Arizona HB 2110 — Commercial-to-Residential Adaptive Reuse (AZ)

Tracked preemption from the Arizona overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
2024-04-16
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:AZ
Primary-source summary
**Citation**: [A.R.S. §§12-1131 through 12-1138](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/12/01131.htm) **Operative provision**: [A.R.S. §12-1134](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/12/01134.htm) **Effective**: December 7, 2006 (voter initiative, passed 65%–35%) **Mechanism**: Requires government to **compensate property owners** when a land-use law enacted **after the property was transferred to the current owner** reduces the property's fair-market value. The owner serves a written claim; the government has 90 days to either pay compensation or repeal/modify the offending regulation. In practice, Arizona cities…

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

AND
  • city.tribal_land_status tribal
  • parcel.base_zone_category {com, mu, office}
  • project.is_adaptive_reuse_commercial_to_residential == True

Preempted fields

3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[category=com].allowed_usesaddmultifamily_residential
base_districts[category=mu].allowed_usesaddmultifamily_residential
review_typewaive_discretionary

Citation

Authority source
Arizona HB 2110 (2024)
§ HB 2110
https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2110P.pdf

Research notes

Ministerial approval pathway for conversion of existing commercial/office buildings to residential use. No public hearing required. Federal conflict check flags AFB / Part 77 overlap on commercial parcels near military airfields.