HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2022-134 Adopting a Minor Amendment to the Marana 2040 General Plan GABRIELLA CAZARES-KELLY, RECORDER Reco. ded By: JMM III
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MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2022-134
RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT; ADOPTING A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE
MARANA 2040 GENERAL PLAN TO PROVIDE THAT PROPOSED MAJOR
AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN SHALL BE PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC
HEARING WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF WHEN THE AMENDMENT IS PROPOSED
WHEREAS Town of Marana Resolution 2019-120 adopted the Marana 2040
General Plan and called for an August 4, 2020 primary election for voter ratification as
required by A.R.S. § 9-461.06 paragraph M; and
WHEREAS the Marana 2040 General Plan was ratified by the voters on August 4,
2020; and
WHEREAS A.R.S. § 9-461.06 and the General Plan itself define a major amendment
as a substantial alteration of the Town's land use mixture or balance as established in the
General Plan land use element; and
WHEREAS in accordance with state law in effect at the time of its adoption, the
General Plan provides that the Town Council may only consider major amendments once
a year at a single public hearing held for this purpose, and that requests for major
amendments must be submitted within the same calendar year they will be heard; and
WHEREAS the 55th Arizona Legislature adopted HB2482, signed by the governor
on April 22, 2022, which amends A.R.S. § 9-461.06 to require that proposed major
amendments be presented in a public hearing within twelve months of the proposal being
made; and
WHEREAS the General Plan amendment adopted by this resolution does not meet
the definition of a major amendment, and is therefore a minor amendment; and
WHEREAS the Town of Marana has provided the notice and held the public
hearings required for the adoption of the General Plan amendment adopted by this
resolution; and
WHEREAS the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana find that this resolution
is in the best interests of the Town of Marana and its citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF MARANA, as follows:
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SECTION 1. Marana 2040 General Plan Chapter 1 (Introduction) is hereby
amended as follows (with deletions shown with "'-�crikeetits and additions shown with
double underlining):
a.
MajorAmendments
The General Plan must identify changes or modifications that constitute major
amendments to the Plan. Arizona law defines a major amendment as any change
that would represent a "substantial alteration" in the land use mixture or balance
established in the existing General Plan. The Town Councilffiay y shall
consider major amendments enee a yeaf at a single public hearing held for this
purpose within 12 months of whenh _ o d amendment is mad ests
fer- mi�er amendments must be stibmitted within the same calendar- year they-wi]4
be heard. Prior to the Council hearing, the Planning Commission shall hold two or
more public hearings on the proposed major amendment at different locations. At
least two-thirds of the members of the Town Council must approve a General Plan
major amendment. The Council may not enact a major amendment as an
emergency measure. The Town of Marana identifies the following changes as
major amendments, effecting a substantial alteration of the Town's land use
mixture or balance:
1. A text change that is in conflict with, or significantly alters, the goals and policies
of the Plan.
2. A change to the Future Land Use Map that constitutes a major amendment per
Table 1-1.
SECTION 2. The Town Manager and staff are hereby directed and authorized to
modify the General Plan documentation and undertake all other and further tasks
required or beneficial to carry out the terms and objectives of this resolution.
SECTION 3. All resolutions, orders, or actions of the Town, or parts thereof that
are inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of
such inconsistency.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana,
Arizona, this 20th day of December, 2022.
Mayor Ed 14onea
ATTEST:
David L. Udall, Town Clerk
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APPRO AS TO FORM:
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House Engrossed
municipality; general plan; adoption; amendment
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
2022
CHAPTER 166
HOUSE BILL 2482
AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION 9-461.06, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO MUNICIPAL
PLANNING.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: 1
Section 1. Section 9-461.06, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended 2
to read: 3
9-461.06. Adoption and amendment of general plan; expiration 4
and readoption 5
A. In municipalities that have territory in a high noise or 6
accident potential zone as defined in section 28-8461, the legislature 7
finds that in general plans and amendments to general plans land use 8
compatibility with the continued operation of a military airport or 9
ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461 is a matter of 10
statewide concern. 11
B. The general plan and any amendment to such plan shall be adopted 12
or readopted in the manner provided in this article. 13
C. The governing body shall: 14
1. Adopt written procedures to provide effective, early and 15
continuous public participation in the development and major amendment of 16
general plans from all geographic, ethnic and economic areas of the 17
municipality. The procedures shall provide for: 18
(a) The broad dissemination of proposals and alternatives. 19
(b) The opportunity for written comments. 20
(c) Public hearings after effective notice. 21
(d) Open discussions, communications programs and information 22
services. 23
(e) Consideration of public comments. 24
2. Consult with, advise and provide an opportunity for official 25
comment by public officials and agencies, the county, school districts, 26
associations of governments, public land management agencies, the military 27
airport if the municipality has territory in the vicinity of a military 28
airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461, 29
other appropriate government jurisdictions, public utility companies, 30
civic, educational, professional and other organizations, property owners 31
and citizens generally to secure maximum coordination of plans and to 32
indicate properly located sites for all public purposes on the general 33
plan. 34
D. At least sixty days before the general plan or an element or 35
major amendment of a general plan is noticed pursuant to subsection E of 36
this section, the planning agency shall transmit the proposal to the 37
planning commission, if any, and the governing body and shall submit a 38
copy for review and further comment to: 39
1. The planning agency of the county in which the municipality is 40
located. 41
2. Each county or municipality that is contiguous to the corporate 42
limits of the municipality or its area of extraterritorial jurisdiction. 43
3. The regional planning agency within which the municipality is 44
located. 45
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4. The Arizona commerce authority or any other state agency that is 1
subsequently designated as the general planning agency for this state. 2
5. The department of water resources for review and comment on the 3
water resources element, if a water resources element is required. 4
6. If the general plan or an element or amendment of the general 5
plan is applicable to territory in the vicinity of a military airport or 6
ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461, the military 7
airport. 8
7. If the general plan or an element or major amendment of the 9
general plan is applicable to property in the high noise or accident 10
potential zone of a military airport or ancillary military facility as 11
defined in section 28-8461, the attorney general. For the purposes of 12
this paragraph, "major amendment" means a substantial alteration of the 13
municipality's land use mixture or balance as established in the 14
municipality's existing general plan land use element. 15
8. Any person or entity that requests in writing to receive a 16
review copy of the proposal. 17
E. If the municipality has a planning commission, after considering 18
any recommendations from the review required under subsection D of this 19
section, the planning commission shall hold at least one public hearing 20
before approving a general plan or any amendment to such plan. When the 21
general plan or any major amendment is being adopted, planning commissions 22
in municipalities having WITH populations over OF MORE THAN twenty-five 23
thousand persons shall hold two or more public hearings at different 24
locations within the municipality to promote citizen participation. 25
Notice of the time and place of a hearing and availability of studies and 26
summaries related to the hearing shall be given at least fifteen and not 27
more than thirty calendar days before the hearing by: 28
1. Publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation 29
published or circulated in the municipality, or if there is none, the 30
notice shall be posted in at least ten public places in the municipality. 31
2. Such other manner in addition to publication as the municipality 32
may deem necessary or desirable. 33
F. Action by the planning commission on the general plan or any 34
amendment to the plan shall be transmitted to the governing body of the 35
municipality. 36
G. Before adopting the general plan, or any amendment to it, the 37
governing body shall hold at least one public hearing. Notice of the time 38
and place of the hearing shall be given in the time and manner provided 39
for the giving of notice of the hearing by the planning commission as 40
specified in subsection E of this section. 41
H. The adoption or readoption of the general plan or any amendment 42
to such plan shall be by resolution of the governing body of the 43
municipality, after notice as provided for in subsection E of this 44
section. The adoption or readoption of or a major amendment to the 45
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general plan shall be approved by affirmative vote of at least two-thirds 1
of the members of the governing body of the municipality. All major 2
amendments to the general plan proposed for adoption by the governing body 3
of a municipality shall be presented at a single public hearing during the 4
calendar year WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF WHEN the proposal is made. The 5
general plan, or any amendment to the plan, shall be endorsed in the 6
manner provided by the governing body to show that it has been adopted by 7
the governing body. If the municipality includes property in the high 8
noise or accident potential zone of a military airport or ancillary 9
military facility as defined in section 28-8461, the governing body of the 10
municipality shall send notice of the approval, adoption or readoption of 11
the general plan or major amendment to the general plan to the attorney 12
general by certified mail, return receipt requested, within three business 13
days after the approval, adoption or readoption. If the attorney general 14
determines the approval, adoption or readoption of the general plan or 15
major amendment to the general plan is not in compliance with section 16
28-8481, subsection J, the attorney general shall notify the municipality 17
by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the determination of 18
noncompliance. The municipality shall receive the notice from the 19
attorney general within twenty-five days after the notice from the 20
municipality to the attorney general is mailed pursuant to this 21
subsection. The effective date of any approval, adoption or readoption 22
of, or major amendment to, the general plan shall be thirty days after the 23
governing body's receipt of the attorney general's determination of 24
noncompliance. Within thirty days after the receipt of a determination of 25
noncompliance by the attorney general as prescribed by this section, the 26
governing body of the municipality shall reconsider any approval, adoption 27
or readoption of, or major amendment to, the general plan that impacts 28
property in the high noise or accident potential zone of a military 29
airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461. If 30
the governing body reaffirms a prior action subject to an attorney 31
general's determination of noncompliance pursuant to this section, the 32
attorney general may institute a civil action pursuant to section 28-8481, 33
subsection L. If the governing body timely sends notice pursuant to this 34
subsection and the attorney general fails to timely notify the governing 35
body of a determination of noncompliance, the general plan or major 36
amendment to the general plan shall be deemed to comply with section 37
28-8481, subsection J. If the motion to adopt or readopt a general plan 38
or an amendment to the general plan fails to pass, the governing body may 39
reconsider the motion in any manner allowed by the governing body's rules 40
of procedure, but any subsequent motion for the adoption or readoption of 41
the general plan or a major amendment to the general plan must be approved 42
by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the 43
governing body. For the purposes of this subsection, "major amendment" 44
means a substantial alteration of the municipality's land use mixture or 45
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balance as established in the municipality's existing general plan land 1
use element. The municipality's general plan shall define the criteria to 2
determine if a proposed amendment to the general plan effects a 3
substantial alteration of the municipality's land use mixture or balance 4
as established in the municipality's existing general plan land use 5
element. 6
I. If the municipality does not have a planning commission, the 7
only procedural steps required for the adoption of the general plan, or 8
any amendment to such plan, shall be those provided in this article for 9
action by the governing body. 10
J. A copy of the adopted general plan of a municipality shall be 11
sent to the planning agency of the county within which the municipality is 12
located, and such plan or any portion of the plan may be adopted as a part 13
of the county general plan. 14
K. A general plan, with any amendments, is effective for up to ten 15
years from AFTER the date the plan was initially adopted and ratified 16
pursuant to subsection M of this section, or until the plan is readopted 17
pursuant to this subsection and ratified pursuant to subsection M of this 18
section or a new plan is adopted pursuant to this subsection and ratified 19
pursuant to subsection M of this section, and becomes effective. On or 20
before the tenth anniversary of the plan's most recent adoption, the 21
governing body of the municipality shall either readopt the existing plan 22
for an additional term of up to ten years or shall adopt a new general 23
plan as provided by this article. 24
L. Except for general plans that are required to be submitted to 25
the voters for ratification pursuant to subsection M of this section, the 26
adoption or readoption of a general plan, and any amendment to a general 27
plan, shall not be enacted as an emergency measure and is subject to 28
referendum as provided by article IV, part 1, section 1, subsection (8), 29
Constitution of Arizona, and title 19, chapter 1, article 4. 30
M. The governing body of a city or town having a population of more 31
than two thousand five hundred persons but less than ten thousand persons 32
and whose population growth rate exceeded an average of two per cent 33
PERCENT per year for the ten year TEN-YEAR period before the most recent 34
United States decennial census, and any city or town having a population 35
of ten thousand or more persons, shall submit each new general plan 36
adopted pursuant to subsection K of this section to the voters for 37
ratification at the next regularly scheduled municipal election or at a 38
special election scheduled at least one hundred twenty days after the 39
governing body adopted the plan pursuant to section 16-204. The governing 40
body shall include a general description of the plan and its elements in 41
the municipal election pamphlet and shall provide public copies of the 42
plan in at least two locations that are easily accessible to the public 43
and may include posting on the municipality's official internet website. 44
If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition approves 45
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the new plan, it shall become effective as provided by law. If a majority 1
of the qualified electors voting on the proposition fails to approve the 2
new plan, the current plan remains in effect until a new plan is approved 3
by the voters pursuant to this subsection. The governing body shall 4
either resubmit the proposed new plan, or revise the new plan as provided 5
by this section, for subsequent submission to the voters at the next 6
regularly scheduled municipal election or at a special election scheduled 7
at least one hundred twenty days after the governing body readopted the 8
new or revised new plan. All subsequent adoptions and submissions of the 9
new plan or revised plans must comply with the procedures prescribed by 10
this section until the plan is ratified. 11
N. In applying an open space element or a growth element of a 12
general plan, a municipality shall not designate private land or state 13
trust land as open space, recreation, conservation or agriculture unless 14
the municipality receives the written consent of the landowner or provides 15
an alternative, economically viable designation in the general plan or 16
zoning ordinance, allowing at least one residential dwelling per acre. If 17
the landowner is the prevailing party in any action brought to enforce 18
this subsection, a court shall award fees and other expenses to the 19
landowner. A municipality may designate land as open space without 20
complying with the requirements of this subsection if the land was zoned 21
as open space and used as a golf course pursuant to a zoning ordinance 22
adopted pursuant to article 6.1 of this chapter before May 1, 2000 and the 23
designation does not impose additional conditions, limitations or 24
restrictions on the golf course, unless the land is state trust land that 25
was not planned and zoned as open space pursuant to title 37, chapter 2, 26
article 5.1. 27
O. A person, after having participated in the public hearing 28
pursuant to subsection H of this section, may file a petition for special 29
action in superior court to review the governing body's decision that does 30
not comply with the mandatory requirement prescribed in section 9-461.05, 31
subsection C, paragraph 1, subdivision (g) within thirty days after the 32
governing body has rendered its decision. The court may affirm, reverse 33
or remand to the governing body, in whole or in part, the decision 34
reviewed for further action that is necessary to comply with the mandatory 35
requirements prescribed in section 9-461.05, subsection C, paragraph 1, 36
subdivision (g). 37
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 22, 2022.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 22, 2022.