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ADDENDUM A 
GPA-DSTV-1-23-2 
STAFF ANALYSIS 
October 3, 2023 
 
Application: 
GPA-DSTV-1-23-2 
 
Applicant/Representative:                Nick Wood, Snell & Wilmer, LLP 
 
Owner: 
Arizona State Land Department and Mayo Clinic 
Arizona 
 
Location: 
Generally located south of the 101 Freeway, east of 
56th Street, west of 64th Street, and north of the 
Reach 11 
 
Acreage: 
417.63 acres 
 
Proposal: 
Amend the Desert Ridge Specific Plan text for 
Development Parcels 3.CP/BP.1 and 3.CP/BP.2 to 
facilitate the Mayo Clinic expansion including 
integrated clinical practice, education and research, 
as well as the creation of a new “Discovery Oasis” 
biotech and healthcare corridor. 
 
Planning Commission Meeting  
October 5, 2023 
Date: 
 
 
Staff Recommendation: 
Approval, as shown in the recommended text in 
Exhibit A 
 
SUMMARY: 
 
General Plan Amendment Case No. GPA-DSTV-1-23-2 is a request to amend the 
Desert Ridge Specific Plan text for Development Parcels 3.CP/BP.1 and 3.CP/BP.2 to 
facilitate the Mayo Clinic expansion including integrated clinical practice, education and 
research, as well as the creation of a new “Discovery Oasis” biotech and healthcare 
corridor. 
 
The Desert View Village Planning Committee (VPC) heard this request on April 4, 2023 
for information only and August 1, 2023. The VPC recommended approval, per the staff 
recommendation, by a 10-1 vote.

Addendum A to the Staff Analysis GPA-DSTV-1-23-2 
October 3, 2023 
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The Street Transportation Department requested that the applicant limit medical office 
uses due to trip generation created by this use. This will be limited during the master 
planning process as required by the proposed amendment language. The applicant 
proposed some additional limitations on non-residential uses and proposed to limit the 
density for multifamily residential in Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.1. Additionally, the 
applicant has requested to change back to the original language that exists in the 
Desert Ridge Specific Plan for Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.2, where the existing Mayo 
Clinic Hospital is located, in order to avoid unintended consequences with what is 
permitted with the existing zoning entitlement. Lastly, the applicant is proposing to 
create a new development parcel, 3.CP/BP.3, for the ASU Health Futures Center, to 
retain the existing zoning entitlements for the ASU site with no changes made.  
 
The previous request was per the proposed amendment language attached to the staff 
report dated July 24, 2023. The following modifications are included in the amended 
request: 
• Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.1: 
o Modify the size of the development parcel to 162.30 gross acres. 
o Add a clarifying statement prior to the “Base Permitted Uses and 
Development Standards” section to clarify the regulatory framework of the 
“Base” and “Enhanced” permitted uses and development standards. 
o “Base” section: 
 List multifamily residential as a use separate from C-1 uses in order 
to clarify that multifamily residential uses are not limited to a 
maximum area of the development parcel.  
 Add the word “Non-residential” prior to C-1 uses as a permitted 
use. 
 Modify the maximum density to 200 dwelling units. 
 Modify the non-residential use limitation to 500,000 square feet of 
gross floor area. 
 Delete the provision requiring a certain percentage of non-
residential uses to be internal to a building. 
 Delete the provision requiring each new development to update the 
master development plan to track the limitations for non-residential 
uses, since master plans are already a requirement in a separate 
provision. 
 Add the design guidelines that were previously listed as being 
applicable to the entire superblock to this section to clarify the 
applicable design guidelines for this development parcel. 
 Relocate the street standards specific for Development Parcel 
3.CP/BP.2 into the section for 3.CP/BP.2. 
o “Enhanced” section: 
 Add a clarifying statement indicating when the “Enhanced” section 
can be utilized.

Addendum A to the Staff Analysis GPA-DSTV-1-23-2 
October 3, 2023 
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 Delete multifamily residential per R-5 standards and single-family 
residential per R-3 standards. Retain “Multifamily residential” as an 
enhanced permitted use. 
 Delete “biomedical and medical research offices and/or laboratory” 
since “research laboratories for scientific research, investigation, 
testing or experimentation which may include prototype product 
development” is already a permitted use in the Commerce Park 
District / Business Park Option. 
 Reduce maximum floor area ratio (FAR) to 0.65. 
o Relocate the design guidelines to the 3.CP/BP.1 section so the design 
guidelines are only applicable to Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.1. 
o Delete a design guideline related to sight visibility triangles within parking 
garages due to this already being required and reviewed normally through 
the development review process. 
o Modify several design guidelines from (R) to (R*) to require that any 
modification requests are reviewed by the Design Review Committee 
(DRC) due to their subjective nature, rather than to apply for a variance, 
as established in Section 507.C of the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance.  
• Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.2: 
o Modify the size of the development parcel to 231.45 gross acres. 
o Revise the language back to the original language for permitted uses. 
o Delete the reference to Appendix A.9 for the definition of “Hospital”. 
o Delete “Enhanced” section for this development parcel. 
o Add development standards previously listed under Development Parcel 
3.CP/BP.1, that were intended to be for the entire superblock, to this 
section to clarify the applicable development standards for Development 
Parcel 3.CP/BP.2, in order for the development to be compatible in design 
for both Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.1 and 3.CP/BP.2. 
• Update the FAA’S FORM-7460 requirement to apply to buildings that exceed 70 
feet in height. 
• Add clarifying words or statements, section numbers, re-lettering and re-
numbering as needed, and other technical corrections. 
• Create a new section, Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.3, for the ASU Health 
Futures Center, using the existing language in the Desert Ridge Specific Plan for 
Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.1. 
 
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 
 
Staff recommends approval of GPA-DSTV-1-23-2, as shown in the recommended text 
in Exhibit A. The proposed amendment to the Desert Ridge Specific Plan promotes 
economic development in an area that is within close proximity to a freeway and within 
a Major Employment Center.

Addendum A to the Staff Analysis GPA-DSTV-1-23-2 
October 3, 2023 
Page 4 of 4 
 
 
Writer 
Adrian Zambrano 
October 3, 2023 
 
Team Leader 
Racelle Escolar 
 
Exhibits  
Location Map 
Aerial Map 
A: Proposed Amendment Language (58 pages)

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EXHIBIT A 
 
GPA-DSTV-1-23-2: Desert Ridge Specific Plan Amendment 
 
Proposed Language: 
 
Amend Chapter 6 (Development Parcel Regulations), Section C.4.D (Non-Core 
Parcel Regulations, Modified City of Phoenix Commerce Park/Business Park 
Regulations Imposed by Desert Ridge Specific Plan), Pages 6-10 to 6-11 as 
follows: 
 
*** 
 
Site Plan Requirement 
 
1.  
A site plan is required for all CP/BP development parcels. 
 
Design Standards 
 
1.  
All parcels, EXCEPT AS NOTED. 
 
a.  
Building Height/Setback Relationship: Height is limited to 18 feet within 30 
feet of lot lines, with one additional foot of height for every additional foot of 
setback to the otherwise permitted maximum height. DEVELOPMENT 
PARCELS IN SUPERBLOCK 3 ARE EXEMPT.  
 
b.  
Required Parking Lot and Wall Setbacks:  
 
1)  
Tatum Boulevard, 56th Street, 64th Street and Avenue K MAYO 
BOULEVARD (FORMERLY AVENUE K): 50 feet minimum from 
street right-of-way. 
 
2)  
52nd Street, Pima Freeway and all other streets: 30 feet minimum 
from right-of-way, EXCEPT FOR THE PORTION OF PIMA 
FREEWAY WHICH ABUTS SUPERBLOCK 3 SHALL BE 10 FEET 
MINIMUM FROM RIGHT-OF-WAY.  
 
3)  
All other lot lines except lot lines which abut Reach 11: Parking lots 
must be 10 feet minimum from all lot lines; there is no minimum 
setback from lot lines for walls. NO MINIMUM SETBACK FOR 
SUPERBLOCK 3 PARCELS.  
 
c.  
Landscaping: Landscaping shall be required in all street rights-of-way, 
building and parking lot setback area, parking areas and open space areas 
pursuant to City of Phoenix requirements, except that a minimum of 25% of 
the required trees shall be 24-inch box or larger.

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d.  
Walls and Fences: Walls and fences located within or adjacent to a building 
or parking lot setback which is adjacent to Tatum Boulevard, 56th Street, 
64th Street, MAYO BOULEVARD (FORMELY AVENUE K), and 52nd Street 
shall not exceed eight feet in height. Walls and fences adjacent to all other 
streets and interior and perimeter lot lines shall not exceed eight feet in 
height. 
 
e.  
Screening: Loading, service, storage, delivery, refuse collection and parking 
area must be screened with landscaping, walls or berming (or combinations 
thereof) so as to be non-visible when standing six feet in height on the 
boundary lines of adjacent streets and properties. Rooftop treatment shall 
screen exposure of pipes and mechanical equipment from view so as to be 
non-visible when standing six feet in height on the boundary lines of 
adjacent streets and properties. Exhaust stacks are exempt from these 
screening requirements.  
 
2.  
Developments Abutting Reach 11: Reach 11 will be developed as a regional 
recreational area with a variety of facilities which will provide active and passive 
recreational opportunities. Development adjacent to Reach 11 should be 
encouraged to consider the recreational facilities as site amenities that have the 
long term potential to enhance adjacent land uses. Where a development abuts 
Reach 11, the following standards shall apply: 
 
a. 
Setbacks and Building Height: Buildings shall be set back an average of 
100 feet from the Reach 11 property line. If any portion of a building is over 
56 feet in height, the setback for the portion of the building shall be 
increased one foot for every one foot of height over 56 feet, up to the 
maximum permitted height. The first 60 feet of setback from Reach 11 shall 
remain as a buffer of open space with native-plant landscaping. Parking and 
walls may be placed with a maximum of 50% of the balance of the setback 
area. Any buildings with window treatments, architectural facades/building 
designs, landscape designs, etc., which focus on Reach 11 may reduce the 
required average setback to 60 feet, as approved by the PLANNING AND 
Development Services Department. DEVELOPMENT PARCELS IN 
SUPERBLOCK 3 ARE EXEMPT, EXCEPT THAT A MINIMUM 65-FOOT 
SETBACK SHALL BE REQUIRED FROM REACH 11 REGARDLESS OF 
BUILDING HEIGHT. 
 
b. 
Fencing: If fencing is used at the perimeter of the property or within the 
required setback as permitted in the immediately preceding paragraph, it 
should be view fencing or an acceptable substitute as permitted by the 
PLANNING AND Development Services Department, and Parks AND 
Recreation DEPARTMENT, and Library Department. Chain link fencing is 
prohibited, except where used within the interior of the site and only where

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it is not visible from the exterior property boundaries, as approved by the 
PLANNING AND Development Services Department. 
 
c. 
Building Architecture/Screening: All building evaluations ELEVATIONS 
shall include a mix of building material, vertical and horizontal elements 
around the entire building, and shall maintain a campus continuity. Loading, 
service, storage, deliver, refuse collection and parking areas which face 
Reach 11 must be screened from view. Rooftop treatment shall screen 
exposure of pipes and mechanical equipment form view of Reach 11. 
Exhaust stacks are exempt from these screening requirements. 
 
*** 
 
Amend Chapter 6 (Development Parcel Regulations), Section C.5. (Development 
Regulations by Superblock), Pages 6-18 to 6-24 as follows: 
 
*** 
 
SUPERBLOCK 3 
 
Superblock 3 is located south of the Pima Freeway, between 56th Street, 64th Street and 
Reach 11. This superblock is an area designated for medically-related commerce park 
economic development efforts. The uses, zoning, and development standards, AND 
DESIGN GUIDELINES included in this amendment are specifically intended to address 
these issues SUPPORT SUCH USES. 
 
3.CP/BP.1 – Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.1  
 
Size: 210 186.18 162.30 acres  
Uses Permitted: Permitted uses shall be as indicated in Section 626, Commerce 
Park District (Business Park Option), of the City of Phoenix Zoning Ordinance 
(Supp. dated 4/19/95) (Ref. Appendix A.7), as modified below.  
 
Potential APPLICABLE Zoning to Be Applied: CP/BP as per Section 626 of the 
City of Phoenix Zoning Ordinance as modified below and per Section C.4.D of this 
chapter. This zoning is to be WAS applied upon City Council approval of the 1995 
Major Amendment to the Desert Ridge Specific Plan relating to this superblock.  
 
REGULATORY 
FRAMEWORK: 
THE 
FOLLOWING 
SECTION 
HAS 
A 
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK THAT INCLUDES A “BASE” SECTION AND AN 
“ENHANCED” SECTION. THE “BASE” SECTION INCLUDES PERMITTED 
USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT 
WITHOUT 
TRIGGERING 
ANY 
ADDITIONAL 
REQUIREMENTS. 
THE 
“ENHANCED” SECTION INCLUDES ADDITIONAL PERMITTED USES AND 
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO BE USED

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SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THIS 
SECTION FURTHER BELOW. 
 
Special 
Conditions 
and 
Requirements 
I. 
BASE 
PERMITTED 
USES 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS:  
 
1. 
Commerce Park uses are allowed subject to the standards described in 
Section C.4.D of this chapter.  
 
2. 1. Additional Permitted Uses/Development Conditions: The following is a list 
of modifications to the permitted uses included in Section 626, Commerce 
Park District (Business Park Option), of the City of Phoenix Zoning 
Ordinance which shall apply exclusively to Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.1: 
 
a.  
Manufacturing related to medical, pharmaceutical and biotechnical 
products or equipment. Manufacturing shall include the fabrication 
and assembly of finished products or sub-assemblies, so long as the 
primary use of the property is not the basic processing and 
compounding of raw materials or food products.  
 
 
COMMERCE PARK (BUSINESS PARK OPTION) USES, SUBJECT 
TO THE STANDARDS DESCRIBED IN SECTION C.4.D OF THIS 
CHAPTER. 
 
b. 
Multiple MULTIfamily attached residential. uses at a minimum 
density of 17.0 dwelling units per gross acre. 
 
c. B. Retail uses. The maximum gross leasable area for any one 
tenant/user shall be 5,000 square feet. The maximum aggregate 
gross leasable area of retail uses in Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.1 
shall be 50,000 square feet. 
NON-RESIDENTIAL USES PERMITTED PER SECTION 622, 
COMMERCIAL C-1 DISTRICT, OF THE PHOENIX ZONING 
ORDINANCE, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING LIMITATIONS: 
 
1) SUCH USES ARE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 5% OF 
THE NET AREA OF THE DEVELOPMENT PARCEL 
500,000 SQUARE FEET IN GROSS FLOOR AREA.  
 
2) OF THE 5% OF THE NET AREA OF THE DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL, 50% OF SUCH USES ARE LIMITED TO BEING 
INTERNAL TO A BUILDING (NOT STAND-ALONE USES).  
 
32) THE MAXIMUM GROSS FLOOR AREA FOR ANY ONE 
TENANT OR USER SHALL NOT EXCEED 10,000 SQUARE 
FEET.

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4) EACH NEW DEVELOPMENT SHALL UPDATE THE MAYO 
CLINIC MASTER SITE PLAN TO TRACK THESE 
PERCENTAGES. 
 
C.D. MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOTECHNICAL PRODUCTS 
OR EQUIPMENT, MANUFACTURING 
 
 
2. 
MAXIMUM DENSITY: 200 DWELLING UNITS. 
 
3. 2.  Building Setbacks: Buildings must be setback a minimum of 100 feet and 
an average of 125 feet from 56th Street, 64th Street and Avenue K. 
Buildings must be setback 50 feet from all other streets, and the Pima 
Freeway. Buildings must be setback 30 feet from all other lot lines. 
 
A. ADJACENT TO MAYO BOULEVARD, 56TH STREET AND 64TH 
STREET: MINIMUM 100 FEET, AVERAGE OF 125 FEET 
 
B. ALL OTHER PUBLIC STREETS: MINIMUM 50 FEET 
 
C. PRIVATE STREETS: MINIMUM 25 FEET 
 
D. INTERIOR LOT LINES: 0 FEET 
 
E. ADJACENT TO REACH 11: PER SECTION C.4.D, DESIGN 
STANDARDS 2.A, OF THIS CHAPTER.  
 
4. 3.  Floor Area Ratio: 0.20 overall limit for development parcel; individual 
developments may be up to 0.25.  
 
 
4. 5. MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT: 56 FEET. MAXIMUM BUILDING 
HEIGHTS ARE EXCLUSIVE OF (DO NOT INCLUDE) THE MECHANICAL 
FACILITIES ON TOP OF BUILDINGS. CONSEQUENTLY, THE TOTAL 
HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE MAY EXCEED THE HEIGHTS 
SPECIFIED BELOW TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE MECHANICAL 
FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED SCREENING. 
 
5. 
LOT COVERAGE: MAXIMUM 50% FOR DEVELOPMENT PARCEL. 
 
6.  
COMMON OPEN SPACE: MINIMUM 10% OF GROSS DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL AREA, ALLOCATED THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL AREA. 
 
7.  
STREET STANDARDS:

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A. 
MAYO BOULEVARD CROSS SECTION: THE 24-FOOT-WIDE 
LANDSCAPE MEDIAN ALONG MAYO BOULEVARD MAY BE 
REDUCED TO ALLOW FOR WIDENED AND BUFFERED BIKE 
LANES, AS APPROVED BY THE STREET TRANSPORTATION 
DEPARTMENT. LANDSCAPE MEDIANS SHALL BE PLANTED TO 
THE STREETSCAPE LANDSCAPE STANARDS PER SECTION 
3.CP/BP.1.I.8.D.1 OF THIS CHAPTER AND MAINTAINED WITH A 
WATERING SYSTEM, AS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
B. 
SIDEWALK 
EASEMENTS 
AND 
SHARED-USE 
PATH 
EASEMENTS: SIDEWALK EASEMENTS AND SHARED-USE 
PATH 
EASEMENTS 
SHALL 
BE 
DEDICATED 
WHERE 
NECESSARY TO PERMIT DETACHED SIDEWALKS AND 
SHARED-USE PATHS, AS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
C. 
MAYO BOULEVARD (NORTH SIDE): A DETACHED SIDEWALK 
SEPARATED BY A MINIMUM 10-FOOT-WIDE LANDSCAPE STRIP 
LOCATED BETWEEN THE BACK OF CURB AND SIDEWALK 
SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF MAYO 
BOULEVARD, PLANTED TO THE STREETSCAPE LANDSCAPE 
STANDARDS 
PER 
SECTION 
3.CP/BP.1.I.8.D.1 
OF 
THIS 
CHAPTER AND MAINTAINED WITH A WATERING SYSTEM, AS 
APPROVED 
BY 
THE 
PLANNING 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT. 
 
D. 
MAYO BOULEVARD (SOUTH SIDE): WITH RESPECT TO 
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL 3.CP/BP.2, A MINIMUM 8-FOOT-WIDE 
DETACHED SIDEWALK SEPARATED BY A MINIMUM 10-FOOT-
WIDE LANDSCAPE STRIP LOCATED BETWEEN THE BACK OF 
CURB AND SIDEWALK SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE 
SOUTH SIDE OF MAYO BOULEVARD, EXCEPT WHERE THERE 
ARE EXISTING SIDEWALKS, PLANTED TO THE STREETSCAPE 
LANDSCAPE STANDARDS PER SECTION 3.CP/BP.1.I.8.D.1 OF 
THIS CHAPTER AND MAINTAINED WITH A WATERING SYSTEM, 
AS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT. 
 
E. 
56TH STREET (SOUTH OF MAYO BOULEVARD): THE EXISTING 
LANDSCAPE STRIP ON THE EAST SIDE OF 56TH STREET 
ADJACENT TO THE DETACHED SIDEWALK SHALL BE 
REPLENISHED AND PLANTED TO THE STREETSCAPE 
LANDSCAPE STANDARDS PER SECTION 8.D.1 OF THIS 
CHAPTER AND MAINTAINED WITH A WATERING SYSTEM, AS

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APPROVED 
BY 
THE 
PLANNING 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT. 
 
FE. 
56TH STREET (NORTH OF MAYO BOULEVARD): A MINIMUM 10-
FOOT-WIDE DETACHED SIDEWALK, WHICH MAY BE LOCATED 
WITHIN AN EASEMENT, SEPARATED BY A MINIMUM 10-FOOT-
WIDE LANDSCAPE STRIP LOCATED BETWEEN THE BACK OF 
CURB AND SIDEWALK SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE 
EAST 
SIDE 
OF 
56TH 
STREET, 
PLANTED 
TO 
THE 
STREETSCAPE LANDSCAPE STANDARDS PER SECTION 
3.CP/BP.1.I.8.D.1 OF THIS CHAPTER AND MAINTAINED WITH A 
WATERING SYSTEM, AS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
GF. 
64TH STREET: A DETACHED SIDEWALK SEPARATED BY A 
MINIMUM 
10-FOOT-WIDE 
LANDSCAPE 
STRIP 
LOCATED 
BETWEEN THE BACK OF CURB AND SIDEWALK SHALL BE 
CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF 64TH STREET, 
PLANTED TO THE STREETSCAPE LANDSCAPE STANDARDS 
PER SECTION 3.CP/BP.1.I.8.D.1 OF THIS CHAPTER AND 
MAINTAINED WITH A WATERING SYSTEM, AS APPROVED BY 
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
HG. 
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LOCAL STREETS: MINIMUM 5-FOOT-
WIDE DETACHED SIDEWALKS SEPARATED BY A MINIMUM 5-
FOOT-WIDE LANDSCAPE STRIPS LOCATED BETWEEN THE 
BACK OF CURB AND SIDEWALK SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED 
FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LOCAL STREETS, PLANTED TO THE 
STREETSCAPE LANDSCAPE STANDARDS PER SECTION 
3.CP/BP.1.I.8.D.1 OF THIS CHAPTER AND MAINTAINED WITH A 
WATERING SYSTEM, AS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
IH. 
SHARED-USE PATH ON NORTH SIDE OF MAYO BOULEVARD: A 
MINIMUM 12-FOOT-WIDE SHARED-USE PATH EASEMENT 
(SUPE) SHALL BE DEDICATED AND A MINIMUM 12-FOOT-WIDE 
SHARED-USE PATH (SUP) SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN 
THE 
EASEMENT 
IN 
ACCORDANCE 
WITH 
THE 
MAG 
SUPPLEMENTAL DETAIL AND AS APPROVED OR MODIFIED BY 
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THE SUP 
MAY BE PROVIDED IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED DETACHED 
SIDEWALK WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IF THE LANDSCAPE 
STRIP IS PROVIDED PER SECTION 7.C OF THIS CHAPTER. 
 
J. 
SHARED-USE PATH ON WEST SIDE OF 64TH STREET: 
SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE ADOT STANDARDS NORTH OF

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MAYO BOULEVARD, A 10-FOOT-WIDE SHARED-USE PATH 
EASEMENT (SUPE) SHALL BE DEDICATED AND A MINIMUM 10-
FOOT-WIDE 
SHARED-USE 
PATH 
(SUP) 
SHALL 
BE 
CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE EASEMENT IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH THE MAG SUPPLEMENTAL DETAIL AND AS APPROVED 
OR MODIFIED BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT. THE SUP MAY BE PROVIDED IN LIEU OF THE 
REQUIRED DETACHED SIDEWALK WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY 
IF THE LANDSCAPE STRIP IS PROVIDED PER SECTION 7.GF 
OF THIS CHAPTER. 
 
K. 
MULTI-USE TRAIL CONNECTING TO REACH 11: A 10-FOOT-
WIDE MULTI-USE TRAIL EASEMENT (MUTE) SHALL BE 
DEDICATED WITHIN THE EASTERN EDGE OF DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL 3.CP/BP.2, AND A MINIMUM 10-FOOT-WIDE MULTI-
USE TRAIL (MUT) SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE 
EASEMENT TO CONNECT SOUTH TO REACH 11 TRAILS IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAG SUPPLEMENTAL DETAIL AND 
AS APPROVED OR MODIFIED BY THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.  
 
LK. 
LANDSCAPE STRIP REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION: IN  AREAS 
WHERE DRAINAGE CULVERTS, RIGHT TURN LANES AND BUS 
BAYS OCCUR AND LIMIT AVAILABLE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THE 
REQUIRED LANDSCAPE STRIPS OF THIS SECTION MAY BE 
REDUCED OR ELIMINATED BY THE STREET TRANSPORATION 
DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE SIDEWALKS AND SHARED USE 
PATHWAYS MAY BE PROVIDED IN SUCH AREAS WITHOUT 
SIGNIFICANT OFFSET. 
 
8.  
LANDSCAPE STANDARDS: 
 
A. 
MILKWEED OR NATIVE NECTAR SPECIES FOR MONARCH 
BUTTERFLIES: A MINIMUM OF 10% OF THE REQUIRED 
SHRUBS SHALL BE A MILKWEED OR OTHER NATIVE NECTAR 
SPECIES AND SHALL BE PLANTED IN GROUPS OF THREE OR 
MORE, AS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT.  
 
B. 
MINIMUM LANDSCAPE SETBACKS: 
 
1) 
ADJACENT TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS AND 
REACH 11: 25 FEET 
 
 
 
 
2) 
ADJACENT TO PIMA FREEWAY: 10 FEET

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3) 
ADJACENT 
TO 
PROPERTY 
LINE 
ADJACENT 
TO 
DEVELOPMENT WITH NO SHARED PARKING OR 
SHARED DRIVEWAY: 5 FEET 
 
4) 
ADJACENT 
TO 
PROPERTY 
LINE 
ADJACENT 
TO 
DEVELOPMENT WITH SHARED PARKING OR SHARED 
DRIVEWAY: 0 FEET 
 
 
 
C. 
PARKING LOT AREAS: MINIMUM 10% OF INTERIOR SURFACE 
AREA, EXCLUSIVE OF PERIMTER LANDSCAPING AND ALL 
REQUIRED SETBACKS. 
 
 
 
D. 
MINIMUM LANDSCAPE PLANTING STANDARDS: 
 
1) 
STREETSCAPE: 
 
A) 
TREES 
FOR 
10-FOOT-WIDE 
OR 
WIDER 
LANDSCAPE STRIPS: MINIMUM 3-INCH CALIPER 
SINGLE-TRUNK 
LARGE 
CANOPY 
DROUGHT-
TOLERANT SHADE TREES PLANTED 20 FEET ON 
CENTER OR IN EQUIVALENT GROUPINGS. 
 
B) 
TREES FOR 5-FOOT-WIDE, LESS THAN 10-FOOT-
WIDE, LANDSCAPE STRIPS: MINIMUM 2-INCH 
CALIPER 
SINGLE-TRUNK 
LARGE 
CANOPY 
DROUGHT-TOLERANT SHADE TREES PLANTED 
20 FEET ON CENTER OR IN EQUIVALENT 
GROUPINGS.  
 
C) 
LIVE COVERAGE: DROUGHT-TOLERANT SHRUBS, 
ACCENTS AND VEGETATIVE GROUNDCOVERS 
MAINTAINED TO A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 36 
INCHES TO ACHIEVE A MINIMUM OF 75% LIVE 
COVERAGE AT MATURITY. 
 
D) 
UTILITY CONFLICTS: WHERE UTILITY CONFLICTS 
EXIST, THE DEVELOPER SHALL WORK WITH THE 
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 
ON 
AN 
ALTERNATIVE 
DESIGN 
SOLUTION 
CONSISTENT 
WITH 
A 
PEDESTRIAN 
ENVIRONMENT. 
 
2) 
LANDSCAPE SETBACKS: 
 
A) 
TREES FOR 10-FOOT OR WIDER LANDSCAPE 
SETBACKS: MINIMUM 50% 2-INCH CALIPER, 25%

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3-INCH CALIPER AND 25% 4-INCH CALIPER LARGE 
CANOPY DROUGHT-TOLERANT SHADE TREES 
PLANTED 
20 
FEET 
ON 
CENTER 
OR 
IN 
EQUIVALENT GROUPINGS. 
 
B) 
TREES 
FOR 
LESS 
THAN 
10-FOOT-WIDE 
LANDSCAPE 
SETBACKS: 
MINIMUM 
2-INCH 
CALIPER LARGE CANOPY DROUGHT-TOLERANT 
SHADE TREES PLANTED 20 FEET ON CENTER OR 
IN EQUIVALENT GROUPINGS. 
 
C) 
LIVE COVERAGE: DROUGHT-TOLERANT SHRUBS, 
ACCENTS AND VEGETATIVE GROUNDCOVERS 
TO ACHIEVE A MINIMUM OF 50% LIVE COVERAGE 
AT MATURITY. 
 
3) 
UNCOVERED PARKING AREAS:  
 
A) 
TREES: 
MINIMUM 
2-INCH 
CALIPER 
LARGE 
CANOPY DROUGHT-TOLERANT SHADE TREES 
DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE PARKING AREA 
TO ACHIEVE MINIMUM SHADING REQUIREMENTS 
PER SECTION 13 3.CP/BP.1.I.11.E OF THIS 
CHAPTER. 
 
B) 
LIVE COVERAGE: DROUGHT-TOLERANT SHRUBS, 
ACCENTS AND VEGETATIVE GROUNDCOVERS 
MAINTAINED TO A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 36 
INCHES TO ACHIEVE A MINIMUM OF 50% LIVE 
COVERAGE AT MATURITY. 
 
4) 
COMMON OPEN SPACE AND RETENTION AREAS: 
 
A) 
TREES: 
MINIMUM 
2-INCH 
CALIPER 
LARGE 
CANOPY DROUGHT-TOLERANT SHADE TREES 
DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE PARKING AREA 
TO ACHIEVE MINIMUM SHADING REQUIREMENTS 
PER SECTION 13 OF THIS CHAPTER PLANTED 20 
FEET 
ON 
CENTER 
OR 
IN 
EQUIVALENT 
GROUPINGS ALONG THE PERIMETER OF OPEN 
SPACE AND RETENETION AREAS. 
 
B) 
LIVE COVERAGE: DROUGHT-TOLERANT SHRUBS, 
ACCENTS AND VEGETATIVE GROUNDCOVERS 
MAINTAINED TO A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 36

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INCHES TO ACHIEVE A MINIMUM OF 50% LIVE 
COVERAGE AT MATURITY. 
 
9.  
VEHICULAR PARKING: OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING 
REQUIREMENTS MAY BE MODIFIED BY THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT 
WHEN 
SUPPORTED 
BY 
AN 
APPROPRIATELY DOCUMENTED STUDY. 
 
A. 
EV INSTALLED SPACES: A MINIMUM OF 2.5% OF THE 
REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, LOCATED WITHIN PARKING 
STRUCTURES, SHALL BE ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) INSTALLED 
SPACES, DEFINED AS A PARKING SPACE THAT INCLUDES 
ACCESS TO AN EV CHARGER, AS APPROVED BY THE 
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
B. 
EV CAPABLE SPACES: A MINIMUM OF 2.5% OF THE REQUIRED 
PARKING SPACES, LOCATED WITHIN PARKING STRUCTURES, 
SHALL BE EV CAPABLE SPACES, DEFINED AS A PARKING 
SPACE THAT INCLUDES ACCESS TO ELECTRICAL WIRING TO 
ALLOW FOR A FUTURE JUNCTION BOX AND APPROPRIATE 
VOLTAGE FOR AN OUTLET CAPABLE OF CHARGING A 
VEHICLE, 
AS 
APPROVED 
BY 
THE 
PLANNING 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
 
10. 
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE:  
 
A. 
BUFFERED AND WIDENED BIKE LANES: EXISTING BIKE LANES 
SHOULD BE WIDENED AND SHALL BE BUFFERED ON BOTH 
SIDES OF MAYO BOULEVARD, AS APPROVED BY THE STREET 
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
B. 
ON-SITE 
BICYCLE 
CIRCULATION: 
BIKE 
LANES, 
BIKE 
BOULEVARDS, OR OTHER DESIGN STANDARDS TO MAXIMIZE 
BICYCLIST VISIBILITY, SAFETY AND BICYCLIST CIRCULATION 
ON SITE THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PARCEL SHALL 
BE PROVIDED AND INSTALLED PER THE RECOMMENDATIONS 
IN THE BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN DESIGN GUIDANCE ELEMENT, 
CHAPTER 
3 
(BICYCLE 
TOOLBOX), 
OF 
THE 
ACTIVE 
TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AS APPROVED OR MODIFIED BY 
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
C. 
BICYCLE PARKING: BICYCLE PARKING SHALL BE PROVIDED 
PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 1307.H.6 OF THE 
PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE, IN ADDITION TO THE 
FOLLOWING SECURED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES FOR

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MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AT A MINIMUM RATE OF 0.25 
SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT AND GUEST BICYCLE PARKING 
SPACES FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AT A MINIMUM 
RATE OF 0.05 SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT. NON-SECURED 
BICYCLE PARKING SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGH INVERTED 
U AND ARTISTIC RACKS LOCATED NEAR ALL BUILDING 
ENTRANCES, OR AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BELOW AND 
OPEN 
SPACE 
AREAS, 
AND 
INSTALLED 
PER 
THE 
REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 1307.H OF THE PHOENIX 
ZONING ORDINANCE. 
 
1)  
MULTIFAMILY 
RESIDENTIAL 
SHALL 
PROVIDE 
SECURED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES AT A MINIMUM 
RATE OF 0.25 SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT AND 
GUEST BICYCLE PARKING SPACES AT A MINIMUM 
RATE OF 0.05 SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT. 
 
2) 
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES SHALL PROVIDE 
BICYCLE PARKING LOCATED IN COMMON OPEN 
SPACE AREAS AT A MINIMUM RATE OF 0.05 SPACES 
PER DWELLING UNIT. 
 
D. 
BICYCLE REPAIR STATIONS: BICYCLE REPAIR STATIONS (“FIX 
IT STATIONS”) SHALL BE PROVIDED, MAINTAINED AND 
EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL AND SHALL BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO SIDEWALKS, 
WALKWAYS, SHARED-USE PATHS AND MULTI-USE TRAILS, 
SPACED A MINIMUM OF A QUARTER MILE APART. THE 
BICYCLE REPAIR STATIONS (“FIX IT STATIONS”) SHALL BE 
PROVIDED IN AN AREA OF HIGH VISIBILITY AND SEPARATED 
FROM 
VEHICULAR 
MANEUVERING 
AREAS, 
WHERE 
APPLICABLE. THE REPAIR STATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT 
BE LIMITED TO: 
 
1) 
STANDARD REPAIR TOOLS AFFIXED TO THE STATION. 
 
2) 
A TIRE GAUGE AND PUMP AFFIXED TO THE BASE OF 
THE STATION OR THE GROUND. 
 
3) 
A BICYCLE REPAIR STAND WHICH ALLOWS PEDALS 
AND WHEELS TO SPIN FREELY WHILE MAKING 
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BIKE. 
 
E. 
ELECTRIC BICYCLE CHARGING: A MINIMUM OF 10% OF THE 
REQUIRED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES SHALL INCLUDE 
STANDARD ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES, OR STANDARD

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ELECTRICAL OUTLETS FOR SECURED BICYCLE PARKING, 
FOR ELECTRIC BICYCLE CHARGING CAPABILITIES. 
 
 
11. 
SHADE STANDARDS: 
 
A. 
SHADE 
CALCULATIONS 
AND 
SHADE 
STUDY: 
SHADE 
CALCULATIONS SHALL BE BASED ON THE SUMMER SOLSTICE 
AT NOON, AS SHOWN ON A SHADING STUDY TO BE 
SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING 
AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
B. 
SOURCE OF SHADE: SHADE SHALL BE FROM A STRUCTURE, 
LANDSCAPING AT MATURITY, OR A COMBINATION OF THE 
TWO, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. 
 
C. 
PUBLIC SIDEWALKS AND SHARED-USE PATHS: MINIMUM 75% 
 
D. 
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AREAS: MINIMUM 50% 
 
E. 
UNCOVERED PARKING AREAS: MINIMUM 25%, SHADED PER 
SECTION 3.CP/BP.1.I.8.D.3.A OF THIS CHAPTER. 
 
F. 
OCCUPIABLE ROOF AREAS: MINIMUM 50% 
 
G. 
BICYCLE REPAIR STATIONS AND BICYCLE PARKING SPACES: 
MINIMUM 75% 
 
H. 
BIKE LANES: MINIMUM 50% 
 
I. 
CORNERS OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS: MINIMUM 75%, TO ALLOW 
PEDESTRIANS TO WAIT COMFORTABLY FOR THE SIGNAL TO 
CHANGE, 
AS 
APPROVED 
BY 
THE 
PLANNING 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. ALL SHADE STRUCTURES 
WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SHALL REQUIRE A REVOCABLE 
PERMIT FOR ENCROACHMENT IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND 
SHALL COMPLY WITH VISIBILITY TRIANGLES. 
 
12. 
GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE: EACH PROJECT WITHIN 
THE DEVELOPMENT PARCEL SHALL IMPLEMENT A MINIMUM OF 
TWO 
GREEN 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
(GI) 
TECHNIQUES 
FOR 
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, PER THE GREATER PHOENIX METRO 
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT 
DETAILS FOR ALTERNATIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, AS 
APPROVED OR MODIFIED BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
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13. 
WASTE STATIONS: WASTE STATIONS INCLUDING A LANDFILL 
RECEPTACLE 
AND 
RECYCLING 
RECEPTACLE 
WITH 
INFORMATIONAL SIGNS INDICATING WHAT TYPE OF WASTE 
SHOULD GO IN WHICH RECEPTACLE SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL 
BUILDING ENTRANCES/EXITS (EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY ONLY 
EXITS) AND SHALL BE ALLOCATED THROUGHOUT THE SITE IN 
COMMON OPEN SPACE ARES AND ALONG SIDEWALKS, SHARED-
USE PATHS AND PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS AT CONVENIENT 
LOCATIONS, TYPICALLY WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF EACH OTHER. 
ADDITIONALLY, RECYCLING CONTAINERS SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR 
EACH GARBAGE CONTAINER PROVIDED. 
 
14. 
SIGNAGE: THIS DEVELOPMENT PARCEL IS EXEMPTED FROM THE 
DESERT RIDGE COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN IF A SEPARATE 
COMPREHNESIVE SIGN PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PARCEL IS 
APPROVED.  
 
15. 
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON A LOT ADJACENT TO (WITHIN 100 
FEET OF) THE LOOP 101 FREEWAY: IN THE EVENT THAT 
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURS NEAR THE LOOP 101 
FREEWAY, THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS SHALL APPLY: 
 
A. 
INDOOR NOISE LEVELS OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS SHALL NOT 
EXCEED A DECIBEL DAY NIGHTLEVEL (DNL) OF 45 DECIBELS, 
AS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT. A SEALED AND SIGNED ANALYSIS BY AN 
ENGINEER LICENSED IN ARIZONA WITH A PROFICIENCY IN 
RESIDENTIAL SOUND MITIGATION OR NOISE CONTROL SHALL 
BE INCLUDED WITH THE BUILDING PLANS SUBMITTED FOR 
PHOENIX BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODE COMPLIANCE 
REVIEW 
TO 
THE 
PLANNING 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT. THE ENGINEER SHALL NOTE IN THE ANALYSIS 
THAT THE BUILDING DESIGN IS CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING THE 
REQUIRED NOISE LEVEL REDUCTION. 
 
B. 
NOISE MITIGATION WALLS SHALL BE PROVIDED ALONG THE 
NORTH 
SIDE 
OF 
DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL 
3.CP/BP.1 
ADJACENT TO THE LOOP 101 FREEWAY. THE WALL HEIGHT 
SHALL BE DETERMINED THROUGH A NOISE ANALYSIS 
PREPARED BY A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. 
THE WALL SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF MINIMUM 8-INCH-
THICK CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS (CMU) OR OF CAST-IN-
PLACE CONCRETE AND CONTAIN NO OPENINGS UNLESS 
THEY ARE ABOVE THE MINIMUM HEIGHT REQUIRED FOR 
ADEQUATE NOISE MITIGATION OR FOR DRAINAGE. NOISE 
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CORNER LOTS AND AREAS NEAR INTERSECTIONS. WRAP 
AROUND WALLS, UPON TURNING A CORNER, SHALL 
CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST 120 FEET (APPROXIMATELY TWO 
LOT WIDTHS), AS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
C. 
NOISE WALLS SHALL VARY BY A MINIMUM OF FOUR FEET 
EVERY 
400 
LINEAL 
FEET 
TO 
VISUALLY 
REFLECT 
A 
MEANDERING OR STAGGERED SETBACK, AS APPROVED BY 
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
D. 
THE NOISE WALL, SHALL INCORPORATE STONE VENEER, 
STONEWORK, OR INTEGRAL COLOR CMU BLOCK, AS 
APPROVED 
BY 
THE 
PLANNING 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT. 
 
E. 
THE DEVELOPER SHALL RECORD DOCUMENTS THAT 
DISCLOSE TO PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS AND RENTERS 
OF PROPERTY WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT THE EXISTENCE 
OF NOISE FROM THE LOOP 101 FREEWAY. THE FORM AND 
CONTENT OF SUCH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE REVIEWED AND 
APPROVED BY THE CITY PRIOR TO RECORDATION. 
 
16. 
MASTER PLANS: MASTER PLANS: MASTER PLANS, PER THE 
REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 4 OF THIS PLAN, AND PER THE 
PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT (PCD), SECTION 636 OF THE 
PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE, SHALL BE SUBMITTED, AND SHALL 
BE UPDATED WITH EACH PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT, AS APPROVED 
BY THE STREET TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING 
AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, THE INITIAL 
MASTER PLANS SUBMITTED BY THE MASTER DEVELOPER SHALL 
ALSO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 
 
A. 
COMPLETE 
BUILD-OUT 
OF 
DETACHED 
SIDEWALKS, 
LANDSCAPE WITHIN LANDSCAPE STRIPS, BUFFERED BIKE 
LANES, AND SHARED-USE PATHS ALONG 56TH STREET, 
MAYO BOULEVARD AND 64TH STREET PER SECTION 7 OF 
THIS CHAPTER, TO BE INCLUDED ON THE MASTER OPEN 
SPACE, PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE AND TRAILS PLAN AND 
MASTER LANDSCAPE PLAN. 
 
B. 
COMPLETE BUILD-OUT OF BICYCLE REPAIR STATIONS PER 
SECTION 10.C 3.CP/BP.1.I.10.D OF THIS CHAPTER, TO BE 
INCLUDED ON THE MASTER OPEN SPACE, PEDESTRIAN, 
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C. 
A PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CIRCULATION PLAN TO 
INCLUDE INTERNAL PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CIRCULATION 
ON SITE THAT ENHANCES PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST 
CONVENIENCE, SAFETY AND COMFORT, WITH A FOCUS ON 
CONNECTING THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL 3.CP/BP.1 NORTH OF MAYO BOULEVARD. 
 
17. 
ADDITIONAL STIPULATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT: 
 
 
A. 
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. 
 
B. 
A RED BORDER LETTER SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE 
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ADOT) FOR 
THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
 
C. 
THIS PARCEL IS IN A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA) 
CALLED ZONE AO, ON PANEL 1315 L OF THE FLOOD 
INSURANCE RATE MAPS (FIRM) DATED JANUARY 4, 2021. THE 
FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS SHALL APPLY, AS APPROVED 
BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT: 
 
1) 
THE ARCHITECT/ENGINEER IS REQUIRED TO SHOW 
THE FLOODPLAIN BOUNDARY LIMITS ON THE GRADING 
AND DRAINAGE PLAN AND ENSURE THAT IMPACTS TO 
THE PROPOSED FACILITIES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED, 
FOLLOWING 
THE 
NATIONAL 
FLOOD 
INSURANCE 
PROGRAM (NFIP) REGULATIONS (44 CFR PARAGRAPH 
60.3). 
THIS 
INCLUDES, 
BUT 
NOT 
LIMITED 
TO 
PROVISIONS IN THE LATEST VERSIONS OF THE 
FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE OF THE PHOENIX CITY CODE. 
 
2) 
A COPY OF THE GRADING AND DRAINAGE PLAN SHALL 
BE SUBMITTED TO THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT 
SECTION 
OF 
THE 
STREET 
TRANSPORTATION 
DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF 
FLOODPLAIN REQUIREMENTS. 
 
3) 
THE DEVELOPER SHALL PROVIDE AN ELEVATION 
CERTIFICATE (FEMA FORM 086-0-33) BASED ON 
CONSTRUCTION 
PLANS 
TO 
FLOODPLAIN

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MANAGEMENT FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF 
GRADING AND DRAINAGE PERMITS. 
 
4) 
THE DEVELOPER SHALL PROVIDE AN ELEVATION 
CERTIFICATE (FEMA FORM 086-0-33) BASED ON 
BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND A MINIMUM 
95% COMPACTION TEST RESULTS FOR THE BUILDING 
PADS TO FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT FOR APPROVAL 
PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS. 
 
5) 
THE 
DEVELOPER 
SHALL 
PROVIDE 
ELEVATION 
CERTIFICATE (FEMA FORM 086-0-33) BASED ON 
FINISHED 
CONSTRUCTION 
TO 
FLOODPLAIN 
MANAGEMENT FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF 
A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
 
D. 
THE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL RECORD DOCUMENTS THAT 
DISCLOSE 
THE 
EXISTENCE 
AND 
OPERATIONAL 
CHARACTERISTICS 
OF 
THE 
SCOTTSDALE 
MUNICIPAL 
AIRPORT (SDL) 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. 
 
E. 
THE 
DEVELOPER 
SHALL 
PROVIDE 
A 
NO 
HAZARD 
DETERMINATION FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT 
EXCEEDS 70 FEET IN HEIGHT 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. 
 
F. 
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. 
 
G. 
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 
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SHALL 
CONDUCT 
PHASE 
II 
ARCHAEOLOGICAL 
DATA 
RECOVERY EXCAVATIONS. 
 
H. 
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. 
 
I. 
PRIOR TO PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN APPROVAL, 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. 
 
II. CONDITIONS FOR ENHANCED PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT 
STANDARDS: 
 
DEVELOPMENT 
WITHIN 
PARCEL 
3.CP/BP.1 
CAN 
UTILIZE 
THE 
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THIS SUBSECTION ONLY UPON THE 
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS BEING APPROVED AND ACCEPTED BY THE 
CITY: 
 
1. 
BEFORE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR 
ANY INDIVIDUAL BUILDING, PROJECT OR USE BY THE CITY WITHIN 
THE 
DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL, 
A 
CONCEPTUAL 
MASTER 
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL SITE PLAN (CMDPSP) FOR THE ENTIRETY 
OF SUPERBLOCK 3 AND THE MAYO CLINIC PUD SITE SHALL BE 
SUBMITTED FOR CITY APPROVAL. THIS MEANS, FOR EXAMPLE, 
THAT BEFORE ANY PLANS FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL BUILDING, 
PROJECT OR USE WITHIN PARCEL 3.CP/BP.1 ARE PROCESSED FOR 
APPROVAL BY THE CITY, A CMDPSP FOR THE ENTIRETY OF 
SUPERBLOCK 3 AND THE MAYO CLINIC PUD SITE MUST BE FILED 
WITH THE CITY. THE CITY WILL THEN PROCESS THE CMDPSP 
THROUGH A STAFF APPROVAL PROCESS. AT A MINIMUM THE 
CMDPSP 
SHALL 
PROVIDE 
INFORMATION 
REGARDING 
THE 
FOLLOWING:  
 
A. 
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT BOUNDARIES WITHIN THE 
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B. 
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) CALCULATIONS FOR EACH 
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT AND THE ENTIRE SUPER 
BLOCK AND MAYO CLINIC PUD AREA. 
 
C. 
PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHTS. 
 
D. 
PROPOSED DWELLING UNITS. 
 
E. 
LAND USE FOR EACH DEVELOPMENT UNIT. 
 
2. 
FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT UNITS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL, THE INITIAL APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT CONCEPTUAL 
MASTER PLANS FOR THE ENTIRE SUPERBLOCK AND MAYO CLINIC 
PUD SITE, AS DESCRIBED IN THE PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT 
(PCD) SECTION OF THE PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE, AND AS 
FURTHER CLARIFIED IN THIS SECTION. THE INITIAL DEVELOPER 
WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT PARCEL WILL BE REQUIRED TO 
IDENTIFY 
THE 
REGIONAL 
ROADWAY 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO SERVE THE ENTIRE DESERT 
RIDGE SPECIFIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT AREA WITH ASSIGNMENT OF 
CONTRIBUTION FUNDS AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO EACH 
DEVELOPMENT UNIT WITHIN SUPERBLOCK 3 AND THE MAYO CLINIC 
PUD, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: 
 
A. 
64TH STREET CONNECTION TO BELL ROAD. 
 
B. 
ULTIMATE MAYO BOULEVARD FROM TATUM BOULEVARD TO 
66TH STREET.  
 
C. 
TATUM BOULEVARD FROM PINNACLE PEAK ROAD TO THE 
SOUTH SIDE OF THE CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT (CAP) 
CANAL BRIDGE. 
 
D. 
56TH STREET FROM RANGER DRIVE TO PINNACLE PEAK 
ROAD, AND OTHER AFFECTED CORRIDORS.   
 
E. 
64TH STREET FROM LOOP 101 FREEWAY TO PINNACLE PEAK 
ROAD. 
 
ANY SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT UNITS CREATED WITHIN A 
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL SEEKING AMENDMENT TO THE OVERALL 
CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT PARCEL MASTER PLANS, SHALL BE 
REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REVISED DEVELOPMENT PARCEL MASTER 
PLANS AND OBTAIN CITY APPROVAL TO AMEND, ASSIGN OR PHASE 
ANY IMPROVEMENTS ASSIGNED TO THE DEVELOPMENT PARCEL.

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3. 
A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY (TIS) SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY 
FOR THE ENTIRE SUPERBLOCK 3 AND MAYO CLINIC PUD SITE TO 
SUPPORT THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLANS AS 
DETERMINED BY THE CITY OF PHOENIX STREET TRANSPORTATION 
DEPARTMENT. NO PRELIMINARY PLANS WITHIN A DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL SHALL BE SUBMITTED UNTIL THE STUDY IS REVIEWED AND 
APPROVED BY THE CITY OF PHOENIX STREET TRANSPORTATION 
DEPARTMENT. THE DEVELOPER SHALL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE 
FOR TIS SUBMISSION TO AND COORDINATING TRANSPORTATION 
INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLANS AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE 
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ADOT). 
 
4. 
PRIOR TO PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN APPROVAL, THE DEVELOPER 
SHALL HAVE EXECUTED CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT MASTER 
PLANS AND A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF 
PHOENIX 
THAT 
DETAILS 
FUNDING 
OBLIGATIONS 
AND 
COMMITMENTS FOR CODE REQUIRED AND REGIONAL STREET, 
WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EACH 
DEVELOPMENT UNIT, AS REQUIRED BY THE APPROVED MASTER 
PLANS RELATED TO THAT DEVELOPMENT UNIT. 
 
III. ENHANCED PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: 
 
1. ADDITIONAL 
PERMITTED 
USES: 
UPON 
COMPLIANCE 
OF 
THE 
CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE SECTION ABOVE, IN ADDITION TO THE 
BASE PERMITTED USES IN DEVELOPMENT PARCEL 3.CP/BP.1, THE 
FOLLOWING SHALL BE PERMITTED: 
 
 
 
A. 
MULTIFAMILY 
RESIDENTIAL, 
PER 
R-5 
MULTIFAMILY 
RESIDENCE 
DISTRICT, 
PLANNED 
RESIDENTIAL 
DEVELOPMENT OPTION, SECTION 615 OF THE PHOENIX 
ZONING ORDINANCE 
 
B. 
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, ATTACHED OR DETACHED, 
PER R-3 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, PLANNED 
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPTION, SECTION 613 OF THE 
PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE 
 
CA. 
COMMUNITY RESIDENCE CENTER OR HOME 
 
D. 
BIOMEDICAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH OFFICES AND/OR 
LABORATORY 
 
EB. 
HOSPICE

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FC. 
MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATED DORMITORIES AND 
MEDICALLY RELATED EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 
 
GD. 
MOBILE FOOD VENDING AS AN ACCESSORY USE, SUBJET TO 
THE FOLLOWING LIMITATIONS: 
 
1) 
SUBJECT TO ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTION 624.D.87.A 
THROUGH M OF THE PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE, AS 
MODIFIED BELOW 
 
2) 
NO MORE THAN FIVE (5) MOBILE FOOD VENDING UNITS 
AT A TIME 
 
3) 
TO BE PARKED AND LOCATED ON A DUSTPROOFED, 
PAVED SURFACE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY 
 
4) 
SHALL NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN 100 FEET OF MAYO 
BOULEVARD, 56TH STREET OR 64TH STREET RIGHTS-
OF-WAY 
 
5) 
THE USE IS LIMITED TO THE HOURS OF 7:00 AM TO 10:00 
PM. 
 
HE. 
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ONLY WITH SUBJECT MATTER 
RELATED TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION 
 
2. INCREASED FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR): .85 0.65 OVERALL LIMIT FOR 
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL. 
 
3. INCREASED 
MAXIMUM 
BUILDING 
HEIGHT: 
MAXIMUM 
BUILDING 
HEIGHTS ARE EXCLUSIVE OF (DO NOT INCLUDE) THE MECHANICAL 
FACILITIES ON TOP OF BUILDINGS. CONSEQUENTLY, THE TOTAL 
HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE MAY EXCEED THE HEIGHTS SPECIFIED 
BELOW TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE MECHANICAL FACILITIES AND 
ASSOCIATED SCREENING. 
 
A. 250 FEET LIMITED TO 10% OF TOTAL NET AREA OF 
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL. 
 
B. 70 FEET LIMITED TO 75% OF TOTAL NET AREA OF 
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL. 
 
C. 35 FEET LIMITED TO 15% OF TOTAL NET AREA OF 
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL.

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IV. DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT PARCEL 3.CP/BP.1 
 
THESE DESIGN GUIDELINES SHALL APPLY TO ALL DEVELOPMENT 
WITHIN DEVELOPMENT PARCEL 3.CP/BP.1. 
 
THE FOLLOWING DESIGN GUIDELINES FROM SECTION 507 TAB A OF THE 
PHOENIX 
ZONING 
ORDINANCE 
SHALL 
BE 
ELEVATED 
FROM 
CONSIDERATIONS (C) AND PRESUMPTIONS (P) TO REQUIREMENTS (R) 
AND (R*):  
 
A. SITE DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT. 
 
1. DESERT PRESERVATION. 
 
(1.1) DEVELOPMENT SHALL MINIMIZE THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING 
HEALTHY SONORAN DESERT VEGETATION (TREES OVER 4-INCH 
CALIPER IN DIAMETER) AND CACTI OVER 3 FEET IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH CITY NATIVE PLANT PRESERVATION STANDARDS (TABLE 1). 
IF REMOVAL IS NECESSARY, MATURE TREES AND CACTI SHALL BE 
SALVAGED AND UTILIZED ON SITE. (R) 
 
PROTECTED NATIVE PLANTS SHALL MEAN CACTI, WHICH ARE 3 
FEET, OR GREATER IN HEIGHT AND TREES WHICH ARE 4 INCHES 
OR GREATER IN CALIPER OF THE FOLLOWING SPECIES: 
 
TABLE 1. PROTECTED NATIVE PLANT PRESERVATION STANDARDS 
 
TREES: 
BOTANICAL NAME 
COMMON NAME 
ACACIA CONSTRICTA 
WHITETHORN ACACIA 
ACACIA GREGGII 
CATCLAW ACACIA 
BERBERIS HAEMATOCARPA 
RED BARBERY 
CANOTIA HOLOCANTHA 
CRUCIFIXION THORN 
CELTIS PALLIDA 
HACKBERRY 
CERCIDIUM FLORIDUM 
BLUE PALO VERDE 
CERCIDIUM MICROPHYLLUM 
FOOTHILL PALO VERDE 
CHILOPSIS LINERARIS 
DESERT WILLOW 
JUNIPERUS SPECIES 
JUNIPER 
OLNEYA TESOTA 
IRONWOOD 
POPULUS FREMONTII 
COTTONWOOD 
PROSOPIS SPECIES 
MESQUITE 
QUERCUS SPECIES 
SCRIB OAK 
RHUS OVATA 
SUGAR SUMAC

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VAUQUELINEA CALIFORNICA ARIZONA ROSEWOOD 
CACTI: 
BOTANICAL NAME 
COMMON NAME 
CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA 
SAGUARO 
FEROCACTUS SPECIES 
BARREL 
FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS 
OCOTILLO 
PENICEREUS GREGGII 
NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS 
 
2. GRADING/DRAINAGE. 
 
 
(2.2) SURFACE, SITE DRAINAGE AND RETENTION SHALL BE 
DESIGNED TO AVOID HARD LINED CHANNELS. (R) 
 
 
(2.3) SURFACE SITE DRAINAGE AND RETENTION SHALL BE 
INTEGRATED WITH THE OVERALL LANDSCAPE DESIGN. (R*) 
 
(2.5) REQUIRED LANDSCAPE SETBACKS ADJACENT TO PERIMETER 
STREETS MAY UTILIZE THE REQUIRED SETBACK FOR RETENTION 
PROVIDED: 
 
- A MAXIMUM 50% OF THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE SETBACK IS 
DEVOTED TO RETENTION. 
 
- THE MAXIMUM DEPTH OF RETENTION WITHIN 20 FEET OF RIGHT-
OF-WAY IS 24 INCHES. 
 
- SIDE SLOPES ARE A MAXIMUM 4:1 (R) 
 
3. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.  
 
 
 
(3.1) PLANT MATERIALS. 
 
3.1.1 DEVELOPMENT SHALL MINIMIZE THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING, 
NON-NATIVE HEALTHY PLANTS (TREES 4-INCH CALIPER IN 
DIAMETER) OR GREATER) AND CACTI (6 FEET HIGH OR GREATER). 
IF REMOVAL IS NECESSARY, MATURE TREES SHALL BE SALVAGED 
AND UTILIZED ON SITE. (R) 
 
3.1.3 LOW WATER USE PLANTS THAT REFLECT AND ENHANCE THE 
IMAGE OF THE SONORAN DESERT SHALL BE USED. (R) 
 
3.1.5 ANY PROPOSED LANDSCAPE TREATMENT SHALL BE 
COMPATIBLE 
WITH 
AND 
RELATE 
TO 
ANY 
ESTABLISHED 
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER IN THE SURROUNDING CONTEXT AREA. 
(R*)

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3.1.9 COORDINATE SITE UTILITY ELEMENTS SUCH AS OVERHEAD 
POWER LINES, TRANSFORMERS, METER BOXES, BACKFLOW 
PREVENTERS, AND FIRE PROTECTION DEVICES, WITH LANDSCAPE 
DESIGN TO EFFECTIVELY DIMINISH THE IMPACT OF SUCH 
ELEMENTS ON THE SITE CHARACTER. (R*) 
 
3.1.10 TREES SHALL BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO PUBLIC AND 
PRIVATE WALKWAYS, AND MULTI-USE TRAILS AND PATHS, TO 
PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 50% SHADE AND A MINIMUM CANOPY 
CLEARANCE OF 6 FEET 8 INCHES. (R) 
 
3.1.11 
PEDESTRIAN 
SAFETY 
AND 
COMFORT 
SHALL 
BE 
CONSIDERED WHEN SELECTING TREES AND PLANT MATERIAL. (R*) 
 
3.1.13 NO MORE THAN 50% OF THE LANDSCAPED AREA AT 
MATURITY OR 10% OF THE NET LOT AREA, WHICHEVER IS LESS, 
SHALL BE PLANTED IN TURF OR HIGH-WATER USE PLANTS. 
FUNCTIONAL TURF AREAS SUCH AS IN PARKS, SCHOOLS, 
MULTIPLE-FAMILY AND 
SINGLE-FAMILY COMMON 
AREAS, 
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-FAMILY LOT, AND GOLF COURSES ARE 
EXEMPT. (R) 
 
3.1.14 A MINIMUM 50% OF THE LANDSCAPED AREA AT MATURITY 
(EXCLUDING HARDSCAPE AREAS) SHALL BE TREATED WITH 
LIVING VEGETATION INCLUDING GROUNDCOVER, SHRUBS AND 
TREES, AS WELL AS INORGANIC MATERIAL AND AN AUTOMATIC 
IRRIGATION SYSTEM. (R) 
 
3.1.15 IF ALLOWED BY SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING 
ORDINANCE, THE PLACEMENT OF RECYCLING CONTAINERS IN A 
REQUIRED LANDSCAPE SETBACK OR REQUIRED LANDSCAPED 
ISLAND SHALL NOT RESULT IN THE ELIMINATION OF ANY 
REQUIRED TREES. (R) 
 
 
(3.2) MAINTENANCE OF LANDSCAPE AREAS. 
 
3.2.1 NATIVE SONORAN DESERT VEGETATION SHALL NOT BE 
PRUNED OR REMOVED FROM AREAS IDENTIFIED ON APPROVED 
PLANS AS PERMANENT UNDISTURBED OPEN SPACE UNLESS 
DEMONSTRATED TO THE CITY THAT A HEALTH, SAFETY OR 
WELFARE ISSUE EXISTS. THIS INCLUDES REMOVAL OF DEAD 
TREES OR CACTI. (R) 
 
3.2.3 A PERMANENT AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM SHALL BE 
INSTALLED TO WATER ALL TREES, CACTI, AND PLANTS INSTALLED

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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLANS OR 
OTHER 
DEVELOPMENT 
REVIEW 
DOCUMENTS 
TO 
MINIMIZE 
MAINTENANCE AND WATER CONSUMPTION, AND TO MAXIMIZE 
PLANT 
HEALTH, 
SURVIVABILITY, 
AND 
VIABILITY, 
UNLESS 
OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT. (R) 
 
 
(3.4) ART/WATER ELEMENTS. 
 
3.4.1 WATER FEATURES, INCLUDING FOUNTAINS, SHALL BE SITED 
TO 
ALLOW 
SIGNIFICANT 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
ENHANCEMENT 
PRIMARILY TO ON-SITE AND INCIDENTALLY TO OFF-SITE USERS 
AND TO MINIMIZE WATER CONSUMPTION. (R*) 
 
3.4.2 IF THERE IS PUBLIC ART, IT SHALL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE 
OVERALL DESIGN OF A PROJECT. (R*) 
 
4. OPEN SPACE/AMENITIES. 
 
 
(4.1) IMPROVED OPEN SPACES, PLAZAS AND COURTYARDS SHALL 
BE SHADED A MINIMUM 50% AND FUNCTIONAL IN TERMS OF AREA, 
DIMENSIONS, LOCATION AND AMENITIES TO PROMOTE SAFE 
HUMAN INTERACTION. (R*) 
 
(4.2) USABLE PUBLIC SPACE SHALL INCORPORATE A MINIMUM OF 
50% SHADING THROUGH THE USE OF TREES OR STRUCTURES 
THAT PROVIDE SHADING, OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO 
UNLESS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY SITE VISIBILITY TRIANGLES 
OR OTHER TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS. (R) 
 
6. PARKING/CIRCULATION. 
 
 
(6.1) SURFACE PARKING DESIGN. 
 
6.1.3 PARKING AREAS SHALL BE BUFFERED FROM ADJACENT 
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND SCREENED FROM STREETS SO 
THAT CARS ARE NOT VISIBLE BELOW THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF 
THE HEADLIGHTS. (R) 
 
6.1.7 SURFACE PARKING DESIGN SHALL UTILIZE SHARED ACCESS 
DRIVES WITH ADJACENT, SIMILARLY ZONED PROPERTIES. (R) 
 
6.1.9 
EXCESSIVE 
ASPHALT/HARDSCAPE 
NOT 
NEEDED 
FOR 
ADEQUATE VEHICULAR MANEUVERING OR PARKING, STAGING OR 
MATERIAL STORAGE SHALL BE MINIMIZED. (R*)

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(6.2) PARKING STRUCTURE DESIGN. 
 
6.2.3 THE PARKING STRUCTURE EXTERIOR SHALL BE FINISHED 
WITH ARCHITECTURAL EMBELLISHMENTS AND DETAILING THAT 
WILL CREATE VISUAL INTEREST FOR ADJOINING PROPERTIES. (R*) 
 
6.2.4 LIGHTING WITHIN THE PARKING STRUCTURE SHALL PROVIDE 
SAFETY AND SECURITY AND BE INTEGRATED INTO THE 
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER BOTH IN TERMS OF ILLUMINATION 
AND FIXTURES. (R*) 
 
6.2.10 THERE SHALL BE A CONVENIENT, CLEAR, SAFE AND 
EFFICIENT INTERNAL CIRCULATION SYSTEM WITHIN THE PARKING 
STRUCTURE FOR BOTH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC 
INCLUDING 
APPROPRIATE 
SIGNAGE 
AND 
PLACEMENT 
OF 
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION CORES (ELEVATORS AND STAIRS). (R*) 
 
 
(6.3) ACCESS/CIRCULATION. 
 
6.3.2 THE SITE PLAN SHALL CLEARLY EXPRESS THE SEPARATION 
BETWEEN PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. (R*) 
 
7. WALLS/FENCING. 
 
(7.1) WALLS ADJACENT TO ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS 
SHALL 
HAVE 
A 
FINISHED 
APPEARANCE. 
UNTEXTURED, 
UNFINISHED BLOCK AND REINFORCED, MORTAR-FREE CONCRETE 
WALLS SHALL BE AVOIDED. (R*) 
 
(7.2) WALL LENGTHS EXCEEDING 50 FEET ADJACENT TO 
ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS SHALL BE ARTICULATED OR 
CONTAIN 
SUBSTANTIAL 
LANDSCAPING 
TO 
BREAK 
THE 
CONTINUOUS WALL SURFACE AND CREATE VARYING SHADING 
PATTERNS. (R*) 
 
8. SITE LIGHTING. 
 
(8.1) ALL ON-SITE LIGHTING SHALL BE SHIELDED TO PREVENT 
DIRECT VISIBILITY OF THE LIGHT SOURCE FROM ADJACENT 
PROPERTY. (R) 
 
(8.2) LIGHTING SHALL BE SHIELDED WITH CUT-OFF FIXTURES AND 
DEFLECTORS TO DIRECT LIGHT DOWNWARD AND LIMIT ON-SITE 
LIGHTING LEVELS TO A MAXIMUM OF 1-FOOT CANDLE AT THE 
PROPERTY LINE. (R)

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(8.5) SERVICE AREAS AND OTHER SCREENED AREAS SHALL HAVE 
PROPER SECURITY LIGHTING. (R*) 
 
(8.6) LIGHTING FIXTURES AND ILLUMINATION SHALL BE OF 
SIMILAR DESIGN AND CHARACTER AS THE PROJECT’S BUILDING 
COMPONENTS. (R*) 
 
(8.7) SITE LIGHTING SHALL BE PROVIDED TO ENSURE PERSONAL 
SAFETY 
AT 
BUILDING 
ENTRANCE/EXITS, 
AND 
IN 
PUBLIC 
ASSEMBLY AND PARKING AREAS. (R*) 
 
(8.8) RECOMMENDED LIGHTING LEVELS AND UNIFORMITY RATIOS 
ESTABLISHED BY THE ILLUMINATION ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF 
NORTH AMERICA (IESNA), AS MAY BE MODIFIED BY THE CITY OF 
PHOENIX, SHALL BE INCORPORATED IN LIGHTING DESIGN FOR ON-
SITE NON-RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. (R*) 
 
B. BUILDING DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION. 
 
1.  PLACEMENT/ORIENTATION. 
 
 
(1.2) THE PROPOSED BUILDING ORIENTATION SHALL RESPECT 
THE 
ORIENTATION 
OF 
SURROUNDING 
BUILDINGS 
AND 
SURROUNDING STREETS BY MAINTAINING CONTINUITY OF 
PEDESTRIAN ROUTES AND PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 
PEDESTRIAN INTERACTION AT THE STREET LEVEL. (R*) 
 
(1.4) THE PROPOSED BUILDING ORIENTATION SHALL RESPECT 
CLIMATIC 
CONDITIONS 
BY 
MINIMIZING 
HEAT 
GAIN 
AND 
CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF SHADE ON ADJACENT LAND USES 
AND AREAS. (R*) 
 
(1.5) NATURAL SURVEILLANCE SHALL BE MAXIMIZED IN PROJECT 
DESIGN TO ENCOURAGE EASY OBSERVATION OF PEOPLE AND 
PROPERTY NEAR ENTRYWAYS, PATHWAYS, PUBLIC SPACES AND 
PARKING LOTS. (R*) 
 
(1.6) PROJECTS OR PORTIONS OF PROJECTS IN PUBLIC VIEW 
(ADJACENT TO STREETS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS) SHALL 
DEMONSTRATE A GREATER LEVEL OF DESIGN SENSITIVITY AND 
DETAIL TO VISUAL IMAGE THAN OTHER DEVELOPMENT. (R*) 
 
2. HEIGHT, BULK, AND AREA. 
 
(2.2) PARAPET WALLS SHALL NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE 
BUILDING HEIGHT MORE THAN 5 FEET FOR A BUILDING THAT IS 20

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FEET OR LESS IN HEIGHT OR 7 FEET FOR A BUILDING ABOVE 20 
FEET IN HEIGHT UNLESS GREATER HEIGHT IS NEEDED TO SCREEN 
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. (R*) 
 
3. ARCHITECTURE. 
 
(3.1) ARCHITECTURE AND APPLIED TREATMENTS THAT EXPRESS 
CORPORATE IDENTITY SHALL BE TEMPERED TO PROVIDE UNIQUE 
STRUCTURES THAT COMPLEMENT AND BLEND WITH THEIR 
IMMEDIATE CONTEXT. (R*) 
 
 
(3.2) PARKING SHADE AND CANOPY STRUCTURES SHALL BE 
COMPLEMENTARY TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PRIMARY 
BUILDINGS AND HAVE MINIMAL VISUAL IMPACT TO THE PUBLIC 
STREETSCAPE AND ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS. (R*) 
 
4. ARTICULATION. 
 
(4.1) BUILDING FACADES VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC STREETS AND 
ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT EXCEED 100 FEET 
SHALL 
CONTAIN 
ARCHITECTURAL 
EMBELLISHMENTS 
AND 
DETAILING SUCH AS TEXTURAL CHANGES, PILASTERS, OFFSETS, 
RECESSES, WINDOW FENESTRATION, SHADOW BOXES AND 
OVERHEAD/CANOPIES. (R*) 
 
(4.2) THE BUILDING FACADE SHALL BE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A 
SENSE OF HUMAN SCALE AT GROUND LEVEL BY PROVIDING A 
CLEAR ARCHITECTURAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN GROUND FLOOR 
LEVELS AND ALL ADDITIONAL LEVELS. (R*) 
 
(4.3) BUILDING 
ENTRANCES 
SHALL 
BE 
IDENTIFIABLE 
AND 
DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE FROM A PUBLIC SIDEWALK. (R*) 
 
5. COLORS/MATERIALS. 
 
(5.1) ALL SIDES OF A STRUCTURE SHALL EXHIBIT DESIGN 
CONTINUITY 
AND 
CONTAIN 
MULTIPLE 
EXTERIOR 
ACCENT 
MATERIALS THAT EXHIBIT QUALITY AND DURABILITY. EXAMPLES 
INCLUDE MATERIALS SUCH AS BRICK, STONE, COLORED 
TEXTURED CONCRETE OR STUCCO. ROOF MATERIALS MAY 
INCLUDE TREATED METAL, CONCRETE, AND CLAY TILES, 
DECORATIVE WOOD, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS. (R*) 
 
(5.2) MULTIPLE BUILDINGS ON THE SAME SITE SHALL BORROW 
AND INCORPORATE (NOT DUPLICATE) ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, 
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ELEMENTS FROM THE SAME SITE. THESE SHALL INCLUDE: 
CONTINUATION OF DISTINCTIVE ROOFLINES, COVERED WALKWAY 
ALIGNMENTS, CONSISTENT DETAILING OF FINISH, ACCENT 
FEATURES ON ALL VISIBLE SIDES OF STRUCTURES, COMPATIBLE 
SHAPES, MATERIAL, WALL AND LANDSCAPING TREATMENT. (R*) 
 
(5.3) THE EXTENSIVE USE OF THE FOLLOWING ARCHITECTURAL 
TREATMENTS AND DETAILS ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND 
SHALL BE LIMITED IN THEIR PROPOSED APPLICATION: 
 
- COLORED PLASTIC OR FIBERGLASS 
 
- SHINY METAL DETAILS OR REFLECTIVE MATERIALS 
 
- UNTEXTURED CONCRETE, UNFINISHED BLOCK, STEEL PANELS, 
OR ASPHALT SHINGLES AS A PREDOMINANT EXTERIOR MATERIAL. 
(R*) 
 
(5.4) CORPORATE COLORS, ASSOCIATED GRAPHICS, AND HIGHLY 
CONTRASTING BANDS OF VIBRANT COLORS ON BUILDINGS AND 
ON ACCESSORY STRUCTURES (EXCLUDING SIGNAGE) SHALL BE 
USED AS AN ACCENT FEATURE WITH RESTRAINT AS A MINOR 
ELEMENT OF THE BUILDING’S EXTERIOR. (R*) 
 
(5.5) PRE-ENGINEERED METAL BUILDINGS VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC 
STREETS OR RESIDENTIAL AREAS SHALL HAVE AT LEAST 30% OF 
EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS COMPOSED OF ALTERNATIVE BUILDING 
MATERIALS SUCH AS GLASS, BRICK, MASONRY, STONE AND 
STUCCO. (R*) 
 
6. PUBLIC AMENITIES/ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. 
 
(6.1) PUBLIC 
AND 
PRIVATE 
PEDESTRIAN 
WALKWAYS 
AND 
GATHERING AREAS SHALL BE SHADED (MINIMUM 50% AT 
MATURITY) FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF 
PEDESTRIANS AND TO ENCOURAGE USE. (R) 
 
(6.2) OVERHANGS AND CANOPIES SHALL BE INTEGRATED IN THE 
BUILDING DESIGN ALONG ALL PEDESTRIAN THOROUGHFARES. 
FOR PLANNED COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTERS WITH EXTERIOR 
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION, CONTINUOUS SHADE PROTECTED 
WALKWAYS SHALL BE PROVIDED. (R*) 
 
(6.3) THERE SHALL BE CONVENIENT ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN 
WALKWAYS BETWEEN BUS STOP/SHELTER AND THE BUILDING 
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7. SCREENING. 
 
(7.1) SERVICE AREAS SHALL BE LOCATED AWAY FROM PUBLIC 
VIEW. (R*) 
 
(7.3) ALL SCREENING SHALL BE ARCHITECTURALLY COMPATIBLE 
WITH THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. (R*) 
 
(7.5) ALL NEW OR RELOCATED ELECTRIC LINES 12 KV AND 
SMALLER, COMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE TELEVISION AND ALL 
ON PREMISE WIRING SHALL BE PLACED UNDERGROUND IN ALL 
DEVELOPMENTS WHERE VISIBLE FROM STREETS OR ADJOINING 
PROPERTIES. (R*) 
 
V. ADDITIONAL DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT PARCEL 
3.CP/BP.1 
 
THE FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL DESIGN GUIDELINES APPLICABLE TO 
ALL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN DEVELOPMENT PARCEL 3.CP/BP.1, USING 
THE SAME IMPLEMENTATION STANDARDS PER SECTION 507.C OF THE 
PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE: 
 
1. 
A MAXIMUM OF 60% OF EXTERIOR BUILDING FACADES SHALL BE 
FINISHED WITH STUCCO MATERIAL. (R*) 
 
2. 
LIGHTING SHALL BE PROVIDED ADJACENT TO ALL PUBLIC AND 
PRIVATE SIDEWALKS, SHARED-USE PATHS, AND PEDESTRIAN 
WALKWAYS PER SECTION 1304.H.5 OF THE PHOENIX ZONING 
ORDINANCE. (R*) 
 
3.  
LIGHTING SHOULD BE PROVIDED ADJACENT TO ALL MULTI-USE 
TRAILS PER SECTION 1304.H.5 OF THE PHOENIX ZONING 
ORDINANCE. (P) 
 
4. 
WHERE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS CROSS A VEHICULAR PATH, THE 
PATHWAY SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF DECORATIVE PAVERS, 
STAMPED OR COLORED CONCRETE, OR OTHER PAVEMENT 
TREATMENTS, THAT VISUALLY CONTRASTS PARKING AND DRIVE 
AISLE SURFACES. (R*) 
 
5. 
PRIMARY ENTRY/EXIT DRIVES SHALL INCORPORATE DECORATIVE 
PAVERS, STAMPED OR COLORED CONCRETE, OR SIMILAR 
ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL. (R*) 
 
6. 
PRIMARY ENTRY/EXIT DRIVES SHALL INCORPORATE ENHANCED

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LANDSCAPING ON BOTH SIDES WITHIN MINIMUM 250-SQUARE-
FOOT LANDSCAPE AREAS AND SHALL INCORPORATE A MINIMUM 
5-FOOT-WIDE LANDSCAPE MEDIAN, PLANTED WITH A VARIETY OF 
AT LEAST THREE PLANT MATERIALS, AND MINIMUM 2-INCH 
CALIPER SINGLE-TRUNK LARGE CANOPY DROUGHT-TOLERANT 
SHADE TREES PLANTED 20 FEET ON CENTER OR IN EQUIVALENT 
GROUPINGS WITH THE LANDSCAPE MEDIAN. (R) 
 
7. 
TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL SITE 
ENTRIES AND EXITS TO SLOW DOWN VEHICULAR SPEEDS AS THEY 
APPROACH SIDEWALKS. (R*) 
 
8. 
INTERIOR WALLS AND PRIVACY FENCING SHALL USE MATERIALS 
AND COLORS THAT BLEND WITH THE NATURAL DESERT 
ENVIRONMENT. (R*) 
 
9. 
IF PROVIDED, A COMBINATION OF VIEW WALLS/FENCING AND 
PARTIAL VIEW WALLS/FENCING SHALL BE INCORPORATED ALONG 
PROPERTY LINES ADJACENT TO DEDICATED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE 
OPEN 
SPACE 
AREAS, 
NATURAL 
AND/OR 
IMPROVED 
DRAINAGEWAYS OR RECREATIONAL AREAS. (R*) 
  
10. 
DRAINAGE CHANNELS SHALL BE DESIGNED TO LOOK NATURAL IN 
THE 
DESERT 
SETTING 
THROUGH 
COLOR, 
TEXTURE, 
LANDSCAPING, OR OTHER MEANS. (R*) 
 
11. 
ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS SHALL BE DESIGNED AND 
CONSTRUCTED AT ALL PUBLIC STREET CROSSING LOCATIONS TO 
INTERCONNECT THE PEDESTRIAN TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE 
ENTIRETY OF THE SITE. (R*) 
 
12. 
WASTE STATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE A COMPOST RECEPTACLE 
WHENEVER POSSIBLE, WITH INFORMATIONAL SIGNS INDICATING 
WHAT TYPE OF WASTE SHOULD GO IN WHICH RECEPTACLE. (C) 
 
3.CP/BP.2 – Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.2  
 
Size: 205 231.45 acres  
Uses permitted: Permitted uses shall be as indicated in Section 626, Commerce 
Park District (Business Park Option), of the City of Phoenix Zoning Ordinance 
(Supp. dated 4/19/95) (Ref. Appendix A.7), as modified below.  
 
Potential APPLICABLE Zoning to Be Applied: CP/BP as per Section 626 of the 
City of Phoenix Zoning Ordinance as modified below and per Section C.4.D of this 
chapter. This zoning is to be WAS applied upon City Council approval of the 1995 
major amendment to the Desert Ridge Specific Plan relating to this superblock.

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Special Conditions and Requirements: I. PERMITTED USES AND 
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: 
 
1. Commerce Park (BUSINESS PARK OPTION) uses are allowed subject to 
the standards described in Section C.4.D of this chapter.  
 
2. 
The development of uses in Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 shall occur only 
in the following sequence: 
 
a. 
Construction of a hospital structure with a minimum of 125 beds 
(hospital defined pursuant to the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance, Ref. 
Appendix A.9), including accessory retail wholly within the hospital 
structure. 
 
b. 
Construction (which may occur simultaneously with the hospital 
structure defined above) of other medical facilities as defined in 
special condition and requirements 3.a.2 below.  
 
c. 
After the completion of construction of the hospital structure, as 
evidenced by the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, 
construction will be allowed to commence for any other use allowed 
in Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.2.  
 
3 1 2.  The following is a list of modifications to certain design/development 
standards and the list of permitted uses included in Section 626, 
Commerce Park (Business Park Option), of the City of Phoenix 
Zoning Ordinance which shall apply exclusively to Development 
Parcel 3.CP/BP.2) PERMITTED USES: PER THE BASE PERMITTED 
USES 
OF 
DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL 
3.CP/BP.1, 
INCLUDING 
REQUIRED CONDITIONS TO USE THE ENHANCED PERMTTED 
USES, EXCEPT AS MODIFIED BELOW: 
 
A. HOSPITAL 
 
B. MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATED DORMITORIES AND 
MEDICAL 
 
C. NURSING HOME 
 
D. DEPENDENT CARE FACILITIES 
 
1) 
IF FREESTANDING, SUBJECT TO AREA LIMITATIONS OF 
SECTION 1.B.

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E. MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ONLY WITH SUBJECT MATTER 
RELATED TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION 
 
F. MEDICAL APPLIANCE AND OTHER MEDICALLY RELATED 
SALES 
 
 
 
a.  
Additional Permitted Uses/Development Conditions: 
 
1) 
Hospitals (as defined in Appendix A.9)  
 
2) 
Medical facilities, including: 
 
a) 
The provision of diagnostic services, extensive 
medical treatment including but not limited to 
surgical and other hospital services, as well as 
continuous nursing service, and including but not 
limited to general medical and surgical hospitals, 
specialty hospitals, medical clinics, medical 
laboratories, outpatient care facilities, medical 
schools and associated dormitories, medically 
related 
educational 
facilities, 
medical 
and 
associated accessory offices, pharmacies, and 
similar uses. 
 
b) 
Facilities for conducting research in the natural or 
physical 
sciences, 
or 
engineering 
and 
development as an extension of investigation with 
the objective of creating end products on a 
contract or fee basis, and including pilot plant 
operation.  
 
c) 
Manufacturing related to medical, pharmaceutical 
and 
biotechnical 
products 
or 
equipment. 
Manufacturing shall include the fabrication and 
assembly of finished products or sub-assemblies, 
so long as the primary use of the property is not 
the basic processing and compounding of raw 
material or food products. 
 
d) 
The provision of intermediate or long-term nursing 
and health related care to individuals, typically 
classified as nursing homes. 
 
e) 
Dwelling providing shelter and services for the 
elderly or for disabled persons, which may include 
meals, housekeeping, personal care assistance

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and minor medical services including intermediate, 
long term or extended nursing care for residents. 
 
f) 
Food services for the employees, visitors and 
patients of the medical facility 
 
g) 
Non-freestanding retail uses within a medical 
facility/hospital building, are allowed subject to the 
following conditions: 
 
(1) 
The maximum gross leasable area for any 
one tenant/user shall be 5,000 square feet. 
 
(2) 
All retail sales occur only within the walls of 
the medical facility/hospital building. The 
entrance to a retail sales business shall be 
from within the walls of the medical 
facility/hospital 
building. 
No 
external 
signage of any kind shall be permitted so as 
to be visible from any public thoroughfare or 
adjacent property. 
 
h) 
Helistops or heliports. 
 
i) 
Clubs, private or public, qualifying by law as a non-
profit entity.  
 
j) 
Dependent care facilities, subject to the following 
conditions:  
 
(1) 
If 
the 
dependent 
care 
facility 
is 
a 
freestanding structure, it shall be subject to 
the conditions for freestanding retail uses as 
described in 3.a.4 below.  
 
k)  
Wellness centers/clinics.  
 
l) 
Museums and galleries only with subject matter 
related to the medical profession.  
 
m) 
Places of worship, only in non-freestanding and 
integrated into a hospital or a medical facility 
building.  
 
n) 
Places of assembly, only if indoors, non-
freestanding and integrated into a hospital or a

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medical facility building.  
 
3) 
Medical appliance and other medically related sales. 
 
4) 
Freestanding retail uses, are allowed in Development 
Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 subject to the following conditions:  
 
a) 
The maximum gross leasable area for any one 
tenant/user (other thaNt a restaurant) shall be 5,000 
square feet.  
 
b) 
Freestanding retail uses must be located set back a A 
minimum SETBACK of 300 feet from 56th Street, 
64th Street and Avenue K MAYO BOULEVARD. 
External signage must not be visible from a public 
thoroughfare or adjacent property. (It is intended 
that the freestanding retail and restaurant uses in 
Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 be used primarily 
by the employees, patients and visitors of the 
hospital and medical facilities. These freestanding 
retail uses are not intended to be used by persons 
not working or visiting within Development Parcel 
3.CP/BP.2.)  
 
c) 
The maximum aggregate gross leasable area or OF 
freestanding 
retail 
uses 
and 
freestanding 
restaurants/bars/cocktail lounges in Development 
Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 shall be 50,000 square feet.  
 
5) 
Accessory uses with hotels/motels: Non-freestanding 
retail newsstands, gift shops or other customary 
services, restaurants and cocktail lounges are allowed as 
accessory uses within hotels and motels, provided that 
the entrance to such uses shall be from within the 
exterior walls of the building only.  
 
6)  
Multiple 
family 
attached 
MULTIFAMILY 
residential 
dwellings. A maximum of 300 multiple family dwellings shall 
be allowed in Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.2.  
 
7) 
Single-family detached residential, DETACHED dwellings. 
A maximum of 20 single-family dwelling shall be allowed in 
Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.2.  
 
b.  
Modifications of Permitted Building Heights.

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The heights of buildings in Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 shall be 
governed by the table presented below. The maximum building 
heights are exclusive of (do not include) the mechanical facilities on 
top of the buildings. Consequently, the total height of the structure 
may exceed the heights specified below to account for these 
mechanical facilities.  
 
2.  
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: PER THE BASE DEVELOPMENT 
STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS FOR ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT 
STANDARDS OF DEVELOPMENT PARCEL 3.CP/BP.1, EXCEPT AS 
MODIFIED BELOW THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF MODIFICATIONS 
TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE COMMERCE PARK 
(BUSINESS PARK OPTION) ZONING DISTRICT. 
 
A. MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT: 
 
THE HEIGHTS OF BUILDINGS IN DEVELOPMENT PARCEL 
3.CP/BP.2 SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE TABLE PRESENTED 
BELOW. THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHTS ARE EXCLUSIVE OF 
(DO NOT INCLUDE) THE MECHANICAL FACILITIES ON TOP OF THE 
BUILDINGS. CONSEQUENTLY, THE TOTAL HEIGHT OF THE 
STRUCTURE MAY EXCEED THE HEIGHTS SPECIFIED BELOW TO 
ACCOUNT 
FOR 
THESE 
MECHANICAL 
FACILITIES 
AND 
ASSOCIATED SCREENING.  
 
 
Use 
Maximum Building Height 
Hospitals 
 
250 feet 
Clinics 
 
250 feet 
Hotels/motels 
 
56 feet 
Medical facilities, 
except hospitals/clinics 
 
56 feet 
Office building for non-
two stories, not to 
exceed medical 
facilities 
 
40 feet 
Retail and restaurant 
uses 
 
40 feet 
Multifamily residential 
 
56 feet

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All other uses 
40 feet 
 
 
4. 
Building Setbacks: Buildings must be setback a minimum of 100 feet and 
an average of 125 feet from 56th Street, 64th Street (if applicable) and 
Avenue K. Buildings must be setback 100 feet from all other streets. 
Buildings must be setback 30 feet from all other lot lines. Reach 11 setbacks 
are governed by Section C.4.D, Design Standards 2.a, of this chapter. 
 
5  
B. 
Floor Area Ratio: 0.85 overall limit for development parcel.  
 
C. 
MAXIMUM DENSITY: 300 MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNITS 
AND 20 SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS. 
 
6  
Parking. Off-street parking and loading requirements may be modified by 
the Development Service Department when supported by an appropriately 
documented study. 
 
7  
Signage.: This development parcel may be exempted from the Desert Ridge 
Comprehensive Sign Plan if the city approves a separate comprehensive 
sign plan for this development parcel. 
 
8. 3.  Relationship of Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 to balance of Specific Plan. In the event 
that Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 is developed with a minimum 125 bed hospital, then 
after the completion of such hospital, the THE DEVELOPMENT parcel shall 
be treated as a separate and distinct entity within the Desert Ridge Specific 
Plan. Specifically, a single development entity may be designated by the 
owner of Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 at the owners’s discretion to be responsible to 
the City of Phoenix for all matters related to the specific plan, including but 
not limited to reporting on development progress within the parcel, applying 
for major and minor amendments, and acting in the place of the Master 
Developer with regard to Parcel 3.CP/BP.2. The relationship between 
Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 and the Desert Ridge Master Developer shall be 
governed by the CC&R’s, design guidelines, and other contractual 
documents that may be entered into by the property owner and the Master 
Developer. This specific plan shall continue to control land uses, design 
standards within Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 as described above in Section C.4.D of 
this chapter, and the permitted 25 percent increase or decrease in area of 
Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 as described in Chapter 4 of this specific plan.  
 
4. 
MASTER PLANS: MASTER PLANS, PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF 
CHAPTER 4 OF THE DESERT RIDGE SPECIFIC PLAN AND PER THE 
PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT (PCD), SECTION 636 OF THE 
PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE, SHALL BE SUBMITTED, AND SHALL 
BE UPDATED WITH EACH PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT, AS APPROVED 
BY THE STREET TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING 
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SUBMITTED BY THE MASTER DEVELOPER SHALL INCLUDE THE 
FOLLOWING: 
 
A. COMPLETE 
BUILD-OUT 
OF 
DETACHED 
SIDEWALKS, 
LANDSCAPE WITHIN LANDSCAPE STRIPS, BUFFERED BIKE 
LANES, AND SHARED-USE PATHS ALONG 56TH STREET, 
MAYO BOULEVARD AND 64TH STREET PER SECTION 7 OF 
THIS CHAPTER, TO BE INCLUDED ON THE MASTER OPEN 
SPACE, PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE AND TRAILS PLAN AND 
MASTER LANDSCAPE PLAN. 
 
B. COMPLETE BUILD-OUT OF BICYCLE REPAIR STATIONS PER 
SECTION 10.C 3.CP/BP.2.II.4.D OF THIS CHAPTER, TO BE 
INCLUDED ON THE MASTER OPEN SPACE, PEDESTRIAN, 
BICYCLE AND TRAILS PLAN. 
 
C. A PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CIRCULATION PLAN TO 
INCLUDE INTERNAL PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CIRCULATION 
ON SITE THAT ENHANCES PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST 
CONVENIENCE, SAFETY AND COMFORT, WITH A FOCUS ON 
CONNECTING THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL 3.CP/BP.1 NORTH OF MAYO BOULEVARD.  
 
9 
The development of Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 as a medically-related commerce 
park is intended to occur in an integrated manner over a period of years. In 
order to assure that Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 develops in accordance with the 
provisions of the 1995 Major Specific Plan Amendment creating this 
development parcel, the following regulations are established. In the event 
that construction of a hospital structure, as defined in Appendix A.9, has 
commenced by December 31, 1996, the commencement and completion of 
such construction shall be permitted pursuant to those applicable provisions 
of the 1995 Major Specific Plan Amendment in effect as of the effective date 
of said amendment, governing permitted and accessory uses, height of 
buildings, lot coverage limitations, floor area ratios, and off-street parking 
and loading standards (hereinafter, the “current regulation”), and the 
development of the balance of Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 may be 
completed pursuant to the current regulations subject to the following 
conditions: 
 
a. 
That within 180 days of the adoption of the 1995 Major Specific 
Plan Amendment creating this development parcel, the owner of 
Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 shall file with the city a conceptual 
site plan (the “site plan”), which plan shall describe, at a minimum 
and with a reasonable degree of certainty, all of the following: 
 
1) 
A conceptual layout of this entire development parcel

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showing individual development units which shall list the use 
or uses intended in each individual development unit.  
 
2) 
The height of the buildings in each individual development 
unit. 
 
3) 
The total square footage of all buildings proposed for Parcel 
3.CP/BP.2, together with the proposed allocation of the total 
square footage to each individual development unit.  
 
4) 
The boundaries of Parcel 3.CP/BP.2, together with the total 
gross land area and net land area of Parcel 3.CP/BP.2, as 
defined in Section 202 of the City of Phoenix Zoning 
Ordinance.  
 
5) 
The required off-street parking facilities indicating the 
number of parking spaces provided for each use within each 
individual development unit. 
 
6) 
The location of any proposed loading space or dock within 
any individual development unit.  
 
b. 
All construction and development within Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 shall be 
in accordance with the site plan, as may be revised from time to 
time as set forth in this paragraph 9.  
 
c. 
Prior to the completion of construction of the hospital structure, the 
owner of Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 shall submit to the city a revised site 
plan showing the hospital structure and any changes to the square 
footage of buildings. Changes to the square footage shall be limited 
to a reallocation of the total square footage of all buildings to 
different development units within Parcel 3.CP/BP.2, or within an 
existing individual development unit, but the total square footage of 
buildings in Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 as shown on the original site plan 
shall not be changed. Following the submittal of the revised site 
plan, the owner of Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 shall be permitted to 
commence and complete construction of another building or 
buildings or structure or structures in any one of the individual 
development units pursuant to the current regulations, so long as 
the commencement of construction of said building(s) or 
structure(s) shall occur not later than 7 years from the submittal of 
the revised site plan.  
 
Prior to the completion of the second building or structure, and 
each building or structure thereafter, the owner of Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 
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completed and any changes to the allocation of the total square 
footage of buildings between different development units within 
Parcel 3.CP/BP.2, or within an existing individual development unit. 
Following the submittal of each revised site plan, the owner of 
Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 shall be permitted to commence and complete 
construction of the next building or structure, and each building or 
structure thereafter, under the current regulations, so long as the 
commencement of said construction occurs not later than 7 years 
after the submittal of each revised site plan. Construction of each 
building or structure within Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 shall follow this 
procedure.  
 
d. 
Whenever the owner of Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 submits a site plan to the 
city in accordance with this paragraph 9, the owner of Parcel 
3.CP/BP.2 shall provide a copy of the submitted site plan to the 
Master Developer.  
 
e. 
If the owner of Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 fails to comply with the provisions 
of subparagraphs 9.a, 9.b and 9.c above, then future development 
of Parcel 3.CP/BP.2 shall be governed by the regulations relating to 
permitted and accessory uses, height of buildings, lot coverage 
limitations, floor area ratios, and off-street parking and loading 
standards then in effect. 
 
 
II. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT PARCEL 
3.CP/BP.2: 
 
1.  
STREET STANDARDS: 
 
 
 
A. 
MAYO BOULEVARD CROSS SECTION: THE 24-FOOT-WIDE 
LANDSCAPE MEDIAN ALONG MAYO BOULEVARD MAY BE 
REDUCED TO ALLOW FOR WIDENED AND BUFFERED BIKE 
LANES, AS APPROVED BY THE STREET TRANSPORTATION 
DEPARTMENT. LANDSCAPE MEDIANS SHALL BE PLANTED 
TO THE STREETSCAPE 
LANDSCAPE 
STANARDS 
PER 
SECTION 3.CP/BP.2.II.2 OF THIS CHAPTER AND MAINTAINED 
WITH A WATERING SYSTEM, AS APPROVED BY THE 
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
B. 
SIDEWALK 
EASEMENTS 
AND 
SHARED-USE 
PATH 
EASEMENTS: SIDEWALK EASEMENTS AND SHARED-USE 
PATH 
EASEMENTS 
SHALL 
BE 
DEDICATED 
WHERE 
NECESSARY TO PERMIT DETACHED SIDEWALKS AND 
SHARED-USE PATHS, AS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

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C. 
MAYO BOULEVARD (SOUTH SIDE): A MINIMUM 8-FOOT-WIDE 
DETACHED SIDEWALK SEPARATED BY A MINIMUM 10-FOOT-
WIDE LANDSCAPE STRIP LOCATED BETWEEN THE BACK OF 
CURB AND SIDEWALK SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE 
SOUTH SIDE OF MAYO BOULEVARD, EXCEPT WHERE THERE 
ARE EXISTING SIDEWALKS, PLANTED TO THE STREETSCAPE 
LANDSCAPE STANDARDS PER SECTION 3.CP/BP.2.II.2 OF 
THIS CHAPTER AND MAINTAINED WITH A WATERING 
SYSTEM, 
AS 
APPROVED 
BY 
THE 
PLANNING 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
D. 
56TH STREET (SOUTH OF MAYO BOULEVARD): THE EXISTING 
LANDSCAPE STRIP ON THE EAST SIDE OF 56TH STREET 
ADJACENT TO THE DETACHED SIDEWALK SHALL BE 
REPLENISHED AND PLANTED TO THE STREETSCAPE 
LANDSCAPE STANDARDS PER SECTION 3.CP/BP.2.II.2 OF 
THIS CHAPTER AND MAINTAINED WITH A WATERING 
SYSTEM, 
AS 
APPROVED 
BY 
THE 
PLANNING 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
E. 
MULTI-USE TRAIL CONNECTING TO REACH 11: A 10-FOOT-
WIDE MULTI-USE TRAIL EASEMENT (MUTE) SHALL BE 
DEDICATED WITHIN THE EASTERN EDGE OF DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL 3.CP/BP.2, AND A MINIMUM 10-FOOT-WIDE MULTI-
USE TRAIL (MUT) SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE 
EASEMENT TO CONNECT SOUTH TO REACH 11 TRAILS IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAG SUPPLEMENTAL DETAIL AND 
AS APPROVED OR MODIFIED BY THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.  
 
F. 
LANDSCAPE STRIP REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION: IN  AREAS 
WHERE DRAINAGE CULVERTS, RIGHT TURN LANES AND BUS 
BAYS OCCUR AND LIMIT AVAILABLE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THE 
REQUIRED LANDSCAPE STRIPS OF THIS SECTION MAY BE 
REDUCED OR ELIMINATED BY THE STREET TRANSPORATION 
DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE SIDEWALKS AND SHARED USE 
PATHWAYS MAY BE PROVIDED IN SUCH AREAS WITHOUT 
SIGNIFICANT OFFSET. 
 
2.  
STREETSCAPE LANDSCAPE PLANTING STANDARDS: 
 
A. 
TREES FOR 10-FOOT-WIDE OR WIDER LANDSCAPE STRIPS: 
MINIMUM 3-INCH CALIPER, SINGLE-TRUNK, LARGE CANOPY, 
DROUGHT-TOLERANT, SHADE TREES PLANTED 20 FEET ON 
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B. 
TREES FOR 5-FOOT-WIDE, LESS THAN 10-FOOT-WIDE, 
LANDSCAPE STRIPS: MINIMUM 2-INCH CALIPER, SINGLE-
TRUNK, LARGE CANOPY, DROUGHT-TOLERANT, SHADE 
TREES PLANTED 20 FEET ON CENTER OR IN EQUIVALENT 
GROUPINGS. 
 
C. 
LIVE COVERAGE: DROUGHT-TOLERANT SHRUBS, ACCENTS 
AND VEGETATIVE GROUNDCOVERS MAINTAINED TO A 
MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 36 INCHES TO ACHIEVE A MINIMUM OF 
75% LIVE COVERAGE AT MATURITY. 
 
D. 
UTILITY CONFLICTS: WHERE UTILITY CONFLICTS EXIST, THE 
DEVELOPER SHALL WORK WITH THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN 
SOLUTION 
CONSISTENT 
WITH 
A 
PEDESTRIAN 
ENVIRONMENT. 
 
3.  
VEHICULAR PARKING: OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING 
REQUIREMENTS MAY BE MODIFIED BY THE PLANNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT 
WHEN 
SUPPORTED 
BY 
AN 
APPROPRIATELY DOCUMENTED STUDY. 
 
A. 
EV INSTALLED SPACES: A MINIMUM OF 2.5% OF THE 
REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, LOCATED WITHIN PARKING 
STRUCTURES, 
SHALL 
BE 
ELECTRIC 
VEHICLE 
(EV) 
INSTALLED SPACES, DEFINED AS A PARKING SPACE THAT 
INCLUDES ACCESS TO AN EV CHARGER, AS APPROVED BY 
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
B. 
EV CAPABLE SPACES: A MINIMUM OF 2.5% OF THE 
REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, LOCATED WITHIN PARKING 
STRUCTURES, SHALL BE EV CAPABLE SPACES, DEFINED AS 
A PARKING SPACE THAT INCLUDES ACCESS TO ELECTRICAL 
WIRING TO ALLOW FOR A FUTURE JUNCTION BOX AND 
APPROPRIATE VOLTAGE FOR AN OUTLET CAPABLE OF 
CHARGING A VEHICLE, AS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING 
AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
 
4. 
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE:  
 
A. 
BUFFERED AND WIDENED BIKE LANES: EXISTING BIKE 
LANES SHOULD BE WIDENED AND SHALL BE BUFFERED ON 
BOTH SIDES OF MAYO BOULEVARD, AS APPROVED BY THE 
STREET 
TRANSPORTATION 
DEPARTMENT 
AND 
THE 
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

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B. 
ON-SITE 
BICYCLE 
CIRCULATION: 
BIKE 
LANES, 
BIKE 
BOULEVARDS, OR OTHER DESIGN STANDARDS TO MAXIMIZE 
BICYCLIST VISIBILITY, SAFETY AND BICYCLIST CIRCULATION 
ON SITE THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PARCEL SHALL 
BE 
PROVIDED 
AND 
INSTALLED 
PER 
THE 
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN 
DESIGN 
GUIDANCE 
ELEMENT, 
CHAPTER 
3 
(BICYCLE 
TOOLBOX), OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AS 
APPROVED 
OR 
MODIFIED 
BY 
THE 
PLANNING 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
 
C. 
BICYCLE PARKING: BICYCLE PARKING SHALL BE PROVIDED 
PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 1307.H.6 OF THE 
PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE, IN ADDITION TO THE 
FOLLOWING. NON-SECURED BICYCLE PARKING SHALL BE 
PROVIDED THROUGH INVERTED U AND ARTISTIC RACKS 
LOCATED NEAR ALL BUILDING ENTRANCES, OR AS 
OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BELOW, AND INSTALLED PER THE 
REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 1307.H OF THE PHOENIX 
ZONING ORDINANCE. 
 
1)  
MULTIFAMILY 
RESIDENTIAL 
SHALL 
PROVIDE 
SECURED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES AT A MINIMUM 
RATE OF 0.25 SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT AND 
GUEST BICYCLE PARKING SPACES AT A MINIMUM 
RATE OF 0.05 SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT. 
 
2) 
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES SHALL PROVIDE 
BICYCLE PARKING LOCATED IN COMMON OPEN 
SPACE AREAS AT A MINIMUM RATE OF 0.05 SPACES 
PER DWELLING UNIT. 
 
D. 
BICYCLE REPAIR STATIONS: BICYCLE REPAIR STATIONS 
(“FIX IT STATIONS”) SHALL BE PROVIDED, MAINTAINED AND 
EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL AND SHALL BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO 
SIDEWALKS, WALKWAYS, SHARED-USE PATHS AND MULTI-
USE TRAILS, SPACED A MINIMUM OF A QUARTER MILE 
APART. THE BICYCLE REPAIR STATIONS (“FIX IT 
STATIONS”) SHALL BE PROVIDED IN AN AREA OF HIGH 
VISIBILITY AND SEPARATED FROM VEHICULAR 
MANEUVERING AREAS, WHERE APPLICABLE. THE REPAIR 
STATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: 
 
1) 
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2) 
A TIRE GAUGE AND PUMP AFFIXED TO THE BASE OF 
THE STATION OR THE GROUND. 
 
3) 
A BICYCLE REPAIR STAND WHICH ALLOWS PEDALS 
AND WHEELS TO SPIN FREELY WHILE MAKING 
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BIKE. 
 
E. 
ELECTRIC BICYCLE CHARGING: A MINIMUM OF 10% OF THE 
REQUIRED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES SHALL INCLUDE 
STANDARD ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES, OR STANDARD 
ELECTRICAL OUTLETS FOR SECURED BICYCLE PARKING, 
FOR ELECTRIC BICYCLE CHARGING CAPABILITIES. 
 
5. 
SIGNAGE: THIS DEVELOPMENT PARCEL IS EXEMPTED FROM THE 
DESERT RIDGE COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN IF A SEPARATE 
COMPREHNESIVE SIGN PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PARCEL IS 
APPROVED.  
 
6. 
ADDITIONAL STIPULATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT: 
 
 
A. 
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. 
 
B. 
THIS PARCEL IS IN A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA) 
CALLED ZONE AO, ON PANEL 1315 L OF THE FLOOD 
INSURANCE RATE MAPS (FIRM) DATED JANUARY 4, 2021. THE 
FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS SHALL APPLY, AS APPROVED 
BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT: 
 
1) 
THE ARCHITECT/ENGINEER IS REQUIRED TO SHOW 
THE 
FLOODPLAIN 
BOUNDARY 
LIMITS 
ON 
THE 
GRADING AND DRAINAGE PLAN AND ENSURE THAT 
IMPACTS TO THE PROPOSED FACILITIES HAVE BEEN 
CONSIDERED, FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL FLOOD 
INSURANCE PROGRAM (NFIP) REGULATIONS (44 CFR 
PARAGRAPH 60.3). THIS INCLUDES, BUT NOT LIMITED 
TO PROVISIONS IN THE LATEST VERSIONS OF THE 
FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE OF THE PHOENIX CITY 
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2) 
A COPY OF THE GRADING AND DRAINAGE PLAN SHALL 
BE SUBMITTED TO THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT 
SECTION 
OF 
THE 
STREET 
TRANSPORTATION 
DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF 
FLOODPLAIN REQUIREMENTS. 
 
3) 
THE DEVELOPER SHALL PROVIDE AN ELEVATION 
CERTIFICATE (FEMA FORM 086-0-33) BASED ON 
CONSTRUCTION 
PLANS 
TO 
FLOODPLAIN 
MANAGEMENT FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO ISSUANCE 
OF GRADING AND DRAINAGE PERMITS. 
 
4) 
THE DEVELOPER SHALL PROVIDE AN ELEVATION 
CERTIFICATE (FEMA FORM 086-0-33) BASED ON 
BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND A MINIMUM 
95% COMPACTION TEST RESULTS FOR THE BUILDING 
PADS TO FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT FOR APPROVAL 
PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS. 
 
5) 
THE 
DEVELOPER 
SHALL 
PROVIDE 
ELEVATION 
CERTIFICATE (FEMA FORM 086-0-33) BASED ON 
FINISHED 
CONSTRUCTION 
TO 
FLOODPLAIN 
MANAGEMENT FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO ISSUANCE 
OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
 
C. 
THE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL RECORD DOCUMENTS THAT 
DISCLOSE 
THE 
EXISTENCE 
AND 
OPERATIONAL 
CHARACTERISTICS 
OF 
THE 
SCOTTSDALE 
MUNICIPAL 
AIRPORT (SDL) 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. 
 
D. 
THE 
DEVELOPER 
SHALL 
PROVIDE 
A 
NO 
HAZARD 
DETERMINATION FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT 
EXCEEDS 70 FEET IN HEIGHT 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. 
 
E. 
IF 
DETERMINED 
NECESSARY 
BY 
THE 
PHOENIX 
ARCHAEOLOGY OFFICE, THE APPLICANT SHALL CONDUCT 
PHASE I DATA TESTING AND SUBMIT AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL 
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AND APPROVAL BY THE CITY ARCHAEOLOGIST PRIOR TO 
CLEARING AND GRUBBING, LANDSCAPE SALVAGE, AND/OR 
GRADING APPROVAL. 
 
F. 
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. 
 
G. 
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. 
 
H. 
PRIOR TO PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN APPROVAL, 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. 
 
3.CP/BP.3 – Development Parcel 3.CP/BP.3 
 
SIZE: 23.88 ACRES  
USES PERMITTED: PERMITTED USES SHALL BE AS INDICATED IN 
SECTION 626, COMMERCE PARK DISTRICT (BUSINESS PARK OPTION), OF 
THE CITY OF PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE, AS MODIFIED BELOW. 
 
APPLICABLE ZONING: CP/BP AS PER SECTION 626 OF THE CITY OF 
PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE AS MODIFIED BELOW AND PER SECTION 
C.4.D OF THIS CHAPTER. THIS ZONING WAS APPLIED UPON CITY COUNCIL 
APPROVAL OF THE 1995 MAJOR AMENDMENT TO THE DESERT RIDGE 
SPECIFIC PLAN RELATING TO THIS SUPERBLOCK.  
 
I. SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:  
 
1. 
COMMERCE PARK USES ARE ALLOWED SUBJECT TO THE 
STANDARDS DESCRIBED IN SECTION C.4.D OF THIS CHAPTER.  
 
2. 
ADDITIONAL PERMITTED USES/DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS: THE

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FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE PERMITTED 
USES INCLUDED IN SECTION 626, COMMERCE PARK DISTRICT 
(BUSINESS PARK OPTION), OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX ZONING 
ORDINANCE 
WHICH 
SHALL 
APPLY 
EXCLUSIVELY 
TO 
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL 3.CP/BP.3: 
 
A. 
MANUFACTURING 
RELATED 
TO 
MEDICAL, 
PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOTECHNICAL PRODUCTS OR 
EQUIPMENT. 
MANUFACTURING 
SHALL 
INCLUDE 
THE 
FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY OF FINISHED PRODUCTS OR 
SUB-ASSEMBLIES, SO LONG AS THE PRIMARY USE OF THE 
PROPERTY 
IS 
NOT 
THE 
BASIC 
PROCESSING 
AND 
COMPOUNDING OF RAW MATERIALS OR FOOD PRODUCTS. 
 
B. 
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL.  
 
C. 
RETAIL USES. THE MAXIMUM GROSS LEASABLE AREA FOR 
ANY ONE TENANT/USER SHALL BE 5,000 SQUARE FEET. THE 
MAXIMUM AGGREGATE GROSS LEASABLE AREA OF RETAIL 
USES SHALL BE 50,000 SQUARE FEET. 
 
3. 
BUILDING SETBACKS: MINIMUM 100 FEET AND AN AVERAGE OF 125 
FEET FROM 56TH STREET, 64TH STREET AND MAYO BOULEVARD. 
MINIMUM 50 FEET FROM ALL OTHER STREETS. MINIMUM 30 FEET 
FROM ALL OTHER LOT LINES.  
 
4. 
FLOOR AREA RATIO: 0.20 OVERALL LIMIT FOR DEVELOPMENT 
PARCEL; INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS MAY BE UP TO 0.25.  
 
5. 
DENSITY: MINIMUM 17.0 DWELLING UNITS PER GROSS ACRE. 
 
SUPERBLOCK 3 – OVERALL DESIGN GUIDELINES 
 
THE FOLLOWING DESIGN GUIDELINES FROM SECTION 507 TAB A OF THE 
PHOENIX 
ZONING 
ORDINANCE 
SHALL 
BE 
ELEVATED 
FROM 
CONSIDERATIONS (C) AND PRESUMPTIONS (P) TO REQUIREMENTS (R):  
 
A. SITE DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT. 
 
1. DESERT PRESERVATION. 
 
(1.1) DEVELOPMENT SHALL MINIMIZE THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING 
HEALTHY SONORAN DESERT VEGETATION (TREES OVER 4" 
CALIPER IN DIAMETER) AND CACTI OVER 3' IN ACCORDANCE WITH 
CITY NATIVE PLANT PRESERVATION STANDARDS (TABLE 1). IF 
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SALVAGED AND UTILIZED ON SITE. (R) 
 
PROTECTED NATIVE PLANTS SHALL MEAN CACTI, WHICH ARE 
THREE (3) FEET, OR GREATER IN HEIGHT AND TREES WHICH ARE 
FOUR (4) INCHES OR GREATER IN CALIPER OF THE FOLLOWING 
SPECIES: 
 
TABLE 1. PROTECTED NATIVE PLANT PRESERVATION STANDARDS 
 
TREES: 
BOTANICAL NAME 
COMMON NAME 
ACACIA CONSTRICTA 
WHITETHORN ACACIA 
ACACIA GREGGII 
CATCLAW ACACIA 
BERBERIS HAEMATOCARPA 
RED BARBERY 
CANOTIA HOLOCANTHA 
CRUCIFIXION THORN 
CELTIS PALLIDA 
HACKBERRY 
CERCIDIUM FLORIDUM 
BLUE PALO VERDE 
CERCIDIUM MICROPHYLLUM 
FOOTHILL PALO VERDE 
CHILOPSIS LINERARIS 
DESERT WILLOW 
JUNIPERUS SPECIES 
JUNIPER 
OLNEYA TESOTA 
IRONWOOD 
POPULUS FREMONTII 
COTTONWOOD 
PROSOPIS SPECIES 
MESQUITE 
QUERCUS SPECIES 
SCRIB OAK 
RHUS OVATA 
SUGAR SUMAC 
VAUQUELINEA CALIFORNICA ARIZONA ROSEWOOD 
CACTI: 
BOTANICAL NAME 
COMMON NAME 
CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA 
SAGUARO 
FEROCACTUS SPECIES 
BARREL 
FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS 
OCOTILLO 
PENICEREUS GREGGII 
NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS 
 
2. GRADING/DRAINAGE. 
 
 
(2.2) SURFACE, SITE DRAINAGE AND RETENTION SHALL BE 
DESIGNED TO AVOID HARD LINED CHANNELS. (R) 
 
 
(2.3) SURFACE SITE DRAINAGE AND RETENTION SHOULD BE 
INTEGRATED WITH THE OVERALL LANDSCAPE DESIGN. (R)  
 
(2.5) REQUIRED LANDSCAPE SETBACKS ADJACENT TO PERIMETER 
STREETS MAY UTILIZE THE REQUIRED SETBACK FOR RETENTION

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PROVIDED: 
 
- A MAXIMUM 50% OF THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE SETBACK IS 
DEVOTED TO RETENTION. 
 
- THE MAXIMUM DEPTH OF RETENTION WITHIN 20 FEET OF RIGHT-
OF-WAY IS 24-INCHES. 
 
- SIDE SLOPES ARE A MAXIMUM 4:1 (R) 
 
3. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.  
 
 
 
(3.1) PLANT MATERIALS. 
 
3.1.1 DEVELOPMENT SHOULD MINIMIZE THE REMOVAL OF 
EXISTING, NON-NATIVE HEALTHY PLANTS (TREES 4" CALIPER IN 
DIAMETER) OR GREATER) AND CACTI (6' HIGH OR GREATER). IF 
REMOVAL IS NECESSARY, MATURE TREES SHOULD BE SALVAGED 
AND UTILIZED ON SITE. (R) 
 
3.1.3 LOW WATER USE PLANTS THAT REFLECT AND ENHANCE THE 
IMAGE OF THE SONORAN DESERT SHALL BE USED. (R) 
 
3.1.5 ANY PROPOSED LANDSCAPE TREATMENT SHALL BE 
COMPATIBLE 
WITH 
AND 
RELATE 
TO 
ANY 
ESTABLISHED 
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER IN THE SURROUNDING CONTEXT AREA. 
(R)  
 
3.1.9 COORDINATE SITE UTILITY ELEMENTS SUCH AS OVERHEAD 
POWER LINES, TRANSFORMERS, METER BOXES, BACKFLOW 
PREVENTERS, AND FIRE PROTECTION DEVICES, WITH LANDSCAPE 
DESIGN TO EFFECTIVELY DIMINISH THE IMPACT OF SUCH 
ELEMENTS ON THE SITE CHARACTER. (R)  
 
3.1.10 TREES SHALL BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO PUBLIC AND 
PRIVATE WALKWAYS, AND MULTI-USE TRAILS AND PATHS, TO 
PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 50 PERCENT SHADE AND A MINIMUM 
CANOPY CLEARANCE OF SIX FEET EIGHT INCHES. (R) 
 
3.1.11 
PEDESTRIAN 
SAFETY 
AND 
COMFORT 
SHALL 
BE 
CONSIDERED WHEN SELECTING TREES AND PLANT MATERIAL. (R)  
 
3.1.13 NO MORE THAN 50% OF THE LANDSCAPED AREA AT 
MATURITY OR 10% OF THE NET LOT AREA, WHICHEVER IS LESS, 
SHALL BE PLANTED IN TURF OR HIGH-WATER USE PLANTS. 
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MULTIPLE-FAMILY AND 
SINGLE-FAMILY COMMON 
AREAS, 
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-FAMILY LOT, AND GOLF COURSES ARE 
EXEMPT. (R) 
 
3.1.14 A MINIMUM 50% OF THE LANDSCAPED AREA AT MATURITY 
(EXCLUDING HARDSCAPE AREAS) SHALL BE TREATED WITH 
LIVING VEGETATION INCLUDING GROUNDCOVER, SHRUBS AND 
TREES, AS WELL AS INORGANIC MATERIAL AND AN AUTOMATIC 
IRRIGATION SYSTEM. (R) 
 
3.1.15 IF ALLOWED BY SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING 
ORDINANCE, THE PLACEMENT OF RECYCLING CONTAINERS IN A 
REQUIRED LANDSCAPE SETBACK OR REQUIRED LANDSCAPED 
ISLAND SHALL NOT RESULT IN THE ELIMINATION OF ANY 
REQUIRED TREES. (R) 
 
 
(3.2) MAINTENANCE OF LANDSCAPE AREAS. 
 
3.2.1 NATIVE SONORAN DESERT VEGETATION SHALL NOT BE 
PRUNED OR REMOVED FROM AREAS IDENTIFIED ON APPROVED 
PLANS AS PERMANENT UNDISTURBED OPEN SPACE UNLESS 
DEMONSTRATED TO THE CITY THAT A HEALTH, SAFETY OR 
WELFARE ISSUE EXISTS. THIS INCLUDES REMOVAL OF DEAD 
TREES OR CACTI. (R) 
 
3.2.3 A PERMANENT AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM SHALL BE 
INSTALLED TO WATER ALL TREES, CACTI, AND PLANTS INSTALLED 
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLANS OR 
OTHER 
DEVELOPMENT 
REVIEW 
DOCUMENTS 
TO 
MINIMIZE 
MAINTENANCE AND WATER CONSUMPTION, AND TO MAXIMIZE 
PLANT 
HEALTH, 
SURVIVABILITY, 
AND 
VIABILITY, 
UNLESS 
OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT. (R) 
 
 
(3.4) ART/WATER ELEMENTS. 
 
3.4.1 WATER FEATURES, INCLUDING FOUNTAINS, SHALL BE SITED 
TO 
ALLOW 
SIGNIFICANT 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
ENHANCEMENT 
PRIMARILY TO ON-SITE AND INCIDENTALLY TO OFF-SITE USERS 
AND TO MINIMIZE WATER CONSUMPTION. (R)  
 
3.4.2 IF THERE IS PUBLIC ART, IT SHALL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE 
OVERALL DESIGN OF A PROJECT. (R)  
 
4. OPEN SPACE/AMENITIES.

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(4.1) IMPROVED OPEN SPACES, PLAZAS AND COURTYARDS SHALL 
BE SHADED A MINIMUM 50 PERCENT AND FUNCTIONAL IN TERMS 
OF AREA, DIMENSIONS, LOCATION AND AMENITIES TO PROMOTE 
SAFE HUMAN INTERACTION. (R)  
 
(4.2) USABLE PUBLIC SPACE SHALL INCORPORATE A MINIMUM OF 
50 PERCENT SHADING THROUGH THE USE OF TREES OR 
STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE SHADING, OR A COMBINATION OF 
THE TWO UNLESS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY SITE VISIBILITY 
TRIANGLES OR OTHER TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS. (R) 
 
6. PARKING/CIRCULATION. 
 
 
(6.1) SURFACE PARKING DESIGN. 
 
6.1.3 PARKING AREAS SHALL BE BUFFERED FROM ADJACENT 
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND SCREENED FROM STREETS SO 
THAT CARS ARE NOT VISIBLE BELOW THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF 
THE HEADLIGHTS. (R) 
 
6.1.7 SURFACE PARKING DESIGN SHALL UTILIZE SHARED ACCESS 
DRIVES WITH ADJACENT, SIMILARLY ZONED PROPERTIES. (R) 
 
6.1.9 
EXCESSIVE 
ASPHALT/HARDSCAPE 
NOT 
NEEDED 
FOR 
ADEQUATE VEHICULAR MANEUVERING OR PARKING, STAGING OR 
MATERIAL STORAGE SHALL BE MINIMIZED. (R)  
 
(6.2) PARKING STRUCTURE DESIGN. 
 
6.2.3 THE PARKING STRUCTURE EXTERIOR SHALL BE FINISHED 
WITH ARCHITECTURAL EMBELLISHMENTS AND DETAILING THAT 
WILL CREATE VISUAL INTEREST FOR ADJOINING PROPERTIES. (R)  
 
6.2.4 LIGHTING WITHIN THE PARKING STRUCTURE SHALL PROVIDE 
SAFETY AND SECURITY AND BE INTEGRATED INTO THE 
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER BOTH IN TERMS OF ILLUMINATION 
AND FIXTURES. (R)  
 
6.2.7 APPROPRIATE VISIBILITY TRIANGLES AND PEDESTRIAN 
CROSSING AT EXITS AND ENTRANCES SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ALL 
PARKING STRUCTURES. (R) 
 
6.2.10 THERE SHALL BE A CONVENIENT, CLEAR, SAFE AND 
EFFICIENT INTERNAL CIRCULATION SYSTEM WITHIN THE PARKING 
STRUCTURE FOR BOTH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC 
INCLUDING 
APPROPRIATE 
SIGNAGE 
AND 
PLACEMENT 
OF

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PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION CORES (ELEVATORS AND STAIRS). (R)  
 
 
(6.3) ACCESS/CIRCULATION. 
 
6.3.2 THE SITE PLAN SHALL CLEARLY EXPRESS THE SEPARATION 
BETWEEN PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. (R)  
 
7. WALLS/FENCING. 
 
(7.1) WALLS ADJACENT TO ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS 
SHALL 
HAVE 
A 
FINISHED 
APPEARANCE. 
UNTEXTURED, 
UNFINISHED BLOCK AND REINFORCED, MORTAR-FREE CONCRETE 
WALLS SHALL BE AVOIDED. (R)  
 
(7.2) WALL LENGTHS EXCEEDING 50 FEET ADJACENT TO 
ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS SHALL BE ARTICULATED OR 
CONTAIN 
SUBSTANTIAL 
LANDSCAPING 
TO 
BREAK 
THE 
CONTINUOUS WALL SURFACE AND CREATE VARYING SHADING 
PATTERNS. (R)  
 
8. SITE LIGHTING. 
 
(8.1) ALL ON-SITE LIGHTING SHALL BE SHIELDED TO PREVENT 
DIRECT VISIBILITY OF THE LIGHT SOURCE FROM ADJACENT 
PROPERTY. (R) 
 
(8.2) LIGHTING SHALL BE SHIELDED WITH CUT-OFF FIXTURES AND 
DEFLECTORS TO DIRECT LIGHT DOWNWARD AND LIMIT ON-SITE 
LIGHTING LEVELS TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE (1) FOOT CANDLE AT 
THE PROPERTY LINE. (R) 
 
(8.5) SERVICE AREAS AND OTHER SCREENED AREAS SHALL HAVE 
PROPER SECURITY LIGHTING. (R)  
 
(8.6) LIGHTING FIXTURES AND ILLUMINATION SHALL BE OF 
SIMILAR DESIGN AND CHARACTER AS THE PROJECT’S BUILDING 
COMPONENTS. (R)  
 
(8.7) SITE LIGHTING SHALL BE PROVIDED TO ENSURE PERSONAL 
SAFETY 
AT 
BUILDING 
ENTRANCE/EXITS, 
AND 
IN 
PUBLIC 
ASSEMBLY AND PARKING AREAS. (R)  
 
(8.8) RECOMMENDED LIGHTING LEVELS AND UNIFORMITY RATIOS 
ESTABLISHED BY THE ILLUMINATION ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF 
NORTH AMERICA (IESNA), AS MAY BE MODIFIED BY THE CITY OF 
PHOENIX, SHALL BE INCORPORATED IN LIGHTING DESIGN FOR ON-

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SITE NON-RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. (R)  
 
B. BUILDING DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION. 
 
1.  PLACEMENT/ORIENTATION. 
 
 
(1.2) THE PROPOSED BUILDING ORIENTATION SHALL RESPECT 
THE 
ORIENTATION 
OF 
SURROUNDING 
BUILDINGS 
AND 
SURROUNDING STREETS BY MAINTAINING CONTINUITY OF 
PEDESTRIAN ROUTES AND PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 
PEDESTRIAN INTERACTION AT THE STREET LEVEL. (R)  
 
(1.4) THE PROPOSED BUILDING ORIENTATION SHALL RESPECT 
CLIMATIC 
CONDITIONS 
BY 
MINIMIZING 
HEAT 
GAIN 
AND 
CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF SHADE ON ADJACENT LAND USES 
AND AREAS. (R)  
 
(1.5) NATURAL SURVEILLANCE SHALL BE MAXIMIZED IN PROJECT 
DESIGN TO ENCOURAGE EASY OBSERVATION OF PEOPLE AND 
PROPERTY NEAR ENTRYWAYS, PATHWAYS, PUBLIC SPACES AND 
PARKING LOTS. (R)  
 
(1.6) PROJECTS OR PORTIONS OF PROJECTS IN PUBLIC VIEW 
(ADJACENT TO STREETS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS) SHALL 
DEMONSTRATE A GREATER LEVEL OF DESIGN SENSITIVITY AND 
DETAIL TO VISUAL IMAGE THAN OTHER DEVELOPMENT. (R)  
 
2. HEIGHT, BULK, AND AREA. 
 
(2.2) PARAPET WALLS SHALL NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE 
BUILDING HEIGHT MORE THAN FIVE FEET (5') FOR A BUILDING 
THAT IS TWENTY FEET (20') OR LESS IN HEIGHT OR SEVEN FEET (7') 
FOR A BUILDING ABOVE TWENTY FEET IN HEIGHT UNLESS 
GREATER 
HEIGHT 
IS 
NEEDED 
TO 
SCREEN 
MECHANICAL 
EQUIPMENT. (R) 
 
3. ARCHITECTURE. 
 
(3.1) ARCHITECTURE AND APPLIED TREATMENTS THAT EXPRESS 
CORPORATE IDENTITY SHALL BE TEMPERED TO PROVIDE UNIQUE 
STRUCTURES THAT COMPLIMENT AND BLEND WITH THEIR 
IMMEDIATE CONTEXT. (R)  
 
 
(3.2) PARKING SHADE AND CANOPY STRUCTURES SHALL BE 
COMPLIMENTARY TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PRIMARY 
BUILDINGS AND HAVE MINIMAL VISUAL IMPACT TO THE PUBLIC

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STREETSCAPE AND ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS. (R)  
 
4. ARTICULATION. 
 
(4.1) BUILDING FACADES VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC STREETS AND 
ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT EXCEED 100-FEET 
SHALL 
CONTAIN 
ARCHITECTURAL 
EMBELLISHMENTS 
AND 
DETAILING SUCH AS TEXTURAL CHANGES, PILASTERS, OFFSETS, 
RECESSES, WINDOW FENESTRATION, SHADOW BOXES AND 
OVERHEAD/CANOPIES. (R)  
 
(4.2) THE BUILDING FACADE SHALL BE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A 
SENSE OF HUMAN SCALE AT GROUND LEVEL BY PROVIDING A 
CLEAR ARCHITECTURAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN GROUND FLOOR 
LEVELS AND ALL ADDITIONAL LEVELS. (R)  
 
(4.3) BUILDING 
ENTRANCES 
SHALL 
BE 
IDENTIFIABLE 
AND 
DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE FROM A PUBLIC SIDEWALK. (R)  
 
5. COLORS/MATERIALS. 
 
(5.1) ALL SIDES OF A STRUCTURE SHALL EXHIBIT DESIGN 
CONTINUITY 
AND 
CONTAIN 
MULTIPLE 
EXTERIOR 
ACCENT 
MATERIALS THAT EXHIBIT QUALITY AND DURABILITY. EXAMPLES 
INCLUDE MATERIALS SUCH AS BRICK, STONE, COLORED 
TEXTURED CONCRETE OR STUCCO. ROOF MATERIALS MAY 
INCLUDE TREATED METAL, CONCRETE, AND CLAY TILES, 
DECORATIVE WOOD, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS. (R)  
 
(5.2) MULTIPLE BUILDINGS ON THE SAME SITE SHALL BORROW 
AND INCORPORATE (NOT DUPLICATE) ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, 
MATERIALS, FORMS, FEATURES, COLORS AND COMPATIBLE 
ELEMENTS FROM THE SAME SITE. THESE SHALL INCLUDE: 
CONTINUATION OF DISTINCTIVE ROOFLINES, COVERED WALKWAY 
ALIGNMENTS, CONSISTENT DETAILING OF FINISH, ACCENT 
FEATURES ON ALL VISIBLE SIDES OF STRUCTURES, COMPATIBLE 
SHAPES, MATERIAL, WALL AND LANDSCAPING TREATMENT. (R)  
 
(5.3) THE EXTENSIVE USE OF THE FOLLOWING ARCHITECTURAL 
TREATMENTS AND DETAILS ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND 
SHALL BE LIMITED IN THEIR PROPOSED APPLICATION: 
 
- COLORED PLASTIC OR FIBERGLASS 
 
- SHINY METAL DETAILS OR REFLECTIVE MATERIALS

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- UNTEXTURED CONCRETE, UNFINISHED BLOCK, STEEL PANELS, 
OR ASPHALT SHINGLES AS A PREDOMINANT EXTERIOR MATERIAL. 
(R)  
 
(5.4) CORPORATE COLORS, ASSOCIATED GRAPHICS, AND HIGHLY 
CONTRASTING BANDS OF VIBRANT COLORS ON BUILDINGS AND 
ON ACCESSORY STRUCTURES (EXCLUDING SIGNAGE) SHALL BE 
USED AS AN ACCENT FEATURE WITH RESTRAINT AS A MINOR 
ELEMENT OF THE BUILDING’S EXTERIOR. (R)  
 
(5.5) PRE-ENGINEERED METAL BUILDINGS VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC 
STREETS OR RESIDENTIAL AREAS SHALL HAVE AT LEAST 30% OF 
EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS COMPOSED OF ALTERNATIVE BUILDING 
MATERIALS SUCH AS GLASS, BRICK, MASONRY, STONE AND 
STUCCO. (R)  
 
6. PUBLIC AMENITIES/ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. 
 
(6.1) PUBLIC 
AND 
PRIVATE 
PEDESTRIAN 
WALKWAYS 
AND 
GATHERING AREAS SHALL BE SHADED (MINIMUM 50 PERCENT AT 
MATURITY) FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF 
PEDESTRIANS AND TO ENCOURAGE USE. (R) 
 
(6.2) OVERHANGS AND CANOPIES SHALL BE INTEGRATED IN THE 
BUILDING DESIGN ALONG ALL PEDESTRIAN THOROUGHFARES. 
FOR PLANNED COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTERS WITH EXTERIOR 
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION, CONTINUOUS SHADE PROTECTED 
WALKWAYS SHALL BE PROVIDED. (R)  
 
(6.3) THERE SHALL BE CONVENIENT ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN 
WALKWAYS BETWEEN BUS STOP/SHELTER AND THE BUILDING 
ENTRY AND/OR ACTIVITY AREA(S). (R)  
 
7. SCREENING. 
 
(7.1) SERVICE AREAS SHALL BE LOCATED AWAY FROM PUBLIC 
VIEW. (R)  
 
(7.3) ALL SCREENING SHALL BE ARCHITECTURALLY COMPATIBLE 
WITH THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. (R)  
 
(7.5) ALL NEW OR RELOCATED ELECTRIC LINES 12 KV AND 
SMALLER, COMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE TELEVISION AND ALL 
ON PREMISE WIRING SHALL BE PLACED UNDERGROUND IN ALL 
DEVELOPMENTS WHERE VISIBLE FROM STREETS OR ADJOINING 
PROPERTIES. (R)

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ADDITIONAL DESIGN GUIDELINES. 
 
THE FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL DESIGN GUIDELINES APPLICABLE TO 
ALL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN SUPERBLOCK 3, USING THE SAME 
IMPLEMENTATION STANDARDS PER SECTION 507.C OF THE PHOENIX 
ZONING ORDINANCE: 
 
1. 
A MAXIMUM OF 60% OF EXTERIOR BUILDING FACADES SHALL BE 
FINISHED WITH STUCCO MATERIAL. (R)  
 
2. 
LIGHTING SHALL BE PROVIDED ADJACENT TO ALL PUBLIC AND 
PRIVATE SIDEWALKS, SHARED-USE PATHS, AND PEDESTRIAN 
WALKWAYS PER SECTION 1304.H.5 OF THE PHOENIX ZONING 
ORDINANCE. (R)  
 
3.  
LIGHTING SHOULD BE PROVIDED ADJACENT TO ALL MULTI-USE 
TRAILS PER SECTION 1304.H.5 OF THE PHOENIX ZONING 
ORDINANCE. (P) 
 
4. 
WHERE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS CROSS A VEHICULAR PATH, THE 
PATHWAY SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF DECORATIVE PAVERS, 
STAMPED OR COLORED CONCRETE, OR OTHER PAVEMENT 
TREATMENTS, THAT VISUALLY CONTRASTS PARKING AND DRIVE 
AISLE SURFACES. (R)  
 
5. 
PRIMARY ENTRY/EXIT DRIVES SHALL INCORPORATE DECORATIVE 
PAVERS, STAMPED OR COLORED CONCRETE, OR SIMILAR 
ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL. (R)  
 
6. 
PRIMARY ENTRY/EXIT DRIVES SHALL INCORPORATE ENHANCED 
LANDSCAPING ON BOTH SIDES WITHIN MINIMUM 250-SQUARE-
FOOT LANDSCAPE AREAS AND SHALL INCORPORATE A MINIMUM 
5-FOOT-WIDE LANDSCAPE MEDIAN, PLANTED WITH A VARIETY OF 
AT LEAST THREE PLANT MATERIALS, AND MINIMUM 2-INCH 
CALIPER SINGLE-TRUNK LARGE CANOPY DROUGHT-TOLERANT 
SHADE TREES PLANTED 20 FEET ON CENTER OR IN EQUIVALENT 
GROUPINGS WITH THE LANDSCAPE MEDIAN. (R) 
 
7. 
TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL SITE 
ENTRIES AND EXITS TO SLOW DOWN VEHICULAR SPEEDS AS THEY 
APPROACH SIDEWALKS. (R)  
 
8. 
INTERIOR WALLS AND PRIVACY FENCING SHALL USE MATERIALS 
AND COLORS THAT BLEND WITH THE NATURAL DESERT 
ENVIRONMENT. (R)

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9. 
A COMBINATION OF VIEW WALLS/FENCING AND PARTIAL VIEW 
WALLS/FENCING SHALL BE INCORPORATED ALONG PROPERTY 
LINES ADJACENT TO DEDICATED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE OPEN 
SPACE AREAS, NATURAL AND/OR IMPROVED DRAINAGEWAYS OR 
RECREATIONAL AREAS. (R)  
  
10. 
DRAINAGE CHANNELS SHALL BE DESIGNED TO LOOK NATURAL IN 
THE 
DESERT 
SETTING 
THROUGH 
COLOR, 
TEXTURE, 
LANDSCAPING, OR OTHER MEANS. (R)  
 
11. 
ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS SHALL BE DESIGNED AND 
CONSTRUCTED AT ALL PUBLIC STREET CROSSING LOCATIONS TO 
INTERCONNECT THE PEDESTRIAN TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE 
ENTIRETY OF THE SITE. (R)  
 
12. 
WASTE STATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE A COMPOST RECEPTACLE 
WHENEVER POSSIBLE, WITH INFORMATIONAL SIGNS INDICATING 
WHAT TYPE OF WASTE SHOULD GO IN WHICH RECEPTACLE. (P) 
 
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Amend Appendices A.2 (Plant Lists), Page A-2 as follows: 
 
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A.2 
Plant Lists 
 
The Staff Recommended Plant List was prepared by the City of Phoenix Planning 
Department staff with assistance from the staff botanist/horticulturalist in the Water 
Conservation and Resources Division of the Water and Wastewater Department. The 
list includes a combination of native and introduced plants that are suitable to the 
Sonoran Desert. Suitability includes drought tolerance and mature height similar to 
Sonoran Desert vegetation. These plants were also selected for their adaptability to the 
climatic conditions, lower winter nighttime temperatures and more frequent frosts in 
Area C.  
 
A Supplemental Plant List is included which identifies six specific development areas in 
the Desert Ridge project. In each of the six development areas, additional plant 
materials are listed that can be used to supplement the recommended plant list. 
Compliance with the Desert Ridge Plant List and the Supplemental Plant List will be 
enforced by the Desert Ridge Review Board. Tall palm trees (i.e., Date Palm, Fan Palm, 
Mexican Blue Palm) shall be located only in the Village Core, and resort areas;, 
SUPERBLOCK 3 DEVELOPMENT PARCELS, AND parcels 4RH and 5A. 
 
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Amend Appendices A.2 (Plant Lists. Supplemental Plant List), Page A-9 as 
follows: 
 
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SUPERBLOCK 3 
 
PALMS 
 
DATE PALMS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TREES 
 
HERITAGE LIVE OAK 
EVERGREEN ELM 
RED PUSH PISTACHE 
 
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