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A.R.S. § 9-462.03

Amendment procedure

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Schwarz v. City of Glendale (1997)

Most recently applied in Redelsperger v. City of Avondale (April 2004)

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A. The governing body of the municipality shall adopt by ordinance a citizen review process that applies to all rezoning and specific plan applications that require a public hearing. The citizen review process shall include at least the following requirements:

1. Adjacent landowners and other potentially affected citizens will be notified of the application.

2. The municipality will inform adjacent landowners and other potentially affected citizens of the substance of the proposed rezoning.

3. Adjacent landowners and other potentially affected citizens will be provided an opportunity to express any issues or concerns that they may have with the proposed rezoning before the public hearing.

B. A zoning ordinance that changes any property from one zone to another, that imposes any regulation not previously imposed or that removes or modifies any such regulation previously imposed must be adopted following the procedure prescribed in the citizen review process and in the manner set forth in section 9-462.04.

Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.