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AZ SB1335
Bill
Status
3/30/2015
Primary Sponsor
David Farnsworth
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AI Summary
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Prohibits municipalities from requiring fire sprinklers in one or two family residences or utility/accessory buildings as a condition of approving fire apparatus access roads or routes.
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Allows private civil actions against municipalities for violations, with courts authorized to award reasonable attorney fees, damages, lost opportunity costs, interest, and the cost of sprinkler systems to prevailing parties.
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Declares property rights a matter of statewide concern and establishes state preemption over municipal regulations regarding fire apparatus access roads and route extensions.
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Extends the same fire sprinkler prohibition and enforcement provisions to counties for unincorporated areas, superseding county regulations on fire apparatus access roads.
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Defines "utility or miscellaneous accessory building or structure" to include agricultural buildings, aircraft hangars, barns, carports, fences over six feet high, greenhouses, sheds, stables, and similar structures.
Legislative Description
Fire access roads; limitation; enforcement.
Last Action
Chapter 88
3/30/2015