AZ SB1365

Prohibits municipal planning agencies from requiring subdividers or developers to construct or establish planned communities as part of subdivision regulations, approvals, or zoning ordinances.

Prohibits penalizing subdividers or developers for not including a planned community in their preliminary plat or specific plan.

Allows counties to require planned communities only to maintain private improvements and community-owned property proposed in preliminary, final, or specific plans.

Declares that restrictions on mandatory planned communities with homeowners' associations is a matter of statewide concern to ensure residents are governed by elected public officials rather than private corporations.