Title 11 — Counties

B. A property owner or authorized agent of a property owner desiring a rezoning shall file an application for the rezoning. C. The commission, on its own motion, may propose a rezoning and, after holding a public hearing as required by this chapter, may transmit the proposal to t…

B. After the establishment and filling of the position, it is unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct, alter or use any building or other structure within a zoning district covered by the ordinance without first obtaining a building permit from the inspector and for that purpos…

B. The board of adjustment may: 1. Interpret the zoning ordinance if the meaning of any word, phrase or section is in doubt, if there is dispute between the appellant and enforcing officer or if the location of a district boundary is in doubt. 2. Allow a variance from the terms o…

1. The establishment, execution and recordation of instruments to sever development rights transferred from the sending property and to affix the development rights to the receiving property. The instruments shall be executed by the property owners of the sending and receiving pr…

1. Rezone the property. 2. Issue a building or other development permit, including an application for construction or installation of a publicly or privately operated utility, for the property. 3. Subdivide the property or otherwise divide the property, including any land divisio…

1. Amend, modify or change a general plan or comprehensive plan land use designation. 2. Establish, amend, modify or change an area plan, character plan, master development plan or site plan. 3. Amend, modify or change the zoning designation, overlay zoning designation or the reg…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a county shall not adopt a land use regulation or general plan provision, or impose as a condition for approving a building or use permit, a requirement or fee that has the effect of establishing the sales or lease price for …

A. Any ordinance authorized by this chapter shall not restrict or otherwise regulate the owner of a home-based business that holds a valid license from: 1. Making residential property improvements to add doors, shelving or display racks for use by the home-based business. 2. Disp…

A county may not adopt or enforce a land use regulation that requires the property on which a nongovernmental primary or secondary school operates to be larger than one acre.

B. On registration as an assisted living home or when a land use application for an assisted living home is filed, the county shall provide written notice of the administrative procedure to request a reasonable accommodation as prescribed in subsection A of this section. C. If a …

B. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Accessory dwelling unit" means an independent dwelling unit that includes a kitchen and that is located on the same lot as a single-family housing unit, duplex, triplex, townhome or other housing unit. 2. "Park model trailer" means a trail…

A. A county may not adopt any law, ordinance or other regulation that prohibits a resident of a single-family detached residence on a lot that is one-half acre or less in size from keeping up to six fowl in the backyard of the property. A county may: 1. Prohibit a resident from k…

A. The county board of supervisors shall regulate the subdivision of all lands within its corporate limits, except subdivisions that are regulated by municipalities. B. The commission shall recommend to the board and the board shall adopt general regulations of uniform applicatio…

A. A plat of a subdivision of land within the area of jurisdiction of the county shall not be accepted for recording or recorded until it has been approved by the board or a county employee who is authorized by the adopted county ordinance. The approval of the board or a county e…

A. To protect the public health and safety, the general regulations adopted by the board pursuant to section 11-821, subsection B, if approved by unanimous vote of the board of supervisors, may provide that, except as provided in subsection C and subsection D, paragraph 1 of this…

A. The board of supervisors of each county may adopt ordinances and regulations pursuant to this section for staff review and approval of land divisions of five or fewer lots, parcels or fractional interests, any of which is ten acres or smaller in size. The county may not deny a…

1. The requirement by a county of a dedication or exaction as a condition of granting approval for the use, improvement or development of real property. This section does not apply to a dedication or exaction that is required in a legislative act of the board of supervisors and t…

A. A county shall not adopt a moratorium on construction or land development unless it first: 1. Provides notice to the public published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the community at least thirty days before a final public hearing to be held to consider the adopt…

A. In any county that has adopted zoning pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors may adopt and enforce, for the unincorporated areas of the county so zoned, a building code and other related codes to regulate the quality, type of material and workmanship of all aspects…

A. Any code adopted pursuant to this article may contain a provision requiring new single family residences in the county to be designed to facilitate the future installation of solar water heating equipment. B. The phrase "facilitate the future installation" as used in subsectio…

A. Any code adopted pursuant to this article shall contain a provision for an advisory board consisting of at least five members in order to determine the suitability of alternative materials and construction and to permit interpretations of the provisions of such code. The advis…

A. Any county may contract with a city or town to provide for enforcement of such codes or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. B. The board may adopt necessary rules and regulations for the enforcement of any code adopted under this article, provided that any such rul…

Any code authorized by this article may be enacted without setting forth in full the provisions, but the adopting ordinance shall be published in full. At least three paper copies or one paper copy and one electronic copy maintained in compliance with section 44-7041 of the code …

A. This article does not apply to: 1. Construction or operation incidental to construction and repair to irrigation and drainage ditches or appurtenances thereto, of regularly constituted districts or reclamation districts, or to farming, dairying, agriculture, viticulture, horti…

A penalty clause contained in a code adopted by reference shall not be adopted by reference but shall be set forth in full in the adopting ordinance. The penalty provisions of section 11-815 may be applied by the county in enforcing this article.

B. Any code, ordinance, land use restriction or general or specific plan provision or part of a code, ordinance, land use regulation or general or specific plan provision adopted by a county may not prohibit or have the effect of restricting a person's or entity's ability to use …

A. A county that contains any part of area A, as defined in section 49-541, shall develop, implement and enforce in area A, as defined in section 49-541, an ordinance relating to residential wood burning restrictions, including a no burn restriction when monitoring or forecasting…

A. If the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency makes a finding relating to area A, as defined in section 49-541, pursuant to the clean air act amendments of 1990 (P.L. 101-549), section 172, the county shall adopt by rule the necessary emission limit…

A county with a population of more than one million two hundred thousand persons as determined by the most recent United States decennial census that contains a nonattainment area as defined in section 49-401.01 shall develop, implement and enforce rules regulating the emissions …

A county with a population of more than one million two hundred thousand persons as determined by the most recent United States decennial census that contains a nonattainment area as defined in section 49-401.01 shall develop, implement and enforce rules regulating the emissions …

A. By December 31, 1998, a county that contains any portion of area A as defined in section 49-541 shall adopt, implement and enforce an ordinance that complies with the clean burning fireplace standards adopted by the metropolitan planning organization that is responsible for ai…

1. Certain types of vehicles, such as police, fire and other emergency vehicles. 2. Certain types of situations such as traffic delays or the need for a driver to sleep in the vehicle. 3. Certain types of equipment operations, such as refrigeration of cargo. B. A county with a po…

A. In order to reduce particulate matter in ambient air, the board of supervisors of any county that contains any portion of area A, as defined in section 49-541, shall develop, implement and enforce in area A the following air quality control measures: 1. Beginning on the effect…

The board of supervisors may either: 1. Establish and maintain, within the county, a county free library district in the manner and with the powers prescribed in this article and title 48, chapter 24. 2. Establish, operate and maintain a county free library system using county ge…

A. After the establishment of a free county library district as provided in this article and title 48, chapter 24, article 1, the governing body of any incorporated city or town in the county may notify the board of supervisors that the city or town desires to become a part of th…

A. Instead of establishing a separate county free library, the board of supervisors may enter into a contract under this section with any of the following: 1. The board of library trustees or other authority in charge of the free public library of a city or town, and the board of…

A. The board of library examiners is established consisting of the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records, who shall serve as the ex officio chairperson, the librarian of the university of Arizona, the librarian of the Phoenix public library and two co…

A. Upon establishment of a county free library, the board of supervisors shall appoint a county librarian to serve at the pleasure of the board. B. No person shall be eligible for appointment to the office of county librarian unless prior to appointment he has received from the b…

A. The county free library shall be under the general supervision of the board of supervisors, which may make general rules and regulations regarding the policy of the county free library, and establish, upon recommendation of the county librarian, branches and stations throughou…

A. All county free libraries established under this article shall be under the general supervision of the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records. The director or an assistant to the director shall periodically visit the libraries and inquire into their…

The county librarian shall, on or before July 31 of each year, report to the board of supervisors and to the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records on the condition of the county free library for the year ending on the preceding June 30. The report, in…

Funds of the county free library district, whether derived from taxation or otherwise, shall be deposited with the county treasurer. They shall constitute a separate fund, called the county free library district fund, and shall be used for the county free library. Each claim agai…

A. The board of supervisors acting as the board of directors of the county free library district may receive, on behalf of the county, any gift, bequest or devise for the county free library, or for any branch or subdivision thereof. B. The title to the property used by the count…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Governing body" means the board of supervisors of a county, or the council or other governing body of a municipality, as the case may be. 2. "Municipality" means an incorporated city or town. 3. "Public park" means a par…

A. Notwithstanding the ten-year limitation prescribed in section 11-256, a county or municipality may purchase, enter into contracts to purchase, acquire by lease or sublease and lease or sublet for any term, or obtain by gift or accept by grant from the United States or other go…

A. The governing body of a county or municipality may enter into a cooperative agreement with the United States, a state, the governing body of another county or municipality, or a private legal entity, within or without the state, for the establishment, development, maintenance …

A. A county may establish a parks and recreation department. The board of supervisors may establish a county parks commission or may supervise and control all county parks and recreation programs. If the board of supervisors elects to supervise and control county parks and recrea…

A. The commission shall supervise and control all county parks and all county recreational programs and establish and supervise law enforcement training programs for park rangers empowered to apprehend rule violators under section 11-938. B. The commission may: 1. Direct the appo…

The acquisition of interests or rights in real property for the preservation of open spaces or areas constitutes a public purpose for which public funds may be expended or advanced. For the purposes of this section, "open space lands or open area" means any space or area characte…

Prior to final adoption, amendment or repeal by the commission of any rule, the commission shall hold a public hearing thereon for the purpose of gaining public acceptance of the adoption, amendment or repeal of the rule. The commission shall publish one notice in a newspaper of …