Implementation Plan Guidelines
The key to a successful Implementation Plan is balancing the different needs of all
involved stakeholders. To produce a balanced plan, several guidelines were used as the
basis for strategy development. These guidelines include:
Recommended strategies must not result in a taking of property value, meaning
they do not render the property undevelopable or unable to achieve economic
gain by removing any development rights of the property, as defined by state
law. Some of the recommended strategies may involve establishment of a
conservation easement on private property, but only if the land owner is willing
and accepting to engage in such an action. The use of eminent domain, defined
as a government entity taking private property, with compensation, for public
use, is not included in any of the recommended strategies.
If any zoning or regulatory documents are amended, any existing land uses
should be grandfathered in so that they are not considered non‐compliant.
Any proposed changes to regulatory or policy guidance, such as zoning
ordinance or general plan amendments, should not affect any properties that
have existing entitlements or have been previously approved for development.
In some cases, the recommended strategies can only be implemented with new
legislation.
To minimize regulation, many of the strategies are only recommended within
the specific geographic area for which the issue they address occurs (e.g., within
identified AZARNG Military Compatibility Areas), instead of recommended
strategies for the whole JLUS Project Area.
Any strategy that involves the implementation of updated or new regulatory
measures, such as amending a zoning ordinance or adding a new zoning overlay
district to an existing zoning ordinance, or amends municipal guidance
documents such as the comprehensive or general plan, are required to go
through all legal processes as required by Arizona Revised Statute and local
regulations before being implemented. This may involve notification to affected
property owners of land managers, such as the Arizona State Land Department
and Bureau of Land Management, and holding of public hearings.
Similar to other planning processes that include numerous stakeholders, the
challenge is to create a solution or strategy to achieve a solution that meets the
needs of all parties. In lieu of eliminating strategies that do not have
100 percent buy‐in from all stakeholders, it was determined that the solution /
strategy may result in the further creation of multiple strategies that address the
same issue but tailored to individual circumstances.
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