Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes

§ 9-500.53 — Initial active management areas; landscaping requirements; prohibition; statewide concern; definitions

ARS § 9-500.53Title 9. Cities and Towns · Ch. 4. GENERAL POWERS · Art. 8. Miscellaneous

Statute text

9-500.53. Initial active management areas; landscaping requirements; prohibition; statewide concern; definitions A. Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality that is located within an initial active management area may not adopt or enforce any code, ordinance, rule, regulation, standard, stipulation or other requirement that directly or indirectly requires any of the following in a subdivision where groundwater savings credits have been pledged to a certificate of assured water supply: 1. A minimum number of trees, except for trees included on the low-water-use and drought-tolerant plant list that is published by the department of water resources for the current management plan for the initial active management area. 2. A minimum size for trees or shrubs. 3. A minimum percentage of irrigated ground cover. 4. A minimum amount of turf. 5. An area for active open space that exceeds the greater of the following:

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