Overview
- A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled the state law that removed a Scottsdale referendum on Axon’s headquarters is constitutional.
- The judge paused his ruling and blocked Scottsdale from issuing permits while TAAAZE weighs an appeal and prepares for a June trial over the city’s agreement with Axon.
- The court found the statute is not a prohibited “special law” because it can apply to other mid‑sized Arizona cities rather than only to Scottsdale.
- The law requires cities with 200,000 to 500,000 residents to allow hotel use and multifamily housing tied to a qualifying international headquarters without a public hearing.
- After the law passed, Scottsdale replaced the original rezoning with a revised deal that cut apartments to 600 and added 600 condos, which also canceled the earlier referendum.