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Planning commission adopts zoning changes to align with Ag-to-Urban law (SB1611)

5578088 · August 13, 2025
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Summary

The Planning Commission approved a zoning text amendment to implement features of SB1611 (the Ag-to-Urban bill), including low-water tree lists, limits on turf requirements and prohibitions on decorative water features for subdivisions that pledge groundwater credits.

The Town of Queen Creek Planning Commission approved a zoning ordinance text amendment to align local subdivision and landscape standards with SB 1611, the so-called Ag-to-Urban bill.

Sarah Clark, principal planner in the Development Services Department, told the commission the state bill creates a program that allows agricultural properties to relinquish water rights in exchange for groundwater credits that can be pledged to a certificate of assured water supply; that pledge can allow…

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