Historic Preservation in Arizona (2026)
13 rules on the books across Arizona, 13 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Historic-Cultural Monuments
How buildings, sites, and trees are nominated and designated as Historic-Cultural Monuments, the protections that follow, and the demolition-stay process.
Glendale
Significant RestrictionsGlendale designates historic properties through a Historic Preservation (HP) overlay zone and logs them on the Glendale…
Read full rule →Goodyear
Significant RestrictionsGoodyear lets the Historic Preservation Commission name a building or site a landmark under City Code Section 23-1-8…
Read full rule →Peoria
Significant RestrictionsPeoria's Historic Preservation Commission can recommend that the City Council designate an individual property a…
Read full rule →Phoenix
Significant RestrictionsPhoenix designates exceptionally significant historic properties as Landmarks under the HP-L zoning suffix, triggering…
Read full rule →Scottsdale
Significant RestrictionsScottsdale designates its most significant historic resources as a Landmark under Zoning Ordinance Sec. 6.118.I, a…
Read full rule →Sedona
Significant RestrictionsSedona's Historic Preservation Commission can designate any property, portion of a property, or individual structure a…
Read full rule →Tempe
Significant RestrictionsTempe designates individually significant buildings, sites and entire neighborhoods as landmarks, historic properties…
Read full rule →Tucson
Significant RestrictionsTucson designates individually significant buildings, structures, sites, and archaeological resources as Historic…
Read full rule →Yuma
Significant RestrictionsYuma's Design and Historic Review Commission (DHRC) must approve any demolition, exterior renovation, or alteration of…
Read full rule →Chandler
Some RestrictionsChandler designates historic properties, districts, landmarks and heritage sites under Zoning Code Article XXXIV. A…
Read full rule →Maricopa
Some RestrictionsMaricopa requires archaeological and cultural resource review for subdivisions near Ak-Chin land under Resolution…
Read full rule →Mesa
Some RestrictionsMesa keeps an official Historic Property Register under Title 11, Chapter 23 listing landmarks, historic districts and…
Read full rule →Pima County
Some RestrictionsOwners of historically significant properties in unincorporated Pima County can petition to designate them as historic…
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