Attachment A - Draft Ordinance - Z-TA-2-18-2.pdf

ATTACHMENT A 
 
THIS IS A DRAFT COPY ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFICIAL COPY OF THE FINAL, 
ADOPTED ORDINANCE 
 
 
ORDINANCE G- 
 
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PORTIONS OF THE CODE OF THE 
CITY OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA, PART II, CHAPTER 41, THE 
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX BY AMENDING  
CHAPTER 6, SECTIONS 653.A. (GENERAL PURPOSE OF 
DESERT CHARACTER OVERLAY DISTRICTS) AND 653.B.2. 
(DESERT MAINTENANCE OVERLAY (SUB-DISTRICTS A AND B), 
APPLICABILITY) TO MODIFY THE BOUNDARIES OF THE 
DESERT CHARACTER OVERLAY DISTRICT. 
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX, as 
follows: 
 
That Chapter 6, Sections 653.A. (General Purpose of Desert Character 
Overlay Districts) and 653.B.2. (Desert Maintenance Overlay (Sub-Districts A and B), 
Applicability), is amended to modify the boundaries of the Desert Character Overlay 
District as follows: 
SECTION 1. That Chapter 6, Section 653.A. (General Purpose of Desert 
Character Overlay Districts) is amended to replace Figure A and read as follows: 
A. 
General Purpose of Desert Character Overlay Districts. The purpose of the 
Desert Character Overlay Districts is to implement the north land use plan, to 
define the nature of development while maintaining undisturbed areas, and to 
provide guidance for new development to occur within the context of the fragile 
undisturbed desert. The Desert Maintenance, Rural Desert and Suburban Desert 
Overlay Districts are designed in response to existing undisturbed conditions and 
pressures placed on them by increased development. The key to successful 
development within the three districts, which maintain interconnected undisturbed 
desert and washes, lies in analysis of individual subdivision sites before laying out 
the design of streets and lots.

The Desert Maintenance Overlay District is divided into Subdistricts A and B,. as 
illustrated on Figure A. in order to address specific requirements of this area. 
Subdistrict A includes approximately one mile on both sides of the Cave Creek 
Wash and includes the area along the wash, that is not part of any Parks, 
Recreation and Library Department managed open space, such as the a Sonoran 
Preserve. With the many washes to be maintained in an undisturbed condition 
crossing this area, Subdistrict A is intended to provide a transition from the 
preserve to areas with greater density. A very low density, scale and intensity of 
residential development characterize this area. The Desert Maintenance Overlay 
Subdistrict A is the least intensive with regards to density allowed and the most 
restrictive in order to maintain the fragile undisturbed areas and the wildlife corridor 
along the Cave Creek Wash. Subdistrict B is characterized by low 
density development which may be sited in clusters along with provision for an 
area to allow access to the Cave Buttes Recreational Area. Through clustering of 
development in this area the ability to maintain large connected undisturbed areas 
and washes becomes possible. 
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Figure A: Desert Maintenance Character Districts

SECTION 2. That Chapter 6, Section 653.B.2. (Desert Maintenance Overlay 
(Sub-Districts A and B), Applicability) is amended to read as follows: 
2. 
Applicability. The Desert Maintenance Overlay District applies to all land 
within the area as depicted on the Desert Character District Map (Figure A). 
More specifically, the Desert Maintenance Overlay Sub-District A applies to 
all land within the area bounded by Carefree Highway on the north, the 
Dynamite Boulevard alignment on the south, a line running parallel to the 
Cave Creek Wash connecting the 24th Street alignment at Carefree 
Highway to the 16th Street alignment at the Dynamite Boulevard alignment 
along the west, and the west boundary of Dove Valley Ranch extending 
south along the Black Mountain Parkway to Ashler Hills Drive and then 
running parallel to the Cave Creek Wash to the 32nd Street alignment at the 
Dynamite Boulevard alignment along the east.

The Desert Maintenance Overlay Sub-District B applies to all land within the 
area bounded by Sub-District A on the north, the Cave Buttes Recreation 
Area along the south and west, and Cave Creek Road (excluding the 
commercially designated parcel at the northwest corner of Cave Creek Road 
and Dynamite Boulevard) together with the south and west boundary of the 
Tatum Ranch Planned Community District (west of Cave Creek Road) and 
Black Mountain Parkway along the east. 
A site plan approved in accordance with Section 507 of the Zoning 
Ordinance is required for all development, plus adherence to the design 
guidelines and standards detailed below and in Section 507 Tab A of the 
Zoning Ordinance. 
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PASSED by the Council of the City of Phoenix this 1st day of June, 2022. 
 
 
 
 
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       MAYOR  
 
ATTEST:  
 
 
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Denise Archibald, City Clerk 
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
Cris Meyer, City Attorney 
 
 
By: 
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REVIEWED BY:  
 
 
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Jeffrey Barton, City Manager