Attachment A - Draft Ordinance - Z-45-23-1.pdf

City of Phoenix — Formal (2024-03-06)

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ATTACHMENT A 
 
THIS IS A DRAFT COPY ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFICIAL COPY OF THE FINAL, 
ADOPTED ORDINANCE 
 
 
 
 
 
ORDINANCE G- 
 
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP 
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 601 OF THE CITY OF 
PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE BY CHANGING THE ZONING 
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FOR THE PARCEL DESCRIBED 
HEREIN (CASE Z-45-23-1) FROM C-2 M-R PCD (INTERMEDIATE 
COMMERCIAL, MID-RISE DISTRICT, PLANNED COMMUNITY 
DISTRICT) TO PUD PCD (PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, 
PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT). 
 
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX, as 
follows: 
SECTION 1. The zoning of a 46.45-acre site located at the northwest 
corner of Norterra Parkway and Happy Valley Road in a portion of Section 1, Township 
4 North, Range 2 East, as described more specifically in Exhibit “A,” is hereby changed 
from “C-2 M-R PCD” (Intermediate Commercial, Mid-Rise District, Planned Community 
District) to “PUD PCD” (Planned Unit Development, Planned Community District). 
SECTION 2. The Planning and Development Director is instructed to 
modify the Zoning Map of the City of Phoenix to reflect this use district classification 
change as shown in Exhibit “B.”

SECTION 3. Due to the site’s specific physical conditions and the use 
district applied for by the applicant, this rezoning is subject to the following stipulations, 
violation of which shall be treated in the same manner as a violation of the City of 
Phoenix Zoning Ordinance: 
1. 
An updated Development Narrative for The Shops at Norterra PUD reflecting 
the changes approved through the request shall be submitted to the Planning 
and Development Department within 30 days of City Council approval of the 
request. The updated narrative shall be consistent with the Development 
Narrative date stamped January 3, 2024, as modified by the following 
stipulations: 
 
 
 
a. 
Update the front cover page with the submittal date of the Hearing Draft. 
 
 
 
b. 
Page 9: F. Signs, second bullet: Delete the word “digital”. 
 
 
2. 
Airport Disclosure: The property owner shall record documents that disclose 
the existence, and operational characteristics of Deer Valley Airport to future 
owners or tenants of the property. The form and content of such documents 
shall be according to the templates and instructions provided which have been 
reviewed and approved by the City Attorney. 
 
 
3. 
Archeologically Sensitive: If determined necessary by the Phoenix 
Archaeology Office, the applicant shall conduct Phase I data testing and submit 
an archaeological survey report of the development area for review and 
approval by the City Archaeologist prior to clearing and grubbing, landscape 
salvage, and/or grading approval. 
 
 
4. 
Archeologically Sensitive: If Phase I data testing is required, and if, upon 
review of the results from the Phase I data testing, the City Archaeologist, in 
consultation with a qualified archaeologist, determines such data recovery 
excavations are necessary, the applicant shall conduct Phase II archaeological 
data recovery excavations. 
 
 
5. 
Archeologically Sensitive: In the event archaeological materials are 
encountered during construction, the developer shall immediately cease all 
ground-disturbing activities within a 33-foot radius of the discovery, notify the 
City Archaeologist, and allow time for the Archaeology Office to properly 
assess the materials. 
 
 
6. 
Prop 207: Prior to final site plan approval or the issuance of a permit, the 
landowner shall execute a Proposition 207 waiver of claims form. The waiver 
shall be recorded with the Maricopa County Recorder's Office and delivered to

the City to be included in the rezoning application file for record. 
 
 
Planned Community District Stipulations 
 
Overall Site Plan 
7. 
That, as a portion of a larger Planned Community District, the following 
stipulations shall apply per Z-74-02-1 and Z-153-99-1. 
 
 
8. 
The development shall be in general conformance with the site plan date 
stamped May 11, 2007, with regards to the pedestrian spine, phasing, and 
general development intensities.   
 
 
9. 
A maximum of 5 building pads less than 10,000 square feet in size shall be 
allowed throughout the 140.2 acre site. 
 
 
 
Amenities 
10. 
The pedestrian spine extending from Jomax to Happy Valley Road as 
illustrated on the conceptual plan date stamped May 11, 2007 shall be visually 
identified with a combination of similar hardscape improvements and a 
consistent landscape theme, with the inclusion of a pedestrian gate so the 
employees can access the retail parcel to the south. 
 
 
 
Visual Impacts 
11. 
The below minimum building setbacks shall apply along the following street 
frontages, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. The 
landscape setback along the street frontages shall include a mix of a minimum 
of 3- and 4-inch caliper trees planted approximately 20 feet on center to screen 
the buildings. 
 
 
 
a. 
Happy Valley Road (west of Norterra Parkway) shall be a minimum of 60 
feet (with a 75-foot average). 
 
 
12. 
The applicant shall provide a minimum 30-foot, undulating landscape setback, 
with a maximum average landscape setback not to exceed 35 feet, as 
measured from the right-of-way prior to any trail dedication, planted with 
drought tolerant vegetation in the Sonoran Boulevard Standards, and 
meandering sidewalk (where required) adjacent to perimeter street, except 
along Happy Valley Road; where the landscape setback and sidewalk shall be 
per the Sonoran Boulevard Standards, as measured from the right-of way prior 
to any trail dedication. 
 
 
13. 
Any loading, maneuvering and other service areas shall be located interior 
within the campus and screened so they are not visible from the perimeter 
rights-of-way. 
 
 
14. 
The development along Happy Valley Road shall comply with the Sonoran 
Boulevard Standards.

Parking 
15. 
Individual parking structures shall not be arranged such that they create a linear 
walled effect at the perimeter of the property. 
 
 
16. 
Parking structures shall be designed, to the greatest extent possible; to 
minimize the mass of parking structures with adjacent residential properties. In 
addition, the parking structures shall be so designed as to prevent vehicular 
headlights and the interior lights of the parking structures from shining directly 
onto residential properties. 
 
 
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or 
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the 
decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity 
of the remaining portions hereof.  
PASSED by the Council of the City of Phoenix this 6th day of March, 
2024.  
 
 
 
 
________________________________ 
 
 
 
       MAYOR  
 
 
ATTEST:  
 
 
_________________________  
Denise Archibald, City Clerk 
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
Julie M. Kriegh, City Attorney 
 
 
By: 
_________________________  
_________________________

REVIEWED BY:  
 
 
_________________________  
Jeffrey Barton, City Manager 
 
 
 
Exhibits: 
A – Legal Description (2 Pages) 
B – Ordinance Location Map (1 Page)

EXHIBIT A 
 
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR Z-45-23-1 
 
 
A PORTION OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 4 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST, OF THE GILA 
AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MORE 
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 
 
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 1, A BRASS 
CAP IN HANDHOLE, FROM WHICH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 
SECTION, A CHISELED “X” ON CONCRETE OVERPASS, BEARS NORTH 89°37'06" 
WEST (BASIS OF BEARING), A DISTANCE OF 2674.68 FEET; 
 
THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, NORTH 89°37'06" WEST, A 
DISTANCE OF 2641.62 FEET, TO THE CENTERLINE OF INTERSTATE 17; 
 
THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTH LINE, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, NORTH 
09°59'31" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 402.32 FEET, TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY 
PROLONGATION OF THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LOT 1, USAA UNIT 1, RECORDED 
IN BOOK 900, PAGE 40, MARICOPA COUNTY RECORDS (MCR); 
 
THENCE LEAVING SAID CENTERLINE, ALONG SAID PROLONGATION AND SAID 
NORTHERLY LINE, NORTH 51°38'06" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 1141.65 FEET; 
 
THENCE NORTH 72°39'09" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 117.11 FEET;  
 
THENCE NORTH 51°38'06" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 290.80 FEET;  
 
THENCE NORTH 63°03'04" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 21.63 FEET; 
 
THENCE NORTH 51°38'06" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 84.00 FEET, TO THE 
CENTERLINE OF NORTERRA PARKWAY; 
 
THENCE LEAVING SAID NORTHERLY LINE, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, SOUTH 
43°55'11" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 
6.82 FEET, TO THE BEGINNING OF A CURVE; 
 
THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A 
RADIUS OF 1500.00 FEET, CONCAVE NORTHEASTERLY, THROUGH A CENTRAL 
ANGLE OF 28°40'23", A DISTANCE OF 750.66 FEET, TO THE CURVES END; 
 
THENCE SOUTH 72°35'34" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 314.62 FEET, TO THE 
BEGINNING OF A CURVE;

THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A 
RADIUS OF 645.00 FEET, CONCAVE SOUTHWESTERLY, THROUGH A CENTRAL 
ANGLE OF 72°05'42", A DISTANCE OF 811.60 FEET, TO THE CURVES END; 
 
THENCE SOUTH 00°29'52" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 300.04 FEET, TO THE POINT OF 
BEGINNING. CONTAINING 2,543,537 SQUARE FEET OR 58.3916 ACRES, MORE 
OR LESS. 
 
SUBJECT TO EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAYS AND EASEMENTS.