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RESOLUTION Maricopa County Board of Supervisors RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE VALIDITY OF APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLATS TO DECEMBER 31, 2017 IN UNINCORPORATED MARICOPA COUNTY B E IT RESOLVED by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors as follows: WHEREAS, Arizona Revised Statutes mandate Maricopa County to regulate the subdivision of all unincorporated lands within its boundaries; and WHEREAS the Arizona Revised Statutes enable Maricopa County to adopt general regulations of uniform application governing plats and subdivisions of unincorporated lands within its boundaries to protect the public health and safety; and WHEREAS in accordance with the Arizona Revised Statutes, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has adopted the Maricopa County Subdivision Regulations providing for the regulation of subdivision development within the unincorporated area of the County, defining its terms, setting forth subdivision platting procedures and requirements, establishing subdivision design principles and standards, establishing street and utility improvement requirements; and WHEREAS the purpose of the Maricopa County Subdivision Regulations is to provide for the orderly growth and harmonious development of the County; to insure adequate traffic circulation through coordinated street systems with relation to major thoroughfares, adjoining subdivisions and public facilities; to achieve individual property lots of reasonable utility and livability; to secure adequate provisions for water supply, power, drainage, protection against flood, storm water retention / detention, sanitary sewerage; paved streets and other accesses; and other health and safety requirements; to consider adequate sites for schools, recreation areas and other public facilities; to Page 1 of 4 promote the conveyance of land by accurate legal description; and to provide practical procedures for the achievement of this purpose; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has determined that regulated subdivision plats is the preferred method of land development in unincorporated Maricopa County and is in the best interest of Maricopa County and its citizens; and WHEREAS, a number of proposed subdivision developments have received benefit of a preliminary plat approval; and WHEREAS, the Maricopa County Subdivision Regulations establishes a two year validity period for a preliminary plat approved by the Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Commission with potential for a one year extension to be administratively approved by staff of the Maricopa County Planning and Development Department; and WHEREAS, the preliminary plat becoming invalid on a date certain is established in the Maricopa County Subdivision Regulations and not mandated in the Arizona Revised Statutes; and WHEREAS, due to the current state of the national, state and local economy, subdivision developers are not able to financially pursue a final plat approval by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors prior to the expiration date of an approved preliminary plat; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors does hereby extend the expiration date of all valid and approved preliminary plats and preliminary plat extensions in unincorporated Maricopa County, which are scheduled to become invalid or did become invalid on or after October 1, 2010, to December 31, 2017 subject to the following conditions: • The preliminary plat or preliminary plat extension must have been previously approved or must be approved subsequent to this Resolution, but shall not have achieved the date of invalidity before October 1, 2010; • The preliminary plat or preliminary plat extension shall be on a property (or properties) where all outstanding fees and fines owed to the Maricopa County Planning and Development Department shall be current and paid in full; • The preliminary plat or preliminary plat extension shall be on a property (or properties) free of all violations of Maricopa County laws, codes, regulations and ordinance; • Any final plat and infrastructure permit associated with any preliminary plat or preliminary plat extension benefitting from this Resolution shall not be inactive for a period exceeding six months, or the applications will be administratively closed and new final plat and infrastructure permit applications and fees shall be required; • The final plat and infrastructure permit associated with any preliminary plat or preliminary plat extension benefitting from this Resolution, shall comply with all regulations, policies and best engineering practices in place at the time of the final plat approval by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors; and • After December 31, 2017, the validity period of a preliminary plat subject to this Resolution may be administratively extended for an additional one year period by the Maricopa County Planning and Development Department if there is an associated final plat and infrastructure permit that have remained active. Page 3 of 4 ADOPTED by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County, Arizona, this 6th day of January, 2016. Clint Hickman, Chairman Date Attest: Fran McCarroll, Clerk of the Board Date HI- Debra Stark, Director, Date Planning and Development Department Approved as to Form: Robert Swan, Deputy County Attorney Date Page 4 of 4