Ordinance No. 4980

City of Chandler — Regular Meeting (2021-08-26)

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ORDINANCE NO.  4980 
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA, AMENDING 
THE ZONING CODE AND MAP ATTACHED THERETO, BY REZONING A 
PARCEL FROM AGRICULTURAL (AG-1) TO  PLANNED AREA 
DEVELOPMENT 
(PAD) 
FOR 
OFFICE, 
MANUFACTURING, 
AND 
ANCILLARY COMMERCIAL LAND USES, WITH A MID-RISE OVERLAY 
AS SHOWN IN CASE PLH20-0059 (PRICE & QUEEN CREEK CAMPUS) 
LOCATED AT NORTHEAST CORNER OF PRICE AND QUEEN CREEK 
ROADS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, 
ARIZONA; 
PROVIDING 
FOR 
THE 
REPEAL 
OF 
CONFLICTING 
ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES. 
 
WHEREAS, an application for rezoning certain property within the corporate limits of Chandler, 
Arizona, has been filed in accordance with Article XXVI of the Chandler Zoning Code; and 
 
WHEREAS, the application has been published in a local newspaper with general circulation in 
the City of Chandler, giving fifteen (15) days’ notice of time, place, and date of public hearing; 
and 
 
WHEREAS, a notice of such hearing was posted on the property at least seven (7) days prior to 
the public hearing; and 
 
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Planning and Zoning Commission as required by 
the Zoning Code. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, 
as follows: 
 
Section 1. 
Legal Description of Property:  
 
 
 
EXHIBIT ‘A’ 
 
Said property is hereby rezoned from Agricultural (AG-1) to Planned Area Development 
(PAD) for office, manufacturing, and ancillary commercial land uses, with a mid-rise 
overlay, subject to the following conditions: 
 
1. Primary land uses shall be limited to knowledge-intensive uses including but 
not limited to:  
 
a. Manufacturing, research and development, and/or office for high technology, 
biomedical, biotechnology, bioscience, pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology, 
telecommunications, aerospace, renewable and/or cogeneration energy, and 
other industries involved in emerging technologies except no use shall be

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permitted which is likely to be detrimental to the health and safety of the 
surrounding area or the general community;  
 
b. Higher education facilities such as universities and professional institutes of 
learning;  
 
c. Assembly of finished products or subassemblies, so long as the primary use of 
the property is technology related and not basic processing and compounding 
of raw materials or food products;  
 
d. Supporting advanced business services or office uses such as financial services, 
information technology, software design, professional design or engineering 
firms, accounting, or human resources; and 
 
e. Other uses determined by the Zoning Administrator to be similar to the 
aforementioned knowledge-intensive uses.  
 
2. Notwithstanding any provision of the Development Booklet or of any other 
conditions of the Rezoning, no data center use of any type, unless ancillary and 
secondary to a primary use, shall be a use permitted for the property that is the 
subject of this Rezoning. 
 
3. Call centers, warehousing, storage, distribution, and other similar land uses that 
do not employ a workforce composed of a substantial number of predominantly 
highly skilled workers engaging in knowledge-intensive employment shall not 
be permitted as a primary use on the subject site. 
 
4. Commercial land uses including retail, restaurant, and personal services shall 
be permitted as an ancillary land use and shall not occupy more than a total of 
12,000 square feet on the 37-acre site. 
 
5. The stand-alone commercial building shall not be constructed first. 
 
6. Development shall be in substantial conformance with the conceptual plans 
included in the Development Booklet, entitled, “Price & Queen Creek Campus” 
and kept on file in the City of Chandler Planning Division, in File No. PLH20-
0059, modified by such conditions included at the time the Booklet was 
approved by the Chandler City Council and/or as thereafter amended, modified, 
or supplemented by Chandler City Council.   
 
7. Building heights shall not exceed 150 (one hundred and fifty) feet in height as 
measured to the top of parapet of the building façade.

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8. Building heights shall not be less than 45 (forty-five) feet, except for the 
proposed parking structures and “Incidental Service Retail Pad,” which shall 
not be required to adhere to this minimum building height.  
 
9. Completion of the construction of all required off-site street improvements 
including but not limited to paving, landscaping, curb, gutter and sidewalks, 
median improvements and street lighting, to achieve conformance with City 
codes, standard details, and design manuals. 
 
10. Right-of-way dedications to achieve full half-widths, including turn lanes and 
deceleration lanes, per the standards of the Chandler Transportation Plan. 
 
11. The landscaping and all other improvements in all open-spaces shall be 
maintained by the property owner or property owners' association and shall be 
maintained at a level consistent with or better than at the time of planting.   
 
12. The landscaping in all rights-of-way shall be maintained by the adjacent 
property owner or property owners’ association.  
 
13. As part of the Administrative Design Review process, where staff determines 
that the proposed site improvements do not achieve a high-quality campus 
design commensurate with existing similar developments within the Price Road 
Corridor the request may be reverted to Council for approval of a revised 
Preliminary Development Plan.   
 
14. As part of the Administrative Design Review process, where staff determines 
that the proposed building design does not achieve a high-quality architectural 
design commensurate with existing similar developments within the Price Road 
Corridor the request may be reverted to Council for approval of a revised 
Preliminary Development Plan. 
 
 
Section 2. 
The Planning Division of the City of Chandler is hereby directed to enter such 
changes and amendments as may be necessary upon the Zoning Map of said Zoning 
Code in compliance with this Ordinance.  
 
Section 3. 
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this 
Ordinance, or any parts hereof, are hereby repealed. 
 
Section 4. 
In any case, where any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this 
Ordinance, the Planning Division of the City of Chandler may institute an 
injunction or any other appropriate action in proceeding to prevent the use of such 
building, structure, or land.

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Section 5. 
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is 
for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of 
competent jurisdiction, then this entire ordinance is invalid and shall have no force 
or effect. 
 
Section 6. 
A violation of this Ordinance shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor subject to the 
enforcement and penalty provisions set forth in Section 1-8.3 of the Chandler City 
Code.  Each day a violation continues, including the failure to perform any act or 
duty required by this Ordinance or the Zoning Code, shall constitute a separate 
offense. 
 
 
INTRODUCED AND TENTATIVELY APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, 
Arizona, this ____ day of ______________, 2021. 
 
ATTEST: 
 
______________________________ 
 
_______________________________ 
CITY CLERK  
 
 
 
 
MAYOR 
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, this _____ day 
of _______________, 2021. 
 
ATTEST: 
 
______________________________ 
 
_______________________________ 
CITY CLERK  
 
 
 
 
MAYOR 
 
CERTIFICATION 
 
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 4980 was duly passed and 
adopted by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, at a regular meeting held on the 
____ day of _____________, 2021, and that a quorum was present thereat. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
__________________________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CITY CLERK 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CITY ATTORNEY 
 
Published:

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