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EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2007 -- changes include the following:

• Removing development standards information and relocating to the city's Design Standards & Policy Manual 
• Adding provisions for condos, minor subdivisions (5 or fewer lots), and perimeter exceptions (such as retail centers, mixed-use shopping centers, etc. that are treated as master-planned developments)
• Requiring minor subdivisions to provide proportional public improvements
• Requiring bonding for improvements
• Documenting an appeals process and adding the violations/remedies section

The new Land Divisions ordinance includes all types of land divisions and replaces the previous Subdivision Ordinance. 

• Land Division Ordinance 3743 (subdivisions and other land divisions) (pdf / 132 kb / 26 pgs)
• Subdivision Process Flowchart (pdf / 164 kb / 2 pgs / 20-Jun-07)
• Minor Subdivision Process Flowchart (pdf / 114 kb / 1 pg)
  

Subdivision means the division of any land for financing, sale or lease:

1. Into 4 or more lots or tracts, or
2. Into 2 or more lots or tracts if a new street is involved, or
3. Into 2 or more lots or tracts if the boundaries of the land have been fixed by a recorded plat, or
4. Into 4 or more condominiums or similarly-owned projects.

A Minor Subdivision means a subdivision of 5 or fewer lots.   The Minor Subdivision process will replace the existing lot split process.

Master Planned Properties, Condominiums, Perimeter Exceptions and all other land divisions -- See the Land Divisions Ordinance for definitions and procedures. 

Questions? 

Contact Current Planning at 480-312-7000 or email planninginfo@scottsdaleaz.gov.