A. The legislative body shall determine and establish administrative rules and procedures for the application and enforcement of specific plans and regulations.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 9-461.10

  • Planning agency: means the official body designated by local ordinance to carry out the purposes of this article and may be a planning department, a planning commission, a hearing officer, the legislative body itself, or any combination thereof. See Arizona Laws 9-461
  • Street: means streets, highways, freeways, expressways, avenues, boulevards, parkways, roads, lanes, walks, alleys, viaducts, subways, tunnels, bridges, public access easements and rights-of-way. See Arizona Laws 9-461

B. The legislative body may assign or delegate administrative powers and duties to the planning agency or any other agency, as necessary, and may create administrative agencies, provide for other officials and for funds for the compensation of such officers, employees and agencies and for the support of their work.

C. No street may be improved and no sewers or connections or improvements may be laid or authorized in any street within any territory for which the legislative body has adopted a specific street or highway plan until the matter has been referred to the planning agency for a report as to conformity with the specific street or highway plan and a copy of the report has been filed with the legislative body, unless one of the following conditions applies:

1. The street has been accepted, opened or has otherwise received the legal status of a public street prior to the adoption of the plan.

2. The street corresponds with streets shown on the plan.

3. The street corresponds with streets shown on a subdivision map or record or survey approved by the legislative body.

4. The street corresponds with streets shown on a subdivision map previously approved by the planning commission. The report shall be submitted to the legislative body within forty days after the matter was referred to the planning agency.