Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 36-1471 (2026)

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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Area of operation" means the area within the territorial boundaries of the municipality.

2. "Blighted area" means an area, other than a slum area, where sound municipal growth and the provision of housing accommodations is substantially retarded or arrested in a predominance of the properties by any of the following:

(a) A dominance of defective or inadequate street layout.

(b) Faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility or usefulness.

(d) Deterioration of site or other improvements.

(e) Diversity of ownership.

(f) Tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land.

(g) Defective or unusual conditions of title.

(h) Improper or obsolete subdivision platting.

(i) The existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire and other causes.

3. "Bonds" means any bonds, including refunding bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures or other obligations.

4. "Clerk" means the clerk or other official of the municipality who is the custodian of the official records of the municipality.

5. "Commission" or "slum clearance and redevelopment commission" means an agency of a municipality created pursuant to section 36-1476.

6. "Federal government" includes the United States or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States.

7. "Local governing body" means the council or other legislative body charged with governing the municipality.

8. "Mayor" means the mayor of a municipality or other officer or body having the duties customarily imposed upon the executive head of a municipality.

9. "Municipality" means any incorporated city or town in the state.

10. "Obligee" includes any bondholder, agents or trustees for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the municipality property used in connection with a redevelopment project, or any assignee or assignees of a lessor's interest or any part thereof, and the federal government when it is a party to any contract with the municipality.

11. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company association, joint stock association or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative thereof.

12. "Public body" means the state or any municipality, county, village, board, commission, authority, district or any other subdivision or public body of the state.

13. "Real property" includes all lands, including improvements and fixtures on the land, and property of any nature appurtenant to the land, or used in connection with the land, and every estate, interest and right, legal or equitable therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by the liens.

14. "Redeveloper" means any person, partnership or public or private corporation or agency which enters or proposes to enter into a redevelopment contract.

15. "Redevelopment contract" means a contract entered into between a municipality and a redeveloper for the redevelopment of an area in conformity with a redevelopment plan.

16. "Redevelopment plan" means a plan, other than a preliminary or tentative plan, for the acquisition, clearance, reconstruction, rehabilitation or future use of a redevelopment project area.

17. "Redevelopment project":

(a) Means any work or undertaking:

(i) To acquire slum or blighted areas or portions of these areas and lands, structures or improvements, the acquisition of which is necessary or incidental to the proper clearance or redevelopment of these areas or to the prevention of the spread or recurrence of slum conditions or conditions of blight in the area.

(ii) To clear any areas by demolition or removal of existing buildings, structures, streets, utilities or other improvements thereon and to install, construct or reconstruct streets, utilities and site improvements essential to the preparation of sites for uses in accordance with a redevelopment plan.

(iii) To sell, lease or otherwise make available land in areas for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial or other use or for public use or to retain land for public use, in accordance with a redevelopment plan.

(b) Includes the preparation of a redevelopment plan, the planning, surveying and other work incident to a redevelopment project and the preparation of all plans and arrangements for carrying out a redevelopment project.

18. "Slum area" means an area in which both of the following are true:

(a) There is a predominance of buildings or improvements, whether residential or nonresidential.

(b) The public health, safety or welfare is threatened because of any of the following:

(i) Dilapidated, deteriorated, aging or obsolescent buildings or improvements.

(ii) The inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation or open spaces.

(iii) Overcrowding.

(iv) The existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire and other causes.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1972–2004 · leading case: Pinal Vista Props., L.L.C. v. Turnbull, 91 P.3d 1031 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2004).

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Pinal Vista Props., L.L.C. v. Turnbull, 91 P.3d 1031 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “In that case, this court held that pre *194 existing tax liens were extinguished when a city obtained land under the Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Law, A.R.S. § 36-1471. Id. at 201, 761 P.2d at 1105 .”

City of Phoenix v. Superior Court, 671 P.2d 387 (Ariz. 1983). · cites it 6× “The City sought to condemn the property in issue under authority granted in A.R.S. §§ 36-1471 to -1491 for slum clearance and redevelopment and to gain immediate possession of the property under § 12-1116.”

Tucson Cmty. Dev. & Design Ctr., Inc. v. City of Tucson, 641 P.2d 1298 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 6× “It is one project, among others, undertaken by the city under Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 36, A.R.S. § 36-1471 et seq., entitled “Slum Clearance and Redevelopment.”

Jachimek v. Superior Court, 819 P.2d 487 (Ariz. 1991). · cites it 8× “A.R.S. §§ 36-1471 to 36-1491 The City argues that the slum clearance and redevelopment statutes, A.”

Cordova v. City of Tucson, 494 P.2d 52 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 6× “Pursuant to A.R.S. § 36-1471, et seq., the City of Tucson adopted a resolution on or about the 3rd day of April, 1967, which resolved that a slum or blighted area exists within the City of Tucson and that the redevelopment of such area is necessary in the interests of the public…”

Scottsdale Princess P'ship v. Dep't of Revenue, 958 P.2d 15 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1997). “Leases entered into based on a redevelopment contract, as defined in section 36-1471, entered into before April 1, 1985.”

City of Phoenix v. Super. Ct., Maricopa Co., 671 P.2d 387 (Ariz. 1983). · cites it 6× “The City sought to condemn the property in issue under authority granted in A.R.S. §§ 36-1471 to -1491 for slum clearance and redevelopment and to gain immediate possession of the property under § 12-1116.”

City of Eloy v. Pinal Cnty., 761 P.2d 1102 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “Alternatively, the city alleged that because it had acquired the property pursuant to the Slum Clearance and Redevelopment *199 Law, A.R.S. § 36-1471(2) (the statute), the property became exempt under A.”

— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 36-1471(2) — 1 case

City of Eloy v. Pinal Cnty., 761 P.2d 1102 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1988). “Alternatively, the city alleged that because it had acquired the property pursuant to the Slum Clearance and Redevelopment *199 Law, A.R.S. § 36-1471(2) (the statute), the property became exempt under A.”

— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 36-1471(9) — 1 case

Jachimek v. Superior Court, 819 P.2d 487 (Ariz. 1991). “A.R.S. §§ 36-1471 to 36-1491 The City argues that the slum clearance and redevelopment statutes, A.”

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