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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. To exercise a development right the declarant shall prepare, execute and record an amendment to the declaration which shall include a new plat conforming to the requirements of § 33-1219, subsections A and B, if the previously recorded plat does not show the boundaries of the parcel or parcels as to which the development right is exercised. The amendment to the declaration shall assign an identifying number to each new unit created and, except in the case of subdivision or conversion of units described in subsection C of this section, reallocate the allocated interests among all units. The amendment shall describe any common elements and any limited common elements created and, in the case of limited common elements, designate the unit to which each is allocated as required by § 33-1218.
B. Development rights may be reserved within any real estate added to the condominium if the amendment adding that real estate includes all matters required by § 33-1215 or 33-1216, whichever is applicable, and the plat includes all matters required by § 33-1219. This subsection does not extend any time limit on the exercise of development rights imposed by the declaration pursuant to § 33-1215, subsection A, paragraph 6.
C. Whenever a declarant exercises a development right to subdivide or convert a unit previously created into additional units or common elements, or both:
1. If the declarant converts the unit entirely to common elements, the amendment to the declaration must reallocate all the allocated interests of that unit among the other units as if that unit had been taken by eminent domain.
2. If the declarant subdivides the unit into two or more units, whether any part of the unit is converted into common elements, the amendment to the declaration shall reallocate all the allocated interests of the unit among the units created by the subdivision in any reasonable manner prescribed by the declarant.
D. If the declaration provides that all or a portion of the real estate is subject to the development right of withdrawal:
1. If all the real estate is subject to withdrawal and the declaration does not describe separate portions of the real estate subject to that right, none of the real estate may be withdrawn after a unit has been conveyed to a purchaser without the written consent of all unit owners in the condominium and any mortgagees or beneficiaries of deeds of trust or sellers under a contract, as defined in § 33-741, for conveyance of real property encumbering the units.
2. If a portion or portions are subject to withdrawal, a portion shall not be withdrawn after a unit in that portion has been conveyed to a purchaser without the written consent of all unit owners in the condominium and any mortgagees or beneficiaries of deeds of trust or sellers under contract, as defined in § 33-741, for conveyance of real property encumbering the units.
E. No development right shall be exercised in any manner which would eliminate or materially reduce in size any tennis court, swimming pool, clubhouse or other recreational facility which is part of the common elements and which was specified in the public report issued on the condominium by the commissioner of the state real estate department, unless the exercise of the development right is approved by an affirmative vote of the unit owners to which at least eighty per cent of the votes in the association are allocated.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arizona Revised Statutes Title 33. Property § 33-1220. Exercise of development rights - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/az/title-33-property/az-rev-st-sect-33-1220/
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