ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

Senate: MABS DPA/SE 4-3-0-0 | Third Read 28-0-2-0

House: TI DPA 6-0-0-1 | Third Read 55-0-5-0

Chapter: 68

SB 1232: signs; military compatibility permit zoning

Sponsor: Senator Petersen, LD 14

Signed by the Governor

Overview

Provides requirements for highway signs and displays for use in military zones.

History

Currently, outlined outdoor advertising may be placed or maintained along an interstate, secondary or primary system within 660 feet of the edge of the right-of-way.

Outdoor advertising regulation does not prevent a city, town or county from enforcing or enacting an ordinance regulating outdoor advertising, including the lighting of the outdoor advertising. The city, town or county may enact an ordinance that is more restrictive than statutory requirements but not less restrictive (A.R.S. § 28-7902).

Provisions

1. Allows signs, displays, and devices lawfully placed on a property, to be placed or maintained along an interstate, secondary or primary system within 660 feet of the edge of the right-of-way. (Sec. 1)

2. Asserts that the property must:

a. be located within a military airport and ancillary military facility overlay zoning district;

b. have been granted a military compatibility permit that allows commercial or industrial uses and that was not granted primarily to allow outdoor advertising structures;

c. be located in a high noise or accident potential zone; and

d. have been approved through a public hearing held by the local jurisdiction or county. (Sec. 1)

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h. Initials LM/IC SB 1232

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