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Huachuca City directs staff to implement online preapproved housing plan program to comply with SB1529
Summary
To comply with Arizona Senate Bill 1529 (2025), the council directed staff to pursue Option B — an online library/program for preapproved housing design plans — and begin necessary code changes; motion passed unanimously.
Town Attorney Thomas Benavidez briefed the council on Senate Bill 1529 (2025), which requires municipalities either to produce standard preapproved housing design plans or to establish a program for preapproved plan sets. Staff recommended the less costly Option B: an online library and application process to accept and post plan sets that municipal staff determine comply with local codes.
Dr. Jim Johnson presented the two options, outlining Option A (municipality hires architects to produce plans and posts them) and Option B (an online library where architects submit plans for pre-review and staff can post compliant sets). Johann Wallace moved and Cynthia Butterworth seconded a motion directing staff to begin necessary code changes to implement Option B; the motion passed unanimously. The council recorded direction to staff rather than final ordinance text during the meeting.
