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Senate committee adopts bill letting property owners pick which local planning process applies when land spans multiple cities

CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE · April 4, 2023
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Summary

The Senate City, County & Local Affairs Committee approved SB 547 as amended to let a property owner choose which municipality’s planning process to use when a parcel lies in more than one local jurisdiction; an amendment added a standard property-owner notice requirement.

Senator Bart Hester (District 33) told the City, County & Local Affairs Committee that SB 547 would let a property owner select a single municipal planning process when a tract of land spans multiple cities, easing duplicative review and approvals. "It just allows you to say, hey ... If I've got three and I wanna pick, you know, Springdale, then I can deal with them," Hester said…

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