{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-41-1493.03","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 41-1493.03","heading":"Free exercise of religion; land use regulation","body":"A. Government shall not impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that imposes an unreasonable burden on a person's exercise of religion, regardless of a compelling governmental interest, unless the government demonstrates one of the following:\n\n1. That the person's exercise of religion at a particular location violates religion-neutral zoning standards enacted into the government's laws at the time of the person's application for a permit.\n\n2. That the person's exercise of religion at a particular location would be hazardous due to toxic uses in adjacent properties.\n\n3. The existence of a suitable alternate property the person could use for the exercise of religion.\n\nB. Government shall not impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that treats a religious assembly or institution on less than equal terms with a nonreligious assembly or institution, regardless of a compelling governmental interest.\n\nC. Government shall not impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that discriminates against an assembly or institution on the basis of religion, regardless of a compelling governmental interest.\n\nD. Government shall not impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that completely excludes a religious assembly or institution from a jurisdiction or unreasonably limits religious assemblies, institutions or structures within a jurisdiction, regardless of a compelling governmental interest.","path":["Title 41 State Government"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/41/01493-03.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"68000bf12346396ad975f7fc067bbf00e5348725ce7b4666698d61a61ebfd965","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-41-1493.02","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-41-1493.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}