REFERENCE TITLE: real estate signs; cities; counties

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature

Second Regular Session

2018

 

 

HB 2500

 

Introduced by

Representatives Grantham: Allen J, Barton, Cobb, Finchem, John, Leach, Mitchell, Payne, Shope, Toma, Senators Allen S, Borrelli, Fann, Kavanagh, Petersen

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-500.41; amending title 11, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11-269.20; relating to real estate signs.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-500.41, to read:

START_STATUTE9-500.41.  Real estate signs; regulation; limit; definitions

A.  A city or town may not prohibit an owner of real property or the owner's agent from displaying in an authorized area a sign advertising the following:

1.  The property is for sale, for rent or for lease by the owner or by the owner's agent.

2.  An open house.

3.  Directions to the property.

4.  The owner's or agent's name.

5.  The legal name of the agent's employing broker or the name under which the broker is doing business as designated on the employing broker's license certificate.

6.  The address and telephone number of the owner or agent, or both.

B.  This section does not limit a city or town from enacting and enforcing reasonable time, place and manner restrictions on signs advertising a property for sale, for rent or for lease, except that those restrictions may not do any of the following:

1.  Limit the size of a sign or sign rider to less than the industry standard size.

2.  Restrict the location of a sign within an authorized area if the sign is located in plain view of the public and does not adversely affect public health, safety or welfare.

3.  Limit the duration of display of a sign to less than the period of time beginning on the date that the property is offered for sale, for rent or for lease and ending on the date that is seven calendar days after the date of the closing on a sales agreement or execution of a rental or lease agreement.

C.  This section does not limit a city or town from enacting and enforcing reasonable time, place and manner restrictions on open house and directional signs except that the restrictions may not do any of the following:

1.  Restrict the type of sign.

2.  Limit the number of signs that may be displayed at one time within an authorized area.

D.  For the purposes of this section:

1.  "Authorized area" means an owner's real property or real property owned by another person with that person's consent and an area within a public or private right-of-way.

2.  "Industry standard size" means:

(a)  For a real estate sign, eighteen inches by twenty-four inches.

(b)  For a real estate sign rider, six inches by twenty-four inches.END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Title 11, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-269.20, to read:

START_STATUTE11-269.20.  Real estate signs; regulation; limit; definitions

A.  A county may not prohibit an owner of real property or the owner's agent from displaying in an authorized area a sign advertising the following:

1.  The property is for sale, for rent or for lease by the owner or by the owner's agent.

2.  An open house.

3.  Directions to the property.

4.  The owner's or agent's name.

5.  The legal name of the agent's employing broker or the name under which the broker is doing business as designated on the employing broker's license certificate.

6.  The address and telephone number of the owner or agent, or both.

B.  This section does not limit a county from enacting and enforcing reasonable time, place and manner restrictions on signs advertising a property for sale, for rent or for lease, except that those restrictions may not do any of the following:

1.  Limit the size of a sign or sign rider to less than the industry standard size.

2.  Restrict the location of a sign within an authorized area if the sign is located in plain view of the public and does not adversely affect public health, safety or welfare.

3.  Limit the duration of display of a sign to less than the period of time beginning on the date that the property is offered for sale, for rent or for lease and ending on the date that is seven calendar days after the date of the closing on a sales agreement or execution of a rental or lease agreement.

C.  This section does not limit a county from enacting and enforcing reasonable time, place and manner restrictions on open house and directional signs except that the restrictions may not do any of the following:

1.  Restrict the type of sign.

2.  Limit the number of signs that may be displayed at one time within an authorized area.

D.  For the purposes of this section:

1.  "Authorized area" means an owner's real property or real property owned by another person with that person's consent and an area within a public or private right-of-way.

2.  "Industry standard size" means:

(a)  For a real estate sign, eighteen inches by twenty-four inches.

(b)  For a real estate sign rider, six inches by twenty-four inches.END_STATUTE