Plat expiring in Pinal? New and different extension policy
By Jennifer Hall | Rose Law Group
During last Thursday’s Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission Hearing (10/15/15), one of the planning manager discussion items was the administrative review of tentative plat extensions. According to the existing Development Services Code, tentative plats must go before the planning commission for action (Sec. 3.15.050(G) and (H)) and are valid for one year. A one-time, one year extension may be granted at the discretion of the planning director, if you are actively processing your final plat (Sec. 3.15.100) and if, in the opinion of the planning director, there has been no change in conditions within or adjoining the tentative plat that would warrant a revision in the design of the original tentative plat.
For some time now, time extensions for tentative plats have been granted by the Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission. The commission has even granted extensions for more than one year, occasionally two or even three years. The planning department discussed with the commission the current code requirements for administrative review of these extension requests. The commission will still approve/deny the initial tentative plat applications. However, the planning director will begin to review/grant/deny the time extension requests. A planning director decision is appealable to the Pinal County Board of Supervisors. The commission commented it would like staff to modify the commission’s hearing agenda in the future to include a tentative plat summary to keep the commission updated on these types of requests.
