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Work session: town staff outlines recent state housing legislation and explains Ag‑to‑Urban groundwater program
Summary
Staff briefed the commission on a set of recently signed and failed state housing bills and on Senate Bill 1611 (the Ag‑to‑Urban program), which creates a program to convert irrigation rights into groundwater savings credits that can be used for housing development.
At a Queen Creek Planning and Zoning Commission work session (date not specified), staff briefed commissioners on state housing legislation from the recent legislative session, the town’s formal tracking of bills, and next steps for local implementation.
Ryan (presenting) summarized several bills the town tracked. He described bills that failed and those that passed. Among the passed measures staff highlighted were Senate Bill 2447, which requires municipalities to adopt ordinances allowing administrative review (without a public hearing) of certain site plans and plat amendments; Senate Bill 1353, which requires the town to maintain a list of third‑party reviewers for single‑family building permit reviews if staff does not act within specified…
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