Glendale, AZ HOA Rules: CC&R Enforcement (2026)

1007 creates the Senior Citizen Overlay (SCO), an age-55-and-over zoning district layered onto residential and Planned Area Development zoning to comply with the state and federal Fair Housing Acts. Subsection F makes City enforcement of the SCO's age rules contingent on the HOA acting first: enforcement of the SCO District occurs only when reasonable efforts have been undertaken by a Homeowners' Association or management agency to enforce a subdivision's deed restrictions (CC&Rs), and certification has been submitted to the City that the development still complies with the Fair Housing Acts.

The Code spells out exactly what counts as a documented reasonable effort: a registered letter to the noncompliant resident and owner stating the reason for noncompliance and attaching a copy of the deed restrictions, plus records showing repeated follow-up enforcement attempts against that resident or owner. The burden of proof for meeting the Fair Housing Acts' 55-and-older exemption sits entirely with the qualifying development, not the City; Glendale does not gather or maintain the underlying occupancy data itself. At all times at least 80 percent of dwelling units must be occupied by someone 55 or older, and no person under 18 may reside in a unit more than 120 days in a 12-month period. 207, which can include revocation of the overlay designation itself.