A bill making its way through the Arizona Legislature could make land available faster for housing and reduce costs for developers, according to a zoning expert.
The Arizona House passed House Bill 2100 last month, which makes it easier for rural parts of Arizona to develop housing lots. The bill is now in the Senate, but it has not been assigned to a committee.
HB 2100, which was introduced by Rep. Gail Griffin, R-Tucson, creates a new category for small land subdivision, which is property divided between six and 10 lots. The new category would apply to sites that are two or more acres.
Under the bill, the state would no longer treat developments with six to 10 lots as full subdivisions.
The bill gives counties the option to implement it if it becomes law.
Jason Morris, a founding partner of the Phoenix law firm Withey Morris Baugh PLC, said HB 2100 allows small subdivision plots to come to market a year earlier at a much lower cost because they don’t have to go through the normal subdivision process.
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