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City attorney briefs El Mirage council on House Bill 2447 changes to site-plan and subdivision approvals
Summary
City Attorney outlined House Bill 2447, which requires administrative approval of nondiscretionary site plans and subdivision plats and mandates design-review standards be objective. Staff said the law takes effect Jan. 1 and that implementing amendments will return to planning commission and council in coming months.
The City of El Mirage’s city attorney gave the council a high-level briefing on House Bill 2447 on Oct. 7, describing its effect on local land-use approvals and the steps the city will take to implement the changes.
The attorney said the new state law “requires that all cities and towns in the state of Arizona delegate the approval authority for site plans and subdivision plats to administrative staff, taking it out of the public process,” and that…
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