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Staff Report Z-25-20-4 
(Phoenix Children’s Hospital PUD) 
October 28, 2021 
Encanto Village Planning Committee 
Meeting Date: 
November 1, 2021 
Planning Commission Hearing Date: 
November 4, 2021 
Request From: 
R-3 RI (Multifamily Residence District,
Residential Infill District) (3.46 acres), R-5 RI
(Multifamily Residence District, Residential Infill
District) (1.25 acres), C-O (Commercial Office -
Restricted Commercial District) (1.20 acres), C-
O/G-O (Commercial Office - Restricted
Commercial District / General Office) (1.30
acres), C-2 SP (Intermediate Commercial
District, Special Permit) (2.85 acres), C-2 HGT /
WVR (Intermediate Commercial District, Height
Waiver) (7.70 acres), C-2 H-R (Intermediate
Commercial, High-Rise H-R District—High-Rise
and High Density District) (21.71 acres), C-2 H-
R SP (Intermediate Commercial District, High-
Rise H-R District—High-Rise and High Density
District, Special Permit) (0.31 acres), C-2 H-R
(Intermediate Commercial District, High-Rise H-
R District—High-Rise and High Density District)
(1.00 acres) (Approved C-2 H-R SP
(Intermediate Commercial District, High-Rise H-
R District—High-Rise and High Density District,
Special Permit (1.00 acres), and P-1 (Parking)
(1.87 acres)
Request To: 
PUD (Planned Unit Development) (42.65 acres) 
Proposed Use: 
PUD to allow for a medical campus 
Location: 
Southwest corner of the SR-51 Freeway and 
Thomas Road 
Owner: 
Phoenix Children's Hospital, et al. 
Applicant: 
Phoenix Children's Hospital 
Representative: 
Taylor Earl, Earl & Curley 
Staff Recommendation: 
Approval, subject to stipulations 
Attachment B

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General Plan Conformity 
General Plan Land Use Map Designation 
Current Designation: Public/Quasi Public 
(21.59 acres), Residential 10 to 15 
dwelling units per acre (19.07 acres), and 
Commercial (2.53 acres) 
  
Proposed (GPA-EN-1-20-4 for 21.06 
acres): 
Street Map 
Classification 
Thomas Road 
Arterial 
Varies, 42 to 54-foot 
south half street 
Windsor Avenue 
Local Street 
50-foot full street 
  
25-foot south half street 
Cambridge 
Avenue 
Local Street 
50-foot full street 
  
Varies, 25 to 32-feet 
north half street 
  
25-foot south half street 
Virginia Avenue 
Local Street 
Varies, 25 to 30 foot-
north half street 
Yale Street 
Local Street 
25-foot north half street 
17th Place 
Local Street 
10-foot east half street 
20th Street 
Local Street 
Varies, 0 to 30-foot west 
half street 
STRENGTHEN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY CORE VALUE; JOB CREATION 
(EMPLOYERS); LAND USE PRINCIPLE: Support General Plan Land Use Map and 
zoning changes that will facilitate the location of employment generating uses in 
each of the designated employment centers.  
The PUD will support and facilitate ongoing investment and development of the Phoenix 
Children’s Hospital Campus, which serves as one of the area’s largest employers. By 
consolidating multiple zoning districts into a single PUD, the process for master 
planning and expanding will be streamlined. While the subject site is not located in a 
designated employment center, the Phoenix Children’s Hospital contains a cluster of 
complementary uses and employers with immediate access to a freeway and an arterial 
street.

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 BUILD THE SUSTAINABLE DESERT CITY CORE VALUE; TREES AND SHADE; 
DESIGN PRINCIPLE: New development should minimize surface parking areas 
and provide an abundance of shade through either trees or structures on any 
planned parking areas. 
The Phoenix Children’s Hospital Campus includes a significant amount of structured 
parking and the vision provided in the PUD is for a compact and complete medical 
campus, that does not rely significantly on surface parking. The PUD includes 
provisions that all new surface parking lots will be shaded to 25 percent by vegetative 
shade and that 50 percent of the spaces will have structural shade. 
BUILD THE SUSTAINABLE DESERT CITY CORE VALUE; TREES AND SHADE; 
DESIGN PRINCIPLE: Integrate trees and shade into the design of new 
development and redevelopment projects throughout Phoenix. 
The PUD includes provisions to create pedestrian friendly streetscape environments 
with shaded and detached sidewalks in new developments with a requirement for 75 
percent shade. Additionally, the PUD includes enhanced tree planting standards for 
open space areas and along private pedestrian walkways.   
 
Applicable Plan, Overlays, and Initiatives 
Piestewa Peak Parkway Specific Plan: See Background Item No. 11. 
 
Complete Streets Guiding Principles: See Background Item No. 12. 
 
Tree and Shade Master Plan: See Background Item No. 13.  
 
Zero Waste Phoenix: See Background Item No. 14. 
 
Background/Issues/Analysis 
 
SUBJECT SITE 
1. 
This request is to rezone 42.65 acres located at the southwest corner of the State 
Route 51 Freeway and Thomas Road from R-3 RI (Multifamily Residence District, 
Residential Infill District) (3.46 acres), R-5 RI (Multifamily Residence District, 
Residential Infill District) (1.25 acres), C-O (Commercial Office - Restricted 
Commercial District) (1.20 acres), C-O/G-O (Commercial Office - Restricted 
Commercial District / General Office) (1.30 acres), C-2 SP (Intermediate 
Commercial District, Special Permit) (2.85 acres), C-2 HGT / WVR (Intermediate 
Commercial District, Height Waiver) (7.70 acres), C-2 H-R (Intermediate 
Commercial, High-Rise H-R District—High-Rise and High Density District) (21.71 
acres), C-2 H-R SP (Intermediate Commercial District, High-Rise H-R District—
High-Rise and High Density District, Special Permit) (0.31 acres), C-2 H-R 
(Intermediate Commercial District, High-Rise H-R District—High-Rise and High 
Density District) (Approved C-2 H-R SP (Intermediate Commercial District, High-

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Rise H-R District—High-Rise and High Density District, Special Permit (1.00 acres), 
and P-1 (Parking) (1.87 acres) to allow for the Phoenix Children’s Hospital medical 
campus. The subject site is located in an area generally bounded by Thomas Road 
on the north, Yale Street on the south, 17th Street on the west, and the State Route 
51 on the east.  
 
 
 
2. 
The General Plan Land Use Map designation for the subject site is a mixture of 
several designations including Public/Quasi Public, Residential 10 to 15 dwelling 
units per acre, and Commercial. A companion General Plan Amendment case, 
GPA-EN-1-20-4, has been filed to update the General Plan Land Use Map 
designation to consolidate the entire campus to Public/Quasi-Public. 
 
 
 
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING 
3. 
The subject site was first 
developed in 1961 as the 
Doctors Hospital and has since 
operated as Humana Hospital, 
the Phoenix Regional Medical 
Office, and then from 2000 as 
Phoenix Children’s Hospital. 
The subject site operates as a 
medical campus as the 
principal use and with 
accessory uses typical of a 
major hospital campus, such as 
offices. The existing campus  
Historic Advertisement, Source: PUD Narrative. 
 
includes a mix of building heights ranging from one and two stories up to the tower 
at the center of the campus which reaches a height of 192 feet. 
 
 
 
 
West, south of Thomas Road and north of Cambridge Avenue:  
Immediately adjacent to the subject site at the above location is primarily 
multifamily and office uses zoned for R-3 RI and R-5 RI. The R-5 RI site located 
along Thomas Road immediately west of the subject site is built to two-stories tall 
but is zoned to allow a maximum height of six-stories and 65 feet. The remainder of 
properties adjacent to the subject site are zoned R-3 RI which limits development to 
two-stories or 30 feet with a maximum height of four-stories and 48 feet subject to 
setback requirements.  
 
Non-Contiguous site, south of Cambridge Avenue and north of Yale Street:  
The non-contiguous parcel located in the most southwesterly portion of the subject 
site is adjacent to a mix of single-family and multifamily dwellings ranging in height 
from one to two stories but zoned R-3 RI which limits development to two-stories or 
30 feet with a maximum height of four-stories and 48 feet subject to setback 
requirements.

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South of Cambridge Avenue and north of Virginia Avenue:  
To the south and west of this portion of the site are a mix of single-family and 
multifamily dwellings ranging in height from one to two stories but zoned R-3 RI 
which limits development to two-stories or 30 feet with a maximum height of four-
stories and 48 feet subject to setback requirements. To the east of this site is a 
four-level parking structure and conference center zoned C-2 HGT / WVR and built 
at an approximate height of 44 feet. 
 
East, north of Cambridge Avenue:  
Located immediately east of the subject site but north of Cambridge Avenue is 20th 
Street. Beyond 20th Street is the State Route 51 which is elevated at this location. 
In total, the right-of-way measures approximately 440 feet in width before the 
nearest private property. 
 
North of Thomas Road:  
Located north, across Thomas Road from the subject site are a mix of uses 
including surface parking, offices, multifamily residences, commercial, and 
healthcare. From the west near 17th Place, most of the parcels are developed in a 
single-story form which increases to three and four stories in height approaching 
State Route 51. This mix of land uses is achieved through a mix of zoning including 
R-5, C-1, C-2 HGT/WVR, and C-2 HGT/WVR SP. 
 
Interior to Campus: There are two parcels located within the perimeter boundary of 
the subject site but not included in the rezoning case.  
 
Located at the northeast corner fo Cambridge Avenue and 18th Place is a City of 
Phoenix Fire Station. This site is one-story and zoned R-3 which allows a height of 
two-stories or 30 feet with a maximum height of four-stories and 48 feet subject to 
setback requirements. 
 
Located north of Windsor Avenue near the western edge of the rezoning boundary 
is a parcel owned and operated by the State of Arizona which is built to one-story in 
height but zoned R-5 RI which allows a maximum height of six-stories and 65 feet. 
 
 
 
PROPOSAL 
4. 
The proposal utilizes the PUD zoning district which is intended to create a built 
environment that is superior to that produced by conventional zoning districts and 
design guidelines. Using a collaborative and comprehensive approach, an applicant 
proposes standards and guidelines that are tailored to the context of the specific 
site. Where the PUD Development Narrative is silent on a requirement, the 
applicable Zoning Ordinance provisions are applied.

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The proposal is to consolidate the 10 zoning districts that currently govern 
development on the campus into a comprehensive set of regulations, requirements, 
and design standards contained in the PUD Development Narrative, herein referred 
to as the “development narrative.” 
 
 
 
5. 
Site Plan 
The development narrative contains a series of site plans depicting the overall flow 
of the existing campus and their vision for how future development on the site may 
occur. Elements of this conceptual plan are incorporated into the body of the 
narrative to regulate certain elements of the campus, including building heights in 
addition to building and landscape setbacks.  
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 4: Land Use Exhibit, Source: PUD Narrative. 
 
 
 
6. 
Land Use 
The development narrative is written to permit a mix of uses that will complement 
the overall mission of Phoenix Children’s Hospital through operational and 
locational synergies.  
 
Permitted uses: Administrative offices; behavioral health including both inpatient 
and outpatient; birthing center; blood donation; central service facilities; medical,

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dental, and clinical offices; conference/training facilities; health and support 
services; hospice care; hospital; hospital service organizations; medical technology 
research and development; nursing or medical training facilities; office; parking 
structures and surface parking; pharmacies; rehabilitation services; research 
laboratories; respite care; and women and children center.  
 
Permitted accessory uses: Ancillary uses, temporary lodging, child day care; and 
helistop (existing and subject to current stipulations). 
 
Permitted temporary uses: Temporary parking lots.  
 
 
 
7. 
Development Standards 
The development narrative includes development standards such as height, 
setbacks, lot coverage, and open space requirements in addition to landscape 
planting standards, parking requirements, and others; this summary focuses on key 
elements of the development standards section. The narrative and its development 
standards are written to allow for vertical and horizontal expansion of the health 
campus while respecting the interface with the nearby neighborhoods, primarily 
through where the greatest height is permitted and by prescribing perimeter 
setbacks. 
 
 
 
 
Height:  
The development narrative 
consolidates existing height 
permissions from previous zoning 
cases with few minor exceptions. 
The maximum height permitted by 
the narrative is 247 feet which is 
the existing height of the hospital 
tower at the center of the campus. 
Additional height is focused along 
Thomas Road and along State 
Route 51, where the campus can 
achieve the greatest visibility and 
least impact to nearby residential 
neighborhoods.  
Exhibit 7: Building Heights, Source: PUD Narrative. 
 
 
 
 
As depicted in Exhibit 7 to the right, the narrative restricts height to 30 feet in the 
most southwesterly portion of the site, to 56 feet south of Cambridge Avenue and 
north of Virginia Avenue, to 56 feet adjacent to the west zoning boundary with the 
exception of the most northwesterly portion of the site adjacent to Thomas Road 
which is restricted to maximum height of 96 feet.

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Setbacks: The development narrative prescribes a height-based setback regime for 
building and landscape setbacks for when sites are adjacent to public streets, 
residential uses, and non-residential uses.  
 
Building and Landscape Setbacks (Adjacent to Public Streets): 
 
 
Building Setback (Min.) 
Building Setback (Min.) 
Landscape Setback (Min.) 
 
 
2 stories or less 
Greater than 2 stories 
N/A 
 
Thomas Road 
25' 
25' 
25' 
 
20th Street 
15' 
15' 
15' 
 
Cambridge Avenue 
15' 
30’ 
15' 
 
 
17th Place 
 
18th Place 
 
Virginia Street 
 
Yale Street 
 
 
 
Perimeter Building and Landscape Setbacks (Adjacent to Residential Uses):  
• Building Setbacks: When a structure is two-stories or a maximum of 30 feet, 
the narrative requires a minimum building setback of 10 feet. When a 
structure is greater than 2 stories or 30 feet, the narrative requires a 
minimum building setback of 20 feet.  
• Landscape Setbacks: When a structure is two-stories or a maximum of 30 
feet, the narrative requires a minimum landscape setback of 5 feet. When a 
structure is greater than 2 stories or 30 feet, the narrative requires a 
minimum landscape setback of 20 feet. 
Perimeter Building and Landscape Setbacks (Adjacent to Non-Residential Uses):  
• Building Setbacks: When a structure is two-stories or a maximum of 30 feet, 
the narrative requires a minimum building setback of 5 feet. The 
undermentioned landscape setback requirement for a 20 foot minimum 
landscape setback for buildings greater than 2 stories or 30 feet would, by 
default, create a 20 foot minimum building setback. 
• Landscape Setbacks: When a structure is two-stories or a maximum of 30 
feet, the narrative requires a minimum landscape setback of 5 feet. When a 
structure is greater than 2 stories or 30 feet, the narrative requires a 
minimum landscape setback of 20 feet. (Page 15). 
Campus Development Standards: 
While much of the campus is existing, the development narrative prescribes 
additional requirements for all new development and, in some cases, for the 
campus in aggregate. The below section is divided into “new development” and 
“aggregate campus” standards.

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New Development: 
• Shaded and detached public sidewalks: With development or 
redevelopment, sidewalks will be detached from the curb by a minimum 
landscape area of 5 feet in width and will be shaded to 75 percent.  
• Shaded private pedestrian pathways: All new pedestrian pathways will be 
shaded to 50 percent.  
• Shaded surface parking: All new surface parking lots will be landscaped and 
shaded to 25 percent by vegetative shade and 50 percent of required 
parking spaces will be shaded via architectural shade, as addressed in 
Stipulation No. 1.d. 
• Bicycle parking: All new buildings will include one new bicycle rack. 
Aggregate Campus: 
• Surface parking lots: A minimum 10 percent area of all surface parking lots – 
new and existing – will be landscape, as addressed in Stipulation No. 1d.  
• Open space: A minimum 5 percent of the gross area will be open space and 
with individual spaces programmed for active uses such as play areas, 
outdoor dining, and patios and passive spaces to provide an aesthetically 
pleasing and calming element to the campus through turf and landscaping. 
• Pedestrian pathways: The narrative preserves the requirement that a 
pedestrian circulation plan be updated with each new development on the 
campus. This plan must depict connections to nearby buildings, parking 
structures and lots, and public sidewalks. In addition to the physical 
connections, the plan must also depict public street crossings, shaded 
walkways, and adjacent amenity programming.  
 
 
 
8. 
Design Guidelines 
The development narrative contains many design guidelines that add specificity to 
the aesthetic and operational characteristics that will be implemented through the 
requirements of the PUD. This section prescribes design requirements pertaining to 
sustainable design, architectural design, open space design, and pedestrian 
connectivity but this summary focuses only on key elements. 
 
Design continuity:  
The design guidelines articulate a theme for the hospital campus and specific 
strategies for how the theme will be implemented across the site. This theme 
includes a landscape palette, a color palette, and an approach to open space and 
architectural design that is both calming and playful. 
 
All buildings will include four-sided architecture with multiple colors, materials, and 
architectural features including offsets and recesses. All new parking structures will 
include multiple colors and architectural features with special emphasis on parking 
structures oriented to Thomas Road or Children’s Way. The color palette will be 
carried forward in landscape art, building accents, and in landscape programming.

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The campus will be connected by pedestrian pathways that are shaded with 
adjacent spaces intentionally programmed to provide diverse experiences ranging 
from playful to meditative.  
 
 
 
9. 
Signage 
The development narrative utilizes the existing Comprehensive Sign Plan and the 
City of Phoenix processes in their entirety pertaining to signage.  
 
 
 
10. 
Sustainability 
The development narrative proposes a series of sustainability features such as 
green building systems, water efficient landscaping, interior water use reductions, 
light color roofs, and waste diversion during construction. 
 
 
 
11. 
Technical Corrections Stipulated 
Staff is recommending Stipulation Nos. 1.a – 1.f to make minor technical 
corrections to the development narrative. These technical corrections are minor in 
their scope, correct formatting, eliminate discrepancies and unnecessary 
provisions, and/or modify content for clarity. Below is a list of this technical 
corrections.  
• Stipulation No. 1.a: Corrects the font color on the table of contents page. 
• Stipulation No. 1.b: Adds language to clarify that if any discrepancies exist 
between the development narrative text and the associated exhibit, the more 
stringent provision shall apply. This pertains to perimeter landscape 
setbacks.  
• Stipulation No. 1.c and f: Corrects language included in the legends for two 
instances of the same map exhibit to more clearly describe the subject of the 
map element, “landscape Setbacks not adjacent to a public street.”  
• Stipulation No. 1.d: Adds language to the more clearly indicate the intent of 
the development narrative to require new surface parking lots be shaded to 
25 percent by vegetative shade.  
• Stipulation No. 1.e: Removes a development standard related to screen 
walls from the design guidelines section of the development narrative which 
is both redundant to the City of Phoenix Zoning Ordinance. 
 
 
 
STUDIES AND POLICIES 
12. 
Piestewa Peak Parkway Specific Plan 
The plan corridor is approximately one-half mile in width, just over five miles in 
length, and includes the Piestewa Peak Freeway from Interstate 10 north to 
Glendale Avenue. The Plan does not contain specific restrictions on land use that 
differ from existing regulations. As such, this plan is deemed to be non-regulatory 
but contains statements of goals, standards and policies. The medical campus was 
present during the plan development in 1990 and has grown significantly since that 
time.

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The Piestewa Peak Parkway Specific Plan contains two goals relevant to the 
proposed PUD which is compatible and in alignment with the goals of the plan.  
• Goal 3: “Protect and maintain viable neighborhoods, housing and other 
uses.” The proposed PUD integrates previously approved stipulations 
focused on neighborhood compatibility such as operational constraints on 
the helipad and height restrictions.  
• Goal 4: “Promote land use stability through strategic land use planning.” The 
proposed PUD would consolidate several rezoning cases that were each 
subject to different stipulations and development standards through piece-
meal zoning entitlements which made master planning difficult. By 
consolidating the campus under a PUD, Phoenix Children’s Hospital can 
begin master planning their campus and nearby stakeholders can more 
easily understand the entitlements for this major campus. 
 
 
13. 
Complete Streets Guiding Principles 
In 2014, the City of Phoenix City Council adopted the Complete Streets Guiding 
Principles. The principles are intended to promote improvements that provide an 
accessible, safe, connected transportation system to include all modes, such as 
bicycles, pedestrians, transit, and vehicles. To support these principles related to 
pedestrian connectivity and safety, the development narrative: 
• Requires detached sidewalks shaded to 75 percent in all new development 
to facilitate safe and comfortable pedestrian travel, 
• Requires private pedestrian pathways shaded to 75 percent in all new 
developments and connecting to public streets and on-site destinations, 
• Requires bicycle parking in new developments, and 
• Reduces vehicular trips through the locational synergies of a complete and 
compact health and employment campus. 
 
 
14. 
Tree and Shade Master Plan 
The Tree and Shade Master Plan has a goal of treating the urban forest as 
infrastructure to ensure that trees are an integral part of the city’s planning and 
development process. By investing in trees and the urban forest, the city can 
reduce its carbon footprint, decrease energy costs, reduce storm water runoff, 
increase biodiversity, address the urban heat island effect, clean the air, and 
increase property values. In addition, trees can help to create walkable streets and 
vibrant pedestrian places. To support these principles related to pedestrian 
connectivity and safety, the development narrative: 
• Requires detached sidewalks shaded to 75 percent in all new development 
to facilitate safe and comfortable pedestrian travel, 
• Requires private pedestrian pathways shaded to 75 percent in all new 
developments and connecting to public streets and on-site destinations, and 
• Requires new surface parking lots be shaded to 25 percent by vegetative 
means. This item is contained in the development narrative and reiterated in 
Stipulation No. 1.d.

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15. 
Zero Waste Phoenix 
The City of Phoenix is committed to its waste diversion efforts and has set a goal to 
become a zero waste city, as part of the city’s overall 2050 Environmental 
Sustainability Goals. One of the ways Phoenix can achieve this is to improve and 
expand its recycling and other waste diversion programs. Section 716 of the 
Phoenix Zoning Ordinance establishes standards to encourage the provision of 
recycling containers for multifamily, commercial and mixed-use developments 
meeting certain criteria. The narrative section on sustainability requires 50 percent 
waste diversion during construction.  
 
 
 
COMMUNITY INPUT SUMMARY 
16. 
At the time this staff report was written, staff has not received any community 
correspondence. 
 
 
 
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMENTS 
16. 
The Street Transportation Department provided their standard comment requiring 
all street improvements to comply with ADA standards and a stipulation requiring a 
Traffic Impact Study/Statement. These items are addressed in Stipulation Nos. 4 
and 5. 
 
 
 
17. 
The Public Transit Department provided three stipulations including that two bus 
stop pads be retained and that a robust system of shaded and connected internal 
pedestrian pathways be provided throughout the campus. These items are 
addressed in Stipulation Nos. 2 and 3 respectively.  
 
 
 
18. 
The Fire Department commented that they do not anticipate any problems serving 
the site but noted that the site must comply with the Phoenix Fire Code. They 
further commented that the water supply to the site (gpm and psi) has not been 
determined and that additional water supply may be needed to meet the required 
fire flow per the Phoenix Fire Code. 
 
 
 
19. 
The Water Services Department commented that the site has existing water and 
sewer mains that can potentially serve the development. The department added 
their standard comment that capacity is a dynamic condition that can change over 
time due to a variety of factors. It is the City's intent to provide water and sewer 
service. However, the requirements and assurances for water and sewer service 
are determined during the site plan application review. For any given property, 
water and sewer requirements may vary over time. 
 
 
20. 
The Public Works Department determined that the subject site is not in a Special 
Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), but located in a Shaded Zone X, on panel 2210 L of 
the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) dated October 16, 2013.

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OTHER 
21. 
The Aviation Department determined that the subject site is located within the 
Traffic Pattern Airspace for Sky Harbor International Airport and that the site is 
subject to maximum structure heights. Due to these proximities, the Aviation 
Department requires: forms be recorded to disclose the presence and operational 
characteristics of Sky Harbor International Airport to all future tenant and 
purchasers, an avigation easement be granted to the City of Phoenix, and that the 
applicant obtain a No Hazard Determination from the FAA for all development on 
the site. These items are addressed in Stipulation Nos. 6 through 8. 
 
 
22. 
The site is located in a larger area identified as being archaeologically sensitive. If 
further review by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Office determines the site and 
immediate area to be archaeologically sensitive, and if no previous archaeological 
projects have been conducted within this project area, it is recommended that 
archaeological Phase I data testing of this area be conducted. Phase II 
archaeological data recovery excavations may be necessary based upon the 
results of the testing. A qualified archaeologist must make this determination in 
consultation with the City of Phoenix Archaeologist. In the event archaeological 
materials are encountered during construction, all ground disturbing activities must 
cease within a 33-foot radius of the discovery and the City of Phoenix Archaeology 
Office must be notified immediately and allowed time to properly assess the 
materials. This is addressed in Stipulation Nos. 9 through 11. 
 
 
 
23. 
Development and use of the site is subject to all applicable codes and ordinances. 
Zoning approval does not negate other ordinance requirements. Other formal 
actions such as, but not limited to, zoning adjustments and abandonments, may be 
required.   
 
Findings 
 
1. 
The request is consistent with the General Plan Land Use Map designation of 
Public/Quasi-Public, pending the Companion General Plan Amendment GPA-EN-1-
20. 
2. 
The development narrative provides a unified regulatory framework for the entire 
campus that addresses design, intensity, multi-modal connectivity, and compatibility 
with the surrounding neighborhoods and businesses. 
3. 
The development narrative provides enhanced design standards, landscape 
standards, and streetscape standards that will promote high-quality development in 
the expansion of this major healthcare campus 
 
Stipulations

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1. 
An updated Development Narrative for Phoenix Children’s Hospital PUD reflecting 
the changes approved through this request shall be submitted to the Planning and 
Development Department within 30 days of City Council approval of this request. 
The updated Development Narrative shall be consistent with the Development 
Narrative date stamped October 13, 2021, as modified by the following stipulations: 
a. Page 5: Table of Contents: Change the font color to black. 
b. Page 15: Table 2.2: Landscape Standards Table, b. Perimeter Landscape 
Setbacks: Add the following text “In the case of inconsistencies, the larger 
setback provision shall apply.”  
c. Page 15: Table 2.2: Landscape Standards Table, b. Perimeter Landscape 
Setbacks, Exhibit 6 Landscape 6 Inset: Modify the legend in the replace 
"Landscape Setbacks Perimeter (Not adjacent to a street)" with "Landscape 
Setbacks not adjacent to a public street". 
d. Page 15: Table 2.2: Landscape Standards Table, d. Parking Lot Areas and 
Structured Parking: Add a row titled “Surface Parking Shade” with the 
following standard “All new surface parking areas after the adoption of the 
PUD will be shaded to 25% by vegetative shade.” 
e. Page 41: Design Guidelines, h. Fences and Walls: Delete No. 1 “Shall 
comply with the City of Phoenix Zoning Ordinance, Section 703” and 
renumber the subsequent guidelines. 
f. Page 54: Exhibit 6: Modify the legend in the replace "Landscape Setbacks 
Perimeter (Not adjacent to a street)" with "Landscape Setbacks not adjacent 
to a public street". 
2. 
The developer shall retain the bus stop pad along eastbound Thomas Road east of 
the 18th Street Alignment. If relocation is necessary, the bus stop pad shall be 
constructed according to City of Phoenix Standard Detail P1260 with a minimum 
depth of 10 feet. The bus stop pad shall be spaced from the intersection of Thomas 
Road and the 18th Street alignment according to City of Phoenix Standard Detail 
P1258. Trees shall be placed to provide 50 percent shade coverage to the bus stop 
pad at full maturity. 
3. 
The developer shall retain the bus stop pad along eastbound Thomas Road east of 
Children's Way. If relocation is necessary, the bus stop pad shall be constructed 
according to City of Phoenix Standard Detail P1260 with a minimum depth of 12 
feet. Trees shall be placed to provide 50 percent shade coverage to the bus stop 
pad at full maturity.

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October 28, 2021 
Page 15 of 16 
 
 
4. 
The applicant shall submit a Traffic Impact Study/Statement to the City for this 
development.  No preliminary approval of plans shall be granted until the study is 
reviewed and approved by the City.   
5.  
The developer shall construct all streets within and adjacent to the development 
with paving, curb, gutter, sidewalk, curb ramps, streetlights, median islands, 
landscaping and other incidentals, as per plans approved by the Planning and 
Development Department. All improvements shall comply with all ADA accessibility 
standards. 
6.  
The property owner shall record documents that disclose the existence, and 
operational characteristics of Phoenix Sky Harbor 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. 
7.  
The developer shall grant and record an avigation easement to the City of Phoenix 
for the site, per the content and form prescribed by the City Attorney prior to final 
site plan approval. 
8.  
The developer shall provide a No Hazard Determination for the proposed 
development from the FAA pursuant to the FAA’s Form-7460 obstruction analysis 
review process, prior to construction permit approval, as per plans approved by the 
Planning and Development Department. 
9.  
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. 
10. 
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. 
11. 
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. 
 
Writer 
Nick Klimek 
October 28, 2021

Staff Report: Z-25-20-4 (Phoenix Children’s Hospital PUD) 
October 28, 2021 
Page 16 of 16 
Team Leader 
Samantha Keating 
Exhibits 
Sketch Map 
Aerial Map 
Phoenix Children’s Hospital PUD Narrative date stamped October 13, 2021

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DATE:
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REVISION DATES:
AERIAL PHOTO &
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*
Maximum Units Allowed with P.R.D. Bonus
R-3 RI, R-5 RI, C-O, C-O/G-O, C-2 SP, C-2 HR, 
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UNITS P.R.D. OPTION
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5, 134, N/A
N/A
Phoenix Children's Hospital
DATE:
7/14/2020
REVISION DATES:
AERIAL PHOTO &
QUARTER SEC. NO.
QS G-9
ZONING MAP
14-31
REQUESTED CHANGE:
FROM:
R-3 RI ( 3.46 a.c.)
R-5 RI ( 1.25 a.c.)
C-O ( 1.20 a.c.)
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C-2 SP ( 2.85 a.c.)
C-2 HR ( 21.71 a.c.) 
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C-2 HR SP ( 0.31 a.c.)
C-2 HGT/WVR ( 7.70 a.c.)
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