Draft Ordinance 26-02

ORDINANCE NO. 26-02 
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE 
TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, AMENDING THE 
FOUNTAIN HILLS ZONING ORDINANCE CHAPTER 27, 
DOWNTOWN OVERLAY DISTRICT TO AMEND THE ALLOWED 
DENSITY IN THE AVENUE AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS 
 
 
 
ENACTMENTS: 
 
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF 
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, as follows: 
 
SECTION 1. That Chapter 27, Downtown Overlay District, Sections 27.02 A and B of the 
Fountain Hills Zoning Ordinance is amended as provided in Exhibit A attached hereto. 
 
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Fountain Hills, Maricopa County, 
Arizona, this 17th day of February, 2026. 
 
 
 
 
FOR THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS: 
 
ATTESTED TO: 
 
 
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Gerry M. Friedel, Mayor 
 
 
 
Bevelyn Bender, Town Clerk 
 
 
REVIEWED BY: 
 
 
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
 
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Rachael Goodwin, Town Manager 
 
 
Jennifer J. Wright, Town Attorney

Exhibit A 
 
Section 27.02 
Permitted Uses 
Uses permitted in the Downtown Overlay District shall be: 
A.  The Avenue District.  
1.  Permitted uses: 
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d.  Multifamily residential up to thirty-five (35) units per acre above the ground floor. 
2.  Uses permitted by special use permit shall be residential above the ground floor at a 
density more than thirty-five (35) units per acre. 
B.  The Business District.  
1.  Those uses permitted in Zoning Ordinance Sections 12.02(A), (B), and (C). 
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b.  Multifamily residential up to thirty-five TWENTY-FIVE (3525) units per acre above 
the ground floor. 
2.  Uses permitted by special use permit shall be residential uses on the ground floor or at 
a density more than thirty-five TWENTY-FIVE (3525) units per acre. 
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