicable to the property on the date the development agreement is executed. C. A development agreement may be amended, or cancelled in whole or in part, by mutual consent of the parties to the development agreement or by their successors in interest or assigns. D. No later than ten days after a municipality enters into a development agreement, the municipality shall record a copy of the agreement with the county recorder of the county in which the property subject to the development agreement is located, and the recordation constitutes notice of the development agreement to all persons. The burdens of the development agreement are binding on, and the benefits of the development agreement inure to, the parties to the agreement and to all their successors in interest and assigns. E. Section 32-2181 does not apply to development agreements under this section. F. Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may provide by resolution or ordinance for public safety purposes, and with the written consent of an owner of property that has been granted a development agreement pursuant to this section, an owner of a protected development right pursuant to chapter 11 of this title or the owner of any other residential or commercial development subject to the supervision of a municipality pursuant to this title, for the application and enforcement of speed limits, vehicle weight restrictions or other safety measures on a private road that is located in any development in the municipality and that is open to and used by the public. A municipality may require payment from the property owner of the actual cost of signs for speed limits or other restrictions applicable on the private road, before their installation. G. Notwithstanding section 19-142, subsection B, a decision by the governing body involving a development agreement may not be enacted as an emergency measure and that decision is not effective for at least thirty days after final approval of the development agreement. H. In this section, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Development agreement" means an agreement between a municipality and a community facilities district pursuant to section 48-709, a landowner or any other person having an interest in real property that may specify or otherwise relate to any of the following:

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