Summary Sheet- RFCA SUMMARY

CITY OF TEMPE
Meeting Date: 6/25/2026  
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
Agenda Item: 8C2
ACTION:  PUBLIC HEARING ITEM Hold the second and final public hearing to adopt an ordinance for 
a Zoning and Development Code Text Amendment for TOD PARKING UPDATE for changes to Part 5, 
Chapter 6 - Transportation Overlay District, consisting of reductions in the overlay parking requirements 
(PL260139). The applicant is the City of Tempe. The first public hearing was held on June 4, 2026. 
(Ordinance No. O2026.29)
FISCAL IMPACT:  There is no fiscal impact.
RECOMMENDATION:  Adopt Ordinance No. O2026.29.
 
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:  (PL260139) In 2020, Planning staff introduced an Urban Code 
District (UCD) to be added to the Zoning and Development Code (ZDC) which was to be applied to the 
1) downtown area, 2) the area between Rural Road to the west and Dorsey Street to the east and 
roughly between University Drive to the north and Mill Avenue to the south, and 3) those areas along 
Apache Boulevard from Rural Road to the west and the Price - 101 freeway to the east. There were to 
be seven zones within the UCD that ranged in density and included permitted land use, development 
standard and parking requirements. This included a consultant provided study of parking reductions for 
these areas. The UCD and the Urban Core Masterplan were withdrawn and did not ultimately move 
forward for City Council at that time.
At the Joint City Council/Development Review Commission meeting on May 13, 2024, Planning staff 
presented an analysis of the parking requirements of the City of Tempe compared with those of the City 
of Phoenix. The purpose of the analysis was to evaluate the adequacy of parking in Tempe’s downtown 
area and to provide recommendations for improving parking inadequacies.
In conducting its research, Tempe Planning staff determined that the parking requirements of Tempe’s 
Transportation Overlay District (TOD) were higher comparable to those of the City of Phoenix’s Walkable 
Urban Code. As a result, Tempe staff realized that it could bring its TOD parking requirements in line 
with those of the Phoenix Walkable Code and in line with more recent project entitlements. The request 
consists of the following:
ZOA260002 – Code Text Amendment for Part 5, Chapter 6, pertaining to parking standards.
ATTACHMENTS:    
1. O2026.XX ORDINANCE AMENDING TEMPE ZDC PART 5 OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS 
CHAPTER 6 TRANSP. OVERLAY DIST.DOCX
2. CC_STAFF REPORT_TOD ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENTS_06042026.DOCX
3. 
HOUSINGIMPACTSTATEMENT_CODE 
TEXT 
AMENDMENT 
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TOD 
CODE 
TEXT 
AMENDMENT.DOCX
STAFF CONTACT(S):  Michelle Dahlke, Planner, Principal, (480) 503-8359
Department Director:  Jeff Tamulevich, Community Development Director  
Legal review by:  Clarence Matherson, Jr., Deputy City Attorney
Prepared by:  Michelle Dahlke, Planner, Principal