Leisure World is a gated, 55+ adult age restricted community located on a

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, in

Maricopa County Maricopa County () is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,420,568, or about 62% of the state's total, making it the fourth-most populous county in the United States and ...

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, United States. The community is sovereign to, and surrounded by, the city of

Mesa A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge, or hill, bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and standing distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks, such as shales, capped by a ...

. Established in 1973, the community consists of nearly 500

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s and over 2100 single family residences (2,664 homes total).

Governmental functions of HOA

The community is governed by a homeowners' association or HOA, and is subdivided into seven distinct voter districts, each with an elected district representative serving as a member at large on the

board of directors A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulatio ...

. The elected board of directors is responsible for setting association policy. Residing on an unincorporated county island, the HOA also functions as the de facto

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, providing private security services, collecting HOA dues for community maintenance, providing road repairs, maintaining emergency services to include contracted

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and

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services, providing curbside trash collection and recycling services, and other responsibilities routinely delegated to a local

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

. Additionally, the HOA issues building and construction permits and oversees its own

building inspector A building inspection is an inspection performed by a building inspector, a person who is employed by either a city, township or county and is usually certified in one or more disciplines qualifying them to make professional judgment about whether ...

s and code enforcement.

Law enforcement

Leisure World employees a private security department for the protection of its residents, with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department providing police services to its inhabitants.

Fire and medical

Fire and medical services for community residents are provided by contract from the Rural Metro fire department.

Parks and Recreation Department

The Recreation Center consists of a

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, and offers free admission to community residents and guests. Additionally, the community maintains an arts and craft building, sixteen

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courts, a 75-seat auditorium, a computer lab, community library, aquatic center,

woodworking Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning. History Along with stone, clay and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked b ...

shop, 10

tennis court A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match, doubles and singles matches. A variet ...

billiard room A billiard room (also billiards room, or more specifically pool room, snooker room) is a recreation room, such as in a house or recreation center, with a billiards, pool or snooker table (The term "billiard room" or "pool room" may also be use ...

ballroom A ballroom or ballhall is a large room inside a building, the primary purpose of which is holding large formal parties called ''balls''. Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions and palaces, especially histori ...

shuffleboard Shuffleboard (Deck shuffleboard) is a game in which players use cues to push weighted discs, sending them gliding down a narrow court, with the purpose of having them come to rest within a marked scoring area. As a more generic term, it refers t ...

courts, a sports court, community meeting rooms, and two community

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

courses. Additionally, the Recreation Department plans various annual educational opportunities,

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shows, community bus trips and over supports over 150 various clubs.

References

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* {{Maricopa County, Arizona Gated communities in Arizona Populated places in Arizona 1973 establishments in Arizona Populated places established in 1973