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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
military compatibility permit zoning
(NOW: signs; military compatibility permit zoning)
Purpose
Authorizes outdoor advertising signs to be placed on a property that is located in a high noise or accident potential zone within a military airport or district and has been approved through a public hearing and granted a military compatibility permit for commercial or industrial uses.
Background
A political subdivision that has territory in the vicinity of a military airport or ancillary military facility that includes property in a high noise or accident potential zone must adopt comprehensive and general plans, as well as adopt and enforce zoning regulations, for property in the high noise or accident potential zone to assure development compatible with the high noise and accident potential generated by military airport and ancillary military facility operations that have or may have an adverse effect on public health and safety (A.R.S. § 28-8481).
A military compatibility permit is the permit approved by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and which allows for the development of uses that are consistent and compatible with the high noise or accident potential of a military airport or ancillary military facility (Maricopa County Zoning Ordinance, art. 706.4). An ancillary military facility is an outlined airfield that includes: 1) for Luke Air Force Base in Maricopa County, the military auxiliary field that is located in the Town of Gila Bend, that is used to train specific military aircraft maneuvers or perform a specific military airport function, recognized by the military airport and political subdivisions in Maricopa County or the report of a cooperative land use planning effort among affected political subdivisions and the military airport in Maricopa County and identified on a map prepared by the State Land Department (SLD) and kept on file with the SLD and State Real Estate Department; and 2) for political subdivisions within the 1988 noise contours developed and recognized by the regional planning agency in that county that includes the arrival and departure corridor that is accident potential zones one and two plus the specified land area, the military auxiliary airfield that is identified on the map and designated as Luke Air Force Base Auxiliary Airfield #1, dated March 1, 2004, and is on file in print at the SLD (A.R.S. § 28-8461).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Allows outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices to be placed or maintained along an interstate, secondary or primary system within 660 feet of the edge of the right-of-way that are lawfully placed on a property that:
a) is located within a military airport and ancillary military facility overlay zoning district;
b) is located in a high noise or accident potential zone;
c) has been granted a military compatibility permit that allows commercial or industrial uses and that was not granted primarily to allow outdoor advertising structures; and
d) has been approved through a public hearing held by the local jurisdiction or county.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Committee
· Adopted the strike-everything amendment.
Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole
1. Stipulates that authorized outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices must be:
a) placed at least 1,000 feet from a residence; and
b) lawfully placed on a property that is located in a high noise or accident potential zone, in addition to outlined requirements.
2. Makes conforming changes.
Amendments Adopted by the House of Representatives
1. Removes the stipulation that authorized outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices must be placed at least 1,000 feet from a residence.
2. Stipulates that authorized outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices must be lawfully placed on a property that has been approved through a public hearing held by the local jurisdiction or county.
3. Specifies that the property the signs, displays and devices are placed on must be granted, rather than issued, a military compatibility permit as prescribed.
4. Makes conforming changes.
Senate Action House Action
MABS 2/9/26 DPA/SE 4-3-0 TI 3/18/26 DPA 6-0-0-1
3rd Read 2/26/26 28-0-2 3rd Read 4/8/26 55-0-5
Prepared by Senate Research
April 8, 2026
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