Exhibit 'A' Ch 35 and 48 Code Amendments

City of Chandler — Study Session (2025-11-10)

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“2025 Amendments to Chandler City Code Chapters 35 and 48”
The Chandler City Code Chapter 35- Land Use and Zoning and Chapter 48- Subdivisions are
hereby amended to read as follows (additions in ALL CAPS, deletions in strikethrough, omitted
text indicated by ellipses as “. . .”):
[Chapter 35 Article XIX is renamed to “Article XIX- Design Standards” and is amended by removal
of sections 35-1900, 35-1901, and 35-1902 to be replaced with the following sections 35-1900
through 35-1905 shown herein.]
ARTICLE XIX- DESIGN STANDARDS
35-1900. PURPOSE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS THAT FUNCTION TO GUIDE
DEVELOPMENT TOWARD THE HIGHEST ATTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AT A TIME IN
WHICH DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER, AS
SUCH DEVELOPMENT ONCE ESTABLISHED PROVIDES THE LIVING AND WORKING
ENVIRONMENT FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES OVER NUMEROUS DECADES AND
GENERATIONS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS IS TO PROVIDE CLARITY AND
CONSISTENCY AND REDUCE SUBJECTIVITY IN THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR DEVELOPERS AND
BUILDERS. THIS SECTION COMPLIES WITH A.R.S. § 9-500.49, REQUIRING OBJECTIVE DESIGN
STANDARDS TO AUTHORIZE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF PLANS WITHOUT A
PUBLIC HEARING.
35-1901. APPLICABILITY.
(1) ANY OF THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN A
PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT (PAD), COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, MOBILE HOMES, MULTIPLE-
FAMILY, OR SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING DESIGNATION, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THIS ARTICLE FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN IMPROVEMENTS:
(A) NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING OR BUILDINGS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER
THE PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED;
(B) ALTERING AN EXISTING FLOOR PLAN OR SITE PLAN WHICH INTENSIFIES A USE IN
TERMS OF ADDITIONAL PARKING, OCCUPANCY CAPACITY, OUTDOOR DISPLAY AREA,
OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA, OR THE LIKE, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THE BUILDING OR
USE IS PHYSICALLY EXPANDED BEYOND EXISTING CONFINES;
(C) INITIATING A NEW USE ON VACANT OR VACATED PROPERTY, OR CHANGING ONE
USE TO ANOTHER AS DETERMINED UNDER THE ZONING CODE;
Exhibit A to Ordinance 5142

(D) EXPANSION OF A USE THAT INCREASES ITS LAND AREA, EXCEPT THAT THE
IMPROVEMENTS SPECIFIED BY THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE REQUIRED ONLY FOR THE AREA
OF THE EXPANSION;
(E) ADDING ON TO AN EXISTING BUILDING, EXCEPT THAT AN ADDITION INVOLVING LESS
THAN 20 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL EXISTING FLOOR AREA OR 2,500 SQUARE FEET,
WHICHEVER IS LESS, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE.
HOWEVER, THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 35-1902(4)(A)2.B., CORNER
OBSTRUCTIONS, AND SECTION 35-1906, "LANDSCAPING," SHALL BE MET WITH RESPECT
TO THE ADDITION.
THE REPAIR OF ANY BUILDING, SUCH AS ITS WALLS, ROOF, OR OTHER STRUCTURAL
COMPONENT, OR THE RENOVATION OF ANY BUILDING FACADE, INCLUDING
RELOCATION OF DOORS AND WINDOW OPENINGS, OR THE REPAIR OF EXISTING ON-
SITE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS SCREEN WALLS AND FENCES, PARKING LOT SURFACES,
LANDSCAPE FEATURES AND THE LIKE, NONE OF WHICH FALL INTO THE DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
ARTICLE.
(2) MODIFICATIONS TO THE APPROVED SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
AMENDMENTS OF THE ZONING CODE ADOPTED SINCE THE APPROVAL DATE.
(3) PROJECT DESIGN GUIDELINES AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENTS WITH MORE THAN
ONE BUILDING SHALL BE DEVELOPED BY THE APPLICANT AND SUBMITTED WITH ANY PLANNED
AREA DEVELOPMENT ZONING APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL BY THE APPLICABLE APPROVING
AUTHORITIES (COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION, AND STAFF)., THESE GUIDELINES AND
SPECIFICATIONS SHALL DESCRIBE HOW THE DESIGN GUIDELINES SHALL BE MET IN ANY
PARTICULAR PROJECT. ONCE APPROVED BY THE APPROVING AUTHORITY, THESE GUIDELINES
AND SPECIFICATIONS SHALL BECOME BINDING ON ALL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION
WITHIN THE PROJECT. THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY ACCEPT MINOR DEPARTURES FROM
SUCH APPROVED GUIDELINES AND SPECIFICATIONS, PROVIDED THE REQUEST IS MADE IN
WRITING AND THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR FINDS THAT:
1. THE DEPARTURE IS MINOR IN SCOPE AND DOES NOT ALTER THE BASIC INTENT,
FUNCTION, OR QUALITY OF THE APPROVED DESIGN; OR
2. THE PROPOSED ALTERNATE DESIGN IS EQUAL TO OR SUPERIOR IN QUALITY TO THE
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DESIGN.
ANY OTHER CHANGES SHALL BE APPROVED ONLY BY THE APPROVING AUTHORITY THAT
ISSUED THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL. THE ABOVE PROJECT DESIGN GUIDELINES AND
SPECIFICATIONS SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ADJOINING EXISTING OR APPROVED PROJECTS IN

ORDER TO AVOID VISUAL CONFLICTS AND TO PROMOTE COHESIVE PROJECT IDENTITY. THIS
SHALL BE OBSERVED ALSO BY ALL DEVELOPERS AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF ARTERIAL STREETS.
35-1902. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
(1) THESE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS SHALL APPLY TO ALL DEVELOPMENTS EXCEPT FOR SINGLE-
FAMILY DWELLINGS, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, AND FOURPLEXES THAT OCCUR ON AN INDIVIDUAL
ISOLATED BASIS AND ARE NOT PART OF A LARGER PROJECT.
(2) THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN SHALL GRAPHICALLY AND VERBALLY INDICATE THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
(A) EXISTING DATA:
(1) NAME, ADDRESS OF OWNER, ENGINEER AND/OR ARCHITECT.
(2) LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.
(3) BOUNDARY OF PROPERTY (DIMENSIONED).
(4) SCALE OF DRAWING AND NORTH POINT.
(5) AREA OF PROPERTY (SQUARE FEET).
(6) ZONING OF ADJOINING PROPERTY.
(7) EXISTING STREET(S), RIGHT-OF-WAY, NAME AND IMPROVEMENTS (CURB, GUTTER,
SIDEWALK, PAVING AND DRIVEWAYS).
(8) EXISTING ALLEY(S) RIGHT-OF-WAY AND TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT.
(9) EXISTING BUILDINGS ON PROPERTY.
(10) LOCATION OF EXISTING UTILITIES SERVING PROPERTY.
(11) LOCATION OF EXISTING DITCHES, CANALS, FENCES, EASEMENTS (WIDTH AND USE)
OR OTHER PHYSICAL STRUCTURES ON OR ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
(12) LOCATION OF FIRE HYDRANTS WITHIN 300 FEET OF PROPERTY.
(13) EXISTING ELEVATION OF ALL PROPERTY CORNERS AND AT MIDPOINTS ALONG ALL
PROPERTY LINES.
(B) PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS:
(1) LOCATION, WIDTH, AND TYPE OF REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL EXISTING
STREET(S) AND/OR ALLEY(S).

(2) LOCATION, WIDTH OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT FOR PROPOSED
STREET(S) AND/OR ALLEY(S).
(3) LOCATION, SIZE, AND TYPE OF ALL PROPOSED UTILITY LINES, GAS, TELEPHONE,
ELECTRIC, WATER AND SEWER.
(4) LOCATION AND WIDTH OF PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS.
(5) LOCATION AND EXTENT OF PARKING AREA (SPACES AND AISLE DIMENSIONED).
(6) LOCATION, SIZE, FINISH FLOOR ELEVATION AREA, AND USE OF PROPOSED
BUILDING(S).
(7) DESIGNATION OF REFUSE SERVICE AREA.
(8) LOCATION AND AREA OF ALL LANDSCAPE AND/OR STORMWATER RETENTION AREAS.
(9) PROPOSED FINISHED ELEVATIONS FOR PAVED AREAS, RETENTION AREAS, AND
LANDSCAPE AREAS.
(10) TWO SETS OF STORMWATER RETENTION CALCULATIONS; ARROWS SHALL INDICATE
DIRECTION OF SURFACE WATER FLOW.
(11) LOCATION AND SIZE OF DETACHED SIGN(S).
(12) LOCATION OF LIGHT POLES WITH ARROWS INDICATING DIRECTION OF LIGHT RAYS.
(13) LOCATION, HEIGHT, AND TYPE OF MATERIAL FOR FENCES, WALLS, ETC.
(14) CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR ALL OFF-SITE
IMPROVEMENTS.
(3) SITE ORGANIZATION:
(A) SETBACKS:
1. FOR PARKING LOTS:
A. IN PROXIMITY TO STREET INTERSECTIONS. SEE BELOW 2.A.
B. ALONG ARTERIAL STREETS AND COLLECTOR STREETS, PARKING LOTS
SHALL BE SET BACK AT LEAST TWENTY (20) FEET FROM RIGHT-OF-WAY
LINES.
C. ALONG ALL OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND PROPERTY LINES, UNLESS
SAID PROPERTY LINES ARE OF A SMALLER PARCEL (PAD) WITHIN A
LARGER PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, ALL PARKING SPACES AND ACCESS
DRIVES SHALL BE SET BACK AT LEAST TEN (10) FEET.

2. FOR STRUCTURES OR ANY PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT IN PROXIMITY TO STREET
INTERSECTIONS:
A. INTERSECTIONS AS DESCRIBED BELOW ARE OF VALUE TO THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY. LAND SITUATED AT THE CORNER OF SUCH STREET
INTERSECTIONS SHALL BE LANDSCAPED, AND REMAIN OPEN AND FREE
OF BUILDINGS, PARKING AREAS, DRIVEWAYS, AND WALLS TALLER THAN 2
FEET 6 INCHES IN HEIGHT. INGRESS AND EGRESS DRIVES
PERPENDICULAR TO THE STREET ARE EXPECTED. THE DIMENSIONS OF
THESE OPEN AREAS SHALL SATISFY AT A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING
STANDARDS:
TYPE OF
INTERSECTIONS
SETBACK FROM
RIGHT-OF-WAY
SETBACK SHALL APPLY
FOR A DISTANCE
FROM THE
INTERSECTION FOR
ARTERIAL STREET WITH
ARTERIAL STREET
50 FEET
250 FEET ALONG BOTH
STREETS
ARTERIAL STREET WITH ANY
OTHER STREET
50 FEET
100 FEET ALONG ARTERIAL
STREET
30 FEET
100 FEET ALONG OTHER
STREET
COLLECTOR STREET WITH
COLLECTOR STREET
30 FEET
60 FEET ALONG BOTH
STREETS

B. NO VEHICLE OR OTHER OBSTRUCTION EXCEEDING 2 FEET IN HEIGHT
SHALL BE PARKED AT AN INTERSECTION OF TWO RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES
WITHIN TRIANGULAR AREA FORMED BY THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES AND
THE LINE CONNECTING THEM BETWEEN POINTS LOCATED 30 FEET FROM
THE INTERSECTION OF SAID LINES.
C. IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE, ENCOURAGE, OR PROMOTE INFILL
DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN
THE INFILL INCENTIVE DISTRICT, THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY
REDUCE THE LANDSCAPE INTERSECTION SETBACKS BY UP TO 25 FEET
FOR ARTERIAL STREETS AND UP TO 15 FEET FOR COLLECTOR STREETS
AFTER HAVING MADE A FINDING IN WRITING THAT ALL OF THE
FOLLOWING CRITERIA HAVE BEEN MET:
1. SUCH DEVIATION, ON BALANCE, WILL RESULT IN A SUPERIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL AND DESIGN QUALITY THROUGH ITEMS SUCH
AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

I. INCREASED LEVELS OF ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY
II. GREATER MATERIAL DIVERSITY
III. ENHANCED USABLE SPACE AND/OR PEDESTRIAN
CONNECTION
IV. ACTIVATION OF STREET FRONTAGE
V. HIGHER LEVEL OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN
VI. CREATIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR BACK-OF-HOUSE
FUNCTIONS
2. THE SITE IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE SAFE AND ADEQUATE ON-
SITE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND PREVENT DRIVE-THROUGH
QUEUING FROM BACKING ONTO MAIN DRIVEWAYS OR PUBLIC
STREETS;
3. SUFFICIENT PARKING IS PROVIDED ON-SITE;
4. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF A
NEIGHBORHOOD BY DEVELOPING A VACANT LOT OR
REDEVELOPING AN EXISTING DILAPIDATED COMMERCIAL
BUILDING OR CENTER; AND
5. THE DEVELOPMENT COMPLIES WITH REQUIRED SETBACKS AND
LANDSCAPE BUFFERS FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
(B) RETENTION BASINS:
1. RETENTION BASINS MAY BE LOCATED IN THE FRONT YARD OF PARKING LOTS
AND BUILDINGS WHEN THEY:
A. DO NOT OCCUPY MORE THAN ONE-HALF (½) OF THE LANDSCAPED
AREA, WHEN DESIGNED TO MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE ENGINEERING
SPECIFICATIONS. THIS REQUIREMENT IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO NON-
RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTIES THAT ARE 10 ACRES AND LARGER.
(C) WALKWAYS: WALKWAYS SHALL BE PROVIDED AS REQUIRED BY ADA REGULATIONS
AND OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS PROVIDED HEREIN.
(D) BIKE STORAGE: BICYCLE STORAGE AND/OR SECURE BICYCLE PARKING SHALL BE
PROVIDED ADJACENT TO THE PRIMARY ENTRY OF ANY BUILDING. A MINIMUM OF THREE
BICYCLE PARKING SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED, OR AT LEAST ONE BICYCLE SPACE PER
25 OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
1. DESIGN AND LOCATION. REQUIRED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES MUST:

A. CONSIST OF RACKS OR LOCKERS ANCHORED SO THAT THEY CANNOT
BE EASILY REMOVED AND OF SOLID CONSTRUCTION, RESISTANT TO
RUST, CORROSION, HAMMERS, AND SAWS;
B. ALLOW BOTH THE BICYCLE FRAME AND THE WHEELS TO BE LOCKED
USING A STANDARD U-LOCK;
C. BE DESIGNED SO AS NOT TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE BICYCLE;
D. FACILITATE EASY LOCKING WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM OR TO
ADJACENT BICYCLES;
E. BE LOCATED IN CONVENIENT, HIGHLY VISIBLE, ACTIVE, WELL-LIT AREAS
WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS; AND
F. HAVE MINIMUM DIMENSIONS OF TWO FEET IN WIDTH BY SIX FEET IN
LENGTH, WITH A MINIMUM OVERHEAD VERTICAL CLEARANCE OF SEVEN
FEET.
(E) SCREEN WALLS: SCREEN WALLS SHALL BE DECORATIVE AND REFLECT COLOR,
MATERIAL AND/OR DESIGN OF THE STRUCTURE TO WHICH IT PREVAILS.
(4) BUILDING ARCHITECTURE
(A) METAL BUILDINGS:
1. METAL BUILDINGS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON ROADS DESIGNATED BY THE
GENERAL PLAN AS ARTERIAL ROADS EXCEPT THAT:
A. A PORTION OF A BUILDING MAY BE CONSTRUCTED USING AN
EXTERIOR METAL FINISH AS AN ACCENT MATERIAL AND/OR WHERE SAID
PORTION DOES NOT EXCEED 25 PERCENT OF EACH ELEVATION.
B. SHIPPING CONTAINERS MAY BE USED AS A BUILDING MATERIAL IF THE
BUILDING IS DESIGNED WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AND
FENESTRATION TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THE ARCHITECTURE THAT
TOGETHER PROVIDE A CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN. THE CHARACTER, SCALE, AND MASSING OF SAID DESIGN SHALL
BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE BUILDINGS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
(B) PARKING SHADE CANOPIES
1. CANOPY COVERS SHALL MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
A. PAINTED TO MATCH EXISTING/PROPOSED BUILDING(S) ON-SITE

B. IF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS ARE USED ON THE CANOPY, THEY SHALL BE
MATERIALS FEATURED ON THE SITE’S PRIMARY BUILDING
C. PROVIDE A 6” MINIMUM FASCIA ON ALL SIDES
D. PROVIDE LANDSCAPING ISLANDS BETWEEN CANOPIES
E. NO WIDE FLANGE BEAMS (I.E. “I” OR “H” BEAMS) ARE PERMITTED
UNLESS WIDE FLANGE BEAMS ARE USED AS A MATERIAL ON THE
EXISTING/PROPOSED BUILDING(S) ON-SITE
2. SOLAR CANOPY COVERS SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE ABOVE
SECTION, IN ADDITION TO THE FOLLOWING:
A. ANY EQUIPMENT ATTACHED TO THE CANOPY SHALL BE PAINTED TO
MATCH THE CANOPY.
B. ANY GROUND-MOUNTED EQUIPMENT ADJACENT TO THE CANOPY
SHALL BE FULLY SCREENED BY SOLID MASONRY WALLS AND GATES
EQUAL TO, OR GREATER THAN, THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. ENCLOSURE WALLS SHALL USE MATERIALS
AND COLORS TO MATCH EXISTING MATERIALS AND COLORS ON THE
SITE.
(C) ROOF-MOUNTED MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SCREENING: ALL MECHANICAL
EQUIPMENT AND APPURTENANCES SHALL BE CONCEALED AND/OR SCREENED FROM
VIEW IN THEIR ENTIRETY AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BUILDING WHILE MEETING THE
FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS, AND SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR:
1. NEW BUILDINGS: ALL ROOF MOUNTED MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SHALL BE
FULLY SCREENED BY PARAPET WALLS EQUAL TO, OR GREATER THAN, THE
HIGHEST POINT ON THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.
2. EXISTING BUILDINGS: EXISTING BUILDINGS SHALL USE A SECONDARY ROOF
SCREENING METHOD WHEN MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT CANNOT BE SCREENED
BY TOP OF PARAPET. SECONDARY SCREENING METHODS SHALL MEET THE
FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
A. BUILDINGS UTILIZING SECONDARY SCREENING SHALL SCREEN ALL
EQUIPMENT WITHIN ONE ENCLOSURE. MEANING, THERE CANNOT BE
MULTIPLE, SEPARATE ENCLOSURES ON ONE ROOF TO SCREEN
INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR GROUPS OF EQUIPMENT.

B. SECONDARY SCREENING METHODS SHALL UTILIZE MATERIALS AND
COLORS FOUND ELSEWHERE ON THE BUILDING OR ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING METHODS:
I. LOUVER SYSTEM WITH SLATS ANGLED TO ENSURE NO
EQUIPMENT VISIBILITY; OR,
II. MESH SCREEN SYSTEM THAT MEETS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
HOLE SIZE AND OPEN AREA (O/A) MEASUREMENTS:
1. HOLE SIZE: 3/32"; O/A: 23%
2. HOLE SIZE: 1/8"; O/A: 23%
3. PARAPET OR ROOF SCREENING SHALL BE FULLY ENCLOSED WITH NO
OPENINGS. IF AN OPENING IS NEEDED FOR MAINTENANCE ACCESS, A DOOR
SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE PARAPET/ROOF SCREENING RATHER THAN AN
OPENING. THE DOOR SHALL MATCH THE MATERIAL(S) AND COLOR(S) USED FOR
THE PARAPET/ROOF SCREENING IN WHICH THE DOOR IS LOCATED.
4. ALL MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND APPURTENANCES SHALL BE INDICATED
AND SHOWN ON BUILDING SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS INDICATING
DIMENSIONS OF EQUIPMENT AND SCREENING.
THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY REDUCE OR WAIVE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS FOR
ROOF-MOUNTED EQUIPMENT IF:
I. THE BUILDING IS A MID-RISE DEVELOPMENT AND ROOF-MOUNTED
EQUIPMENT WILL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM ANY ADJACENT PROPERTY AS SEEN
FROM A POINT SIX (6) FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AT THE PROPERTY LINE OR
SIDEWALK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET; OR
II. THE BUILDING IS LOCATED WITHIN AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER OR BUSINESS
PARK AND ROOF-MOUNTED EQUIPMENT WILL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM ANY
ARTERIAL STREET OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
(D) SERVICE ENTRANCE SECTION (SES): SCREENING FOR THE SERVICE ENTRANCE
SECTION (SES) SHALL BE ARCHITECTURALLY INTEGRATED INTO THE BUILDING AND
SHALL APPEAR AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BUILDING. THIS SHALL BE
ACCOMPLISHED USING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS:
A. RECESS SES INTO BUILDING WITH BUILDING WALLS FLUSH TO EDGE OF
CABINET. A GAP OF NO LARGER THAN 3 INCHES IS PERMITTED BETWEEN THE

SIDES AND TOP OF CABINET AND THE BUILDING WALL. SES CABINET SHALL BE
PAINTED TO MATCH THE BUILDING.
B. PROVIDE A ROOM WITHIN THE BUILDING WHERE THE SES IS LOCATED.
EXTERNAL DOORS SHALL BE PROVIDED. COLOR OF EXTERNAL DOORS SHALL
MATCH THE BUILDING.
(E) ALL GROUND-MOUNTED EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW BY A
CONCRETE OR MASONRY WALL, EQUAL TO OR GREATER IN HEIGHT THAN THE HEIGHT
OF THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. SCREENING OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SHALL BE
CONSTRUCTED OF SIMILAR MATERIALS AND PAINTED COLORS SIMILAR TO THE
BUILDING, AND SO ARRANGED THAT THE SCREENING IS PERCEIVED TO BE AN INTEGRAL
PART OF THE BUILDING MASS.
(F) ALL TRANSFORMER BOXES, METER PANELS, BACK-FLOW DEVICES AND ANY OTHER
UTILITY EQUIPMENT (EXCLUDING THE SES), NOT ABLE TO BE SCREENED BY
LANDSCAPING OR WALLS, SHALL BE PAINTED TO MATCH THE BUILDING COLOR.
(G) ROOF ACCESS LADDERS SHALL BE LOCATED INSIDE THE BUILDING FOR NEW
BUILDINGS. EXTERIOR ROOF ACCESS LADDERS ON EXISTING BUILDINGS SHALL BE
PAINTED TO MATCH THE BUILDING ONLY WHEN CHANGES TO THE EXISTING BUILDING
CHANGES ARE LIMITED TO COLOR AND MATERIAL CHANGES. IF MORE THAN 50% OF
THE BUILDING EXTERIOR IS MODIFIED, EXCLUDING COLOR AND MATERIAL CHANGES,
THEN EXTERIOR ROOF LADDERS SHALL BE RELOCATED TO INSIDE THE BUILDING.
(H) ROOF DRAINAGE SHALL UTILIZE INTERIOR ROOF DRAINS FOR NEW BUILDINGS.
EXTERIOR ROOF DRAINAGE ON EXISTING BUILDINGS SHALL BE PAINTED TO MATCH THE
BUILDING ONLY WHEN CHANGES TO THE EXISTING BUILDING CHANGES ARE LIMITED
TO COLOR AND MATERIAL CHANGES. IF MORE THAN 50% OF THE BUILDING EXTERIOR
IS MODIFIED, EXCLUDING COLOR AND MATERIAL CHANGES, THEN EXTERIOR ROOF
DRAINAGE SHALL BE RELOCATED TO INSIDE THE BUILDING.
(I) TRASH COLLECTION AREAS
1. ALL TRASH AND/OR REFUSE COLLECTION AREAS SHALL BE ENCLOSED BY A
SIX-FOOT MASONRY OR CONCRETE WALL, EXCLUDING APPROVED OPENINGS.
THE LOCATION OF SUCH AREA SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
2. ENCLOSURES SHALL INCORPORATE THE SAME MATERIALS AND COLORS AS
THE PRIMARY BUILDING DESIGN.

3. ENCLOSURES SHALL BE LOCATED AND POSITIONED AS TO ENSURE THAT GATE
OPENINGS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM ANY ARTERIAL ROAD OR RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY.
4. ENCLOSURES SHALL BE LOCATED AND POSITIONED AS TO ENSURE THAT NO
PORTION OF THE ENCLOSURE (WALLS, GATES, CURBING, ETC.) OVERLAPS WITH
ADJACENT REQUIRED DRIVE AISLE. THIS INCLUDES WHEN THE TRASH
ENCLOSURE GATES ARE OPEN.
5. IF THE TRASH AND/OR REFUSE ENCLOSURE INCLUDES A TRASH COMPACTOR
OR OTHER EQUIPMENT, THE TRASH ENCLOSURE WALLS AND GATE SHALL BE A
HEIGHT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE TRASH
COMPACTOR OR EQUIPMENT.
(J) ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS
1. ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING (EVC) SPACES, CHARGING STATIONS, AND
ASSOCIATED TRANSFORMERS OR OTHER MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, SHALL BE
PROVIDED ON SITE, SHALL NOT DISPLACE ANY REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, AND
SHALL NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN ANY REQUIRED LANDSCAPE SETBACK OR
REQUIRED LANDSCAPE AREA.
2. ALL GROUND MOUNTED EQUIPMENT SHALL BE FULLY SCREENED BY SOLID
MASONRY WALLS AND GATES BUILT TO A HEIGHT EQUAL TO, OR GREATER
THAN, THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. ENCLOSURE
WALLS SHALL USE MATERIALS AND COLORS TO MATCH EXISTING MATERIALS
AND COLORS ON THE SITE.
3. ALL TRANSFORMER BOXES AND ANY OTHER UTILITY EQUIPMENT NOT ABLE
TO BE SCREENED BY WALLS SHALL BE PAINTED TO MATCH THE COLOR OF THE
BUILDING(S) ON-SITE.
4. NO ADVERTISING SIGNAGE IS PERMITTED ON THE EVC SPACES OR
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
(K) ALL EXTERNAL LIGHTING SHALL BE SO LOCATED AND DESIGNED TO PREVENT
LIGHTING RAYS FROM BEING DIRECTED OFF OF THE PROPERTY UPON WHICH THE
LIGHTING IS LOCATED. A PHOTOMETRIC STUDY SHALL BE PROVIDED TO SHOW ZERO
(0) FOOT CANDLES AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LINES.

35-1903. RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS

(1) APPLICABILITY
(A) THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS SHALL BE APPLIED TO I) ALL NEW
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES AND FOURPLEXES, DEVELOPED
INDIVIDUALLY OR AS PART OF A SUBDIVISION; AND II) MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENTS.
(B) THESE STANDARDS ARE INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT NEW SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENCES, MIDDLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, AND MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS
PROMOTE A HIGH-QUALITY LIVING ENVIRONMENT BY IDENTIFYING MINIMUM
AESTHETIC AND FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ALIGN WITH POLICIES IN THE
CHANDLER GENERAL PLAN. THESE INCLUDE CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE, A DESIRABLE
STREETSCAPE APPEARANCE, AND WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH ACCESS TO
PARKS, COMMERCIAL AREAS, AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
(2) SITE LAYOUT
(A) HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATION FOR INDIVIDUAL LOTS:
HEIGHT, BUILDING SETBACKS, MINIMUM LOT SIZE, AND MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE ARE
REGULATED BY THE ZONING DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. THESE
STANDARDS CAN BE FOUND IN THE RESPECTIVE SECTIONS OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER
LAND USE AND ZONING CODE AS FOLLOWS:
ZONING DISTRICTS
CODE SECTION
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (AG-1)
35-403
SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT (SF-33)
35-503
SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT (SF-18)
35-603
SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT (SF-10)
35-603.1
SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT (SF-8.5)
35-703
MEDIUM-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
(MF-1)
35-803
MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
(MF-2)
35-903
HIGH-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
(MF-3)
35-1003
MIDDLE HOUSING OVERLAY DISTRICT
35-3503

HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS FOR LOTS LOCATED IN PLANNED AREA
DEVELOPMENT (PAD) ZONING DISTRICTS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE ORDINANCE THAT
ADOPTED THE PAD, WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN THE DEVELOPMENT’S ZONING FILE.
ZONING FILES ARE KEPT AT THE CITY OF CHANDLER’S DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.

(B) SITE LAYOUT DESIGN STANDARDS APPLICABLE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS, SINGLE-
FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS, DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, FOURPLEX, AND MULTI-FAMILY (FIVE UNITS OR
MORE) SHALL BE AS INDICATED IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE WITH A “X.”

SITE LAYOUT DESIGN STANDARDS
SINGLE
-
FAMILY
(1-7
LOTS)
SINGLE
-
FAMILY
WITH 8
OR
MORE
LOTS
DUPLEX,
TRIPLEX,
AND
FOUR-
PLEX
MULTI-
FAMILY
(5-20
UNITS)
MULTI-
FAMILY
(20
AND
UP)
1. PROJECT ARRIVAL: THE PRIMARY
ENTRANCE WHERE A STREET OR
DRIVEWAY INTERSECTS AN
ARTERIAL OR MAJOR COLLECTOR
SHALL INCLUDE A MINIMUM OF
THREE OF THE FOLLOWING:
a. MONUMENT SIGN
b. ENHANCED LANDSCAPING
WITH 15% MORE
LANDSCAPING THAN WHAT
IS REQUIRED
c. SPECIALTY PAVEMENT FOR
A NON-GATED COMMUNITY
FOR A MINIMUM OF 50FT
IN LENGTH MEASURED
FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT-
OF-WAY.
d. SPECIALTY PAVEMENT FOR
A GATED COMMUNITY
SHALL BE PROVIDED
MEASURED FROM THE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY TO
30 FEET BEYOND THE CALL
BOX.
e. ARCHITECTURAL TOWER OR
OTHER SIMILAR
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE
f.
BOULEVARD STYLE ENTRY
WITH A LANDSCAPED
MEDIAN FOR A MINIMUM
OF 50FT IN LENGTH FROM
THE PROPERTY LINE

2. PROJECT THEME: EACH
DEVELOPMENT SHALL PROVIDE A
DISTINCTIVE PROJECT THEME
CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE
SITE, CONSISTING OF:
a. DISTINCTLY DESIGNED
WALLS FOR THE PROJECT
THEME WALL
b. SPECIALIZED FENCING
WHEN FENCING IS
PROPOSED; DETAILS OF
ACCENT WALLS WITH TWO
OR MORE MATERIALS
WHEN ACCENT WALLS ARE
PROPOSED
c. SPECIALIZED PEDESTRIAN
AND/OR VEHICULAR GATES
WHEN SUCH GATES ARE
PROPOSED
d. A PROJECT SPECIFIC PLANT
PALETTE

X
X
3. PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION SYSTEM
ON AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF THE
PRIMARY DRIVE AISLE(S) AND/OR
AROUND THE ENTIRE SITE
CONNECTING BUILDINGS,
GROUND-FLOOR RESIDENTIAL
UNITS, AMENITIES, PARKING, AND
ADJACENT STREETS. IF THERE IS AN
ADJACENT PUBLIC AMENITY SUCH
AS A PARK, THEN A PEDESTRIAN
PATHWAY SHALL CONNECT THE
DEVELOPMENT TO THE PARK
WHERE PERMISSIBLE BY THE CITY.

X
X
4. COMMON OPEN SPACE AREAS IN
MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS SHALL BE
PROVIDED AS FOLLOWS:

X
X

a. USABLE COMMON OPEN
SPACE AND RECREATION
AREA AT THE RATE OF 150
SQUARE FEET PER
BEDROOM. SUCH AREA
MUST BE AT LEAST 20 FEET
WIDE AND SHALL NOT BE
ENCUMBERED BY
NONRECREATIONAL
IMPROVEMENTS. ALL OPEN
SPACE AREA FOR
COMMUNITY PLAY SHALL
BE CENTRALLY LOCATED
AND NOT ADJACENT TO
REFUSE AREAS.
5. EACH DEVELOPMENT SHALL
PROVIDE AMENITIES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE
FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:

UNIT COUNT
AMENITY
COUNT
REQUIRED
LESS THAN 20
ONE
20 TO 50
TWO OR MORE
50 TO 100
THREE OR MORE
100 TO 150
FOUR OR MORE
150 TO 250
FIVE OR MORE
250 OR MORE
SIX AMENITIES
PLUS SECOND
POOL, RAMADA,
ETC.

6. AMENITY OPTIONS INCLUDE BUT
SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO:
a. SWIMMING POOL, A
PORTION OF WHICH SHALL
BE A MINIMUM SIXTY-FOOT
LENGTH, WITH COOL DECK
PERIMETER AND RAMADA.
b. JACUZZI AREA WITH
RAMADA.

X
X

c. RAMADA WITH BBQ AND
SEATING AREAS.
d. TOT LOT
e. VOLLEYBALL COURT.
f.
CONCRETE MULTI-USE
COURT.
g. TENNIS COURTS,
PICKLEBALL AND/OR
RACQUETBALL COURTS.
h. WEIGHT ROOM.
i.
DOG PARK.
j.
PUTTING GREEN.
k. WALKING PATH
7. LOCATION:
a. ANY MULTI-PERSON
ACTIVATED OUTDOOR
AMENITIES SHALL NOT BE
LOCATED CLOSER THAN
100 FEET FROM ANY
EXISTING NEIGHBORING
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
8. EXCLUDED AREAS: THE
FOLLOWING SHALL NOT BE
COUNTED TOWARDS COMMON
OPEN SPACE:
a. DRIVEWAYS OR PARKING
SPACES
b. REQUIRED FRONT, SIDE,
AND REAR YARD SETBACK
AREAS.
c. NON-FUNCTIONAL
LANDSCAPED AREAS SUCH
AS STREET FRONTAGE
LANDSCAPING, BUILDING
FOUNDATION
LANDSCAPING, AND
LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE
PARKING LOT.
9. OPEN SPACE REDUCTIONS-
a. THE ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR MAY
REDUCE OR WAIVE THE
OPEN SPACE
REQUIREMENTS IF:

i. THE SUBJECT SITE IS
LOCATED WITHIN
THE INFILL
INCENTIVE DISTRICT,
MIDDLE HOUSING
OVERLAY DISTRICT,
OR WITHIN ¼ MILE
(TRAVEL PATH) OF
PUBLICLY
ACCESSIBLE PARK
OR PUBLIC
RECREATION
FACILITY.
10. PRIVATE OPEN SPACE SHALL BE
PROVIDED FOR EACH UNIT.
SUCH SPACES SHALL HAVE AN
UNENCUMBERED AREA THAT IS A
MINIMUM OF 65 SQUARE FEET
WITH A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 8
FEET AND A MINIMUM DEPTH OF 5
FEET AND SHALL BE ENTIRELY
COVERED AS REQUIRED IN
SUBSECTION 3, BUILDING
ARCHITECTURE.
X
X
X
X
X
11. VIEW FENCING SHALL BE
PROVIDED ALONG ARTERIAL AND
COLLECTOR STREETS IN AREAS
WHERE PRIVATE YARDS DO NOT
ABUT THOSE STREETS, EXCEPT FOR
NON-GATED SUBDIVISIONS,
WHICH MAY PROVIDE VIEW
FENCING OR LEAVE THE
AFOREMENTIONED AREAS OPEN
WITH NO WALL OR FENCE. VIEW
FENCING MAY INCLUDE A
COMBINATION OF MASONRY AND
VIEW FENCING PROVIDING THAT
AT LEAST THE TOP 60% OF THE
FENCING IS VIEW FENCING

X
X

12. IF A GATE IS PROVIDED TO THE
MAIN ENTRANCE OF A SINGLE-
FAMILY SUBDIVISION OR A MULTI-
FAMILY COMPLEX, THE GATES
SHALL NOT BE LOCATED FURTHER
TOWARDS THE STREET THAN THE
CLOSEST BUILDING WALL AND
SHALL NOT BE MADE OF A SOLID
OR OPAQUE MATERIAL.

X
X
13. PARKING GARAGES FRONTING A
STREET SHALL BE PLACED NEXT TO
EACH OTHER ON ADJACENT LOTS
IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE ON-
STREET PARKING, WHERE
APPLICABLE.
X
X

14. FOR CORNER LOTS, PARKING
GARAGES SHALL BE LOCATED ON
THE INTERIOR LOT SIDE (NOT THE
STREET CORNER SIDE).
X
X

15. GARAGES FRONTING ONTO AN
INTERNAL DRIVEWAY OR STREET
SHALL BE SETBACK:
a. 3 – 5 FEET FROM SAID
DRIVEWAY OR STREET, OR
b. A MINIMUM OF 20 FEET
FROM SAID DRIVEWAY OR
STREET
X
X
X
X
X
16. A ONE-CAR GARAGE OR SHADE
STRUCTURE IS REQUIRED TO BE
10FT BY 20FT OF UNENCUMBERED
SPACE. A TWO-CAR GARAGE OR
SHADE STRUCTURE IS REQUIRED
TO BE 20FT BY 20FT OF
UNENCUMBERED SPACE. PARKING
REQUIREMENTS ARE REGULATED
BY SECTION 35-1804.
X
X
X
X
X
17. THE REQUIRED COVERED PARKING
SPACES SHALL BE LOCATED
ADJACENT TO UNITS, AND THE
GUEST PARKING SPACES SHALL BE
EVENLY DISPERSED THROUGHOUT
THE DEVELOPMENT.

X
X

18. PROVIDE SCREENING OR OTHER
ACCOMMODATION FOR TRASH
CONTAINERS, RECYCLING BINS,
HOUSEHOLD TOOLS AND
EQUIPMENT.
X
X
X

(3) BUILDING ARCHITECTURE
(A) BUILDING ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STANDARDS APPLICABLE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY
LOTS, SINGLE-FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS, LOTS WITH A SINGLE DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, OR
FOURPLEX, AND MULTI-FAMILY (FIVE UNITS AND UP) SHALL BE AS INDICATED IN THE
FOLLOWING TABLE WITH A “X.”
BUILDING ARCHITECTURE DESIGN
STANDARDS
SINGLE
-
FAMILY
SINGLE
-
FAMILY
WITH 8
OR
MORE
LOTS

DUPLEX,
TRIPLEX,
AND
FOUR-
PLEX

MULTI-
FAMILY
(5-20
UNITS)

MULTI-
FAMILY
(20
AND
UP)

PRIMARY ENTRY DESIGN:
1. THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE SHALL BE
DESIGNED TO INCLUDE ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING:
a. PORCH (A ROOF COVERED
AREA ATTACHED TO AND
PROJECTING A MINIMUM OF
SIX (6) FEET FROM THE FRONT
EXTERIOR WALL OF THE
STRUCTURE COVERING THE
ENTRANCE AND AN
EXTENDED AREA ALONG THE
FRONT FOR SEATING)
b. PORTICO (A COLUMN
SUPPORTED ROOF OVER THE
ENTRANCE OF THE HOME
THAT EXTENDS A MINIMUM
OF 5 FEET FROM THE
EXTERIOR WALL TO PROVIDE
SHELTER FROM THE
ELEMENTS)
c. AWNING (A ROOF COVERING
THAT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY
X
X
X
X
X

COLUMNS AND THAT IS
ATTACHED TO AND PROJECTS
A MINIMUM OF 4 FEET FROM
THE EXTERIOR WALL AND IS
LOCATED OVER THE
ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE
SHELTER FROM THE
ELEMENTS. AWNINGS SHALL
BE METAL, ROOF TILES,
SHINGLES, OR OTHER HARD
NON-FLEXIBLE MATERIALS.
d. RECESS (A FRONT DOOR
THAT IS RECESSED A
MINIMUM OF 4 FEET FROM
THE EXTERIOR WALL PLANE
ON WHICH THE DOOR IS
LOCATED TO CREATE A
COVERED LANDING AREA.)
2. ORIENT FRONT DOORS TOWARD THE
FRONTING STREET OR A COMMON
COURTYARD THAT IS SHARED WITH
OTHER DWELLING UNITS. THE USE
OF DISTINCTIVE ARCHITECTURAL
ELEMENTS AND MATERIALS TO
DENOTE PROMINENT ENTRANCES IS
REQUIRED.
X
X
X
X
X
3. BUILDING ORIENTATION: DESIGN
THE PRIMARY FACADE OF THE
BUILDINGS WITH VARIED SETBACKS
FOR A MINIMUM OF 5 FEET IN DEPTH
TO CREATE AN INTERESTING AND
ATTRACTIVE STREET EDGE WHILE
MAINTAINING THE REQUIRED
BUILDING SETBACK.

X
X
GARAGE PLACEMENT & ORIENTATION:
4. GARAGES SHALL USE COLORS AND
MATERIALS USED ON THE PRIMARY
BUILDING FAÇADE TO BLEND THE
GARAGE WITH THE FRONTAGE OF
THE DWELLING.
X
X
X
X
X
5. WHEN ORIENTED AS A SIDE ENTRY
GARAGE, A MINIMUM OF 25% OF
THE SURFACE AREA OF THE SIDE OF
THE GARAGE FACING THE STREET
SHALL INCLUDE WINDOWS AND
X
X
X

ARCHITECTURAL DETAILING TO
MATCH THE DETAILING ON THE
PRIMARY PORTION OF THE
STRUCTURE AND APPEAR AS A
LIVABLE PORTION OF THE DWELLING
UNIT.
MASSING & SCALE:
6. IF THE FRONT ELEVATION IS LONGER
THAN 30 FEET, INCORPORATE A
MINIMUM OF 2 FEET DEEP BY 10
FEET WIDE OFFSET FOR EACH 30
FEET OF BUILDING WALL LENGTH
AND EXTEND TO THE FULL HEIGHT
OF THE BUILDING. BUILDING
ENTRANCES AND FRONT PORCHES
MAY COUNT TOWARDS MEETING
THIS REQUIREMENT.
X
X
X

7. HORIZONTAL OFF SETS: BREAKS IN
MASSING OF AT LEAST 2 FEET IN
DEPTH SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR A
MINIMUM OF 25% OF A SINGLE
BUILDING ELEVATION THROUGH
THE USE OF VARYING SETBACKS,
BUILDING ENTRIES, BUILDING
OFFSET, OR MODULATION OF
BUILDING FACADES.
8. VERTICAL VARIATION: CHANGE IN
ROOFLINES OF AT LEAST 2 FEET IN
HEIGHT SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR A
MINIMUM OF 25% OF A SINGLE
BUILDING ELEVATION THROUGH
CHANGE IN HEIGHT AND FORM.
9. THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY
ACCEPT MINOR DEPARTURES FROM
THE HORIZONTAL OFF SET AND
VERTICAL VARIATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REAR
ELEVATIONS OF A BUILDING THAT
ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC
RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND ADJOINING
RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, OR
OPEN SPACES.

X
X
10. WHERE THE SIDE FAÇADE AT THE
END OF A BUILDING IS ORIENTED TO
A STREET, DRIVEWAY, OR COMMON

X
X

OPEN SPACE AREA, MASSING AND
LEVEL OF DETAILING OF THE SIDE
FAÇADE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH
THE FRONT FAÇADE. ARTICULATION
OF THE SIDE FAÇADE MAY INCLUDE
WINDOWS, DOORS, AND PORCHES.
11. SIDE ELEVATIONS SHALL PROVIDE A
MINIMUM OF ONE HORIZONTAL
PLANE BREAK OF AT LEAST 2 FEET IN
DEPTH.
X
X
X

12. PROVIDE SINGLE-STORY OR
COMBINATION ONE- AND TWO-
STORY HOMES ON ALL CORNER
LOTS, WITH THE TWO-STORY
PORTION ENCOMPASSING A
MAXIMUM 75% OF THE BUILDING
FOOTPRINT AND ORIENTED
FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE STREET
SIDE YARD.
X
X
X

13. FOR LOTS GREATER THAN 50 FEET
WIDE: NO MORE THAN THREE
DETACHED TWO-STORY SINGLE-
FAMILY HOMES SHALL BE LOCATED
NEXT TO EACH OTHER ALONG
ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS,
EXCEPT WHEN:
a. REAR YARD SETBACKS ARE
STAGGERED A MINIMUM
DEPTH OF 10 FEET EVERY 150
FEET OR LESS, OR
b. TWO-STORY HOMES HAVE A
SINGLE-STORY COMPONENT
THAT COMPRISES AT LEAST
25% OF THE LENGTH OF THE
BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND
THE TWO-STORY
COMPONENT IS ORIENTED
FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE
ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR
STREET AND WHICH NO
MORE THAN THREE ARE
LOCATED NEXT TO EACH

OTHER WITHOUT
STAGGERING THE REAR YARD
SETBACK A MINIMUM OF 10
FEET OR LOCATING A TWO-
STORY HOME THAT DOES
NOT HAVE A ONE-STORY
COMPONENT.
14. STRUCTURES THAT ARE TWO
STORIES OR MORE SHALL COMPLY
WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO OF THE
FOLLOWING STRATEGIES TO REDUCE
MASSING AND DIMINISH A BOX-ON-
BOX APPEARANCE:
a. INCLUDE A SINGLE-STORY
ELEMENT ON THE REAR OR
FRONT ELEVATION THAT IS
AT LEAST 25% OF THE
LENGTH OF THE BUILDING
FOOTPRINT
b. AT LEAST 3 SIDES OF THE
STRUCTURE PROVIDE A
MINIMUM OF ONE VERTICAL
BREAK STEPPING BACK A
MINIMUM DEPTH OF 3 FEET
FOR AT LEAST 25% OF THE
LENGTH OF EACH SIDE.
c. PROVIDE MULTIPLE ROOFS
AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS, OR
PARAPET HEIGHTS VARYING A
MINIMUM OF 2 FEET.
d. PROVIDE AT LEAST 3 OF THE
FOLLOWING FEATURES THAT
BREAK UP THE BOX-ON-BOX
EFFECT:
i. COVERED REAR
PATIOS (MINIMUM 4
FEET IN DEPTH)
EXTENDING FROM
THE EXTERIOR WALL
OF THE STRUCTURES
X
X
X

ii. COVERED PORCHES
(MINIMUM 6 FEET IN
DEPTH) SHALL RUN AT
LEAST 50% OF THE
FRONT OF THE
STRUCTURE FOR
HOMES THAT ARE 40
FEET OR WIDER. FOR
HOMES 39 FEET WIDE
OR LESS, THE
COVERED PORCH
(MINIMUM 6 FEET IN
DEPTH) SHALL RUN AT
LEAST 30% OF THE
FRONT OF THE
STRUCTURE.
iii. BAY WINDOWS
iv. CANTILEVERS
v. PROJECTING
BALCONIES
(MINIMUM 4 FEET IN
DEPTH)
vi. DORMERS
vii. AWNINGS (MINIMUM
4 FEET IN DEPTH)
ROOFLINES:
15. VARIATION OF ROOF FORMS SHALL
BE USED ON BUILDINGS OVER 50
FEET IN LENGTH ALONG THE STREET
FRONTAGE AND ACCOMPLISHED
THROUGH THE USE OF DIFFERENCES
IN ROOF HEIGHT (MINIMUM 2 FEET)
AND/OR FORM.

X
X
X
16. VARIED ROOF FORM SHALL BE USED
AS APPROPRIATE TO THE
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
FOLLOWING: HIPPED ROOFS, SHED
ROOFS, GABLED ROOFS, VARYING
PITCHES, ROOF DORMERS, AND FLAT
ROOFS.
X
X
X
X
X
17. ROOFLINES SHALL BE DESIGNED
WITH CHANGES IN RIDGELINE
X
X
X
X
X

DIRECTION AND CONFIGURATION
TO ENSURE VARIATION IN
ROOFLINES BETWEEN STRUCTURES.
18. NO MORE THAN TWO IDENTICAL
SIDE-BY-SIDE ROOF SLOPES SHOULD
BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG ARTERIAL
OR COLLECTOR STREETS OR PUBLIC
OPEN SPACE.
X
X

ARCHITECTURAL DIVERSITY & ARTICULATION
19. NEW DEVELOPMENTS WITH 4 OR
MORE CONTIGUOUS SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED LOTS SHALL OFFER
MULTIPLE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AS
FOLLOWS:
TOTAL # OF
DWELLING UNITS
MINIMUM # OF
DISTINCT
ARCHITECTURAL
STYLES PER FLOOR
PLAN
1-7
1
8-15
2
16-30
3
>30
4

EACH ARCHITECTURAL STYLE SHALL
FEATURE AT LEAST FOUR (4)
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES ON EACH
ELEVATION, SUCH AS BUT NOT
LIMITED TO:
a. ROOF FORM AND MATERIALS
b. MASONRY VENEER
(COVERING A MINIMUM 20%
OF THE ELEVATION)
c. EXTERIOR MATERIALS
d. WINDOW AND COLUMN
DETAILING
e. ARCHES
f.
ORNAMENTAL IRONWORK
g. EAVE DETAILS
X
X

20. A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE CLEARLY

X
X
X

DEFINED ARCHITECTURAL STYLE,
AND EACH ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
SHALL FEATURE AT LEAST FOUR
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES ON EACH
ELEVATION, SUCH AS BUT NOT
LIMITED TO:
a. ROOF FORM AND MATERIALS
b. MASONRY VENEER
(COVERING A MINIMUM 20%
OF THE ELEVATION)
c. EXTERIOR MATERIALS
d. COLUMN DETAILING
e. ARCHES
f.
ORNAMENTAL IRONWORK
g. EAVE DETAILS
21. A MINIMUM OF THREE DIFFERENT
MATERIALS AND AT LEAST FIVE OF
THE FOLLOWING ARCHITECTURAL
ELEMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED ON
EACH BUILDING ELEVATION.
i. COVERED PORCH
ii. BAY WINDOWS
iii. CANTILEVERS
iv. PROJECTING
BALCONIES
v. DORMERS
vi. AWNINGS
vii. TRIMS AROUND
DOORS AND
WINDOWS THAT
MATCH THE
ARCHITECTURAL
STYLE
viii. WINDOW MULLIONS
AND MUNTINS
ix. WINDOW SHUTTERS
x. ACCENT MATERIALS
(E.G., DECORATIVE
TILE, DECORATIVE
METAL ACCENTS)

X
X

xi. DECORATIVE
BRACKETS UNDER
ROOF EAVES,
PROJECTING
BALCONIES, OR
OTHER
xii. DECORATIVE
DOWNSPOUTS
22. DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, FOURPLEXES
SHALL BE DESIGNED TO APPEAR AS
SEPARATE UNITS BY THE USE OF
CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ENTRIES.

X
X

23. ALL PRIMARY ENTRANCES INTO
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS OR
INDIVIDUAL UNITS SHALL PROVIDE
WEATHER PROTECTION BY HAVING
AN OVERHEAD ROOF FEATURE
EXTENDING A MINIMUM OF FOUR
FEET FROM THE BUILDING FAÇADE
AND FOUR FEET IN WIDTH.
X
X
X
X
X
24. THE FIRST FLOOR SHALL PROVIDE
PEDESTRIAN SCALED ELEMENTS BY
USING TWO OR MORE
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES ON THE
FRONT ELEVATIONS (E.G. ARCHES,
AWNINGS, FENESTRATION, PATIOS,
COLUMNS, CORNICES, MOLDINGS,
AND TRELLISES) THAT ARE NOT USED
IN THE SAME PATTERN ON THE
UPPER STORIES.

X
X
25. THE SAME ELEVATION SHALL NOT BE
BUILT SIDE-BY-SIDE OR DIRECTLY
ACROSS THE STREET FROM ONE
ANOTHER AS DEFINED BY 60% OR
MORE OF LOT WIDTH.
X
X
X

MATERIALS & COLORS
26. ALL EXTERIOR MATERIALS SHALL BE
DURABLE TO WITHSTAND THE
ELEMENTS SUCH AS BUT NOT
LIMITED TO BRICK, MASONRY,
STONE, MASONRY VENEERS,
CONCRETE, COMPOSITE WOOD
PRODUCTS AND STUCCO.
X
X
X
X
X

27. A UNIFIED PALETTE (COLOR,
TEXTURE, SHEEN) OF MATERIALS
SHALL BE USED ON ALL SIDES OF
BUILDINGS. EVERY BUILDING SHALL
INCLUDE NO LESS THAN THREE
COLORS APPEARING ON THE
BUILDING EXTERIOR.
X
X
X
X
X
28. NATURAL MATERIALS SUCH AS
STONE, RIVER ROCK, AND SLATE,
WHICH ARE INTENDED TO BE SEEN
IN THEIR NATURAL STATE SHALL
NOT BE PAINTED.
X
X
X
X
X
29. ROOFING MATERIALS SHALL
CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING:
DIMENSIONAL COMPOSITE
SHINGLES, CERAMIC TILE, CLAY TILE,
CONCRETE TILE, AND STANDING
SEAM METAL. WOOD SHINGLES ARE
PROHIBITED.
X
X
X
X
X
30. UNTREATED WOOD IS NOT
PERMITTED.
X
X
X
X
X
31. WHEN A MATERIAL WRAPS AROUND
A CORNER IT SHALL BE TERMINATED
BY AN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
SUCH AS AN OFFSET, COLUMN,
INTERSECTING WALL, OR FENCE.
X
X
X
X
X
32. BALCONY DESIGN SHALL MATCH
THE BUILDING IN TERMS OF STYLE,
COLOR, AND MATERIALS.
X
X
X
X
X

35-1904. COMMERCIAL DESIGN STANDARDS
(1) APPLICABILITY
(A) THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS SHALL BE APPLIED TO ALL NEW
COMMERCIAL USES, DEVELOPED INDIVIDUALLY OR AS PART OF A LARGER COMMERCIAL
CENTER.
(B) THESE STANDARDS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE A CLEAR SET OF ARCHITECTURAL
AND SITE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THESE
STANDARDS PROVIDE CLEAR AND QUANTIFIABLE DIRECTION TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT MAINTAINS THE UNIQUE CHARACTER AND HIGH QUALITY OF DESIGN

WITHIN THE CITY OF CHANDLER, WHILE ENSURING BUILDING FORM AND SCALE ARE
APPROPRIATE TO THE SITE.

(2) SITE LAYOUT
(A) HEIGHT, BUILDING SETBACK, AND LOT COVERAGE SHALL BE REGULATED BY THE
ZONING DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN. THESE REGULATIONS CAN
BE FOUND IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER LAND USE AND ZONING CODE AT THE
FOLLOWING LINKS:
COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
CODE SECTION
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C-1)
35-1203
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C-2)
35-1303
REGIONAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C-3)
35-1403

WHEN COMMERCIAL PROJECTS ARE ADJACENT TO A REAR OR SIDE YARD OF SINGLE-
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THOSE INSTANCES WHEN SEPARATED
BY AN ALLEY, THE FOLLOWING SEPARATION MUST BE MAINTAINED ON THE SITE:
COMMERICAL BUILDINGS SHALL BE NO CLOSER THAN 25 FEET, PLUS ONE ADDITIONAL
FOOT FOR EACH FOOT OF HEIGHT OF THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING, FROM THE
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE.

(B) STAND-ALONE BUILDING PAD SITES:
1. APPLICABILITY: FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, STAND-ALONE BUILDING
PAD SITES ARE USES THAT STAND APART FROM, AND HENCE ARE NOT
PERCEIVABLE AS, PART OF THE MAIN BUILDING COMPLEX. STAND-ALONE PAD
SITES MAY BE DEVELOPED AS SINGLE FREESTANDING USES, SUCH AS A
RESTAURANT OR BANK, OR A CLUSTER OF USES SHARING COMMON
ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL AND MATERIALS, OPEN SPACES, AND SHADED AREAS
AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS. FREESTANDING BUILDING ADJACENT TO THE
MAIN COMPLEX STRUCTURES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED STAND-ALONE
BUILDING PAD SITES IF THE FREESTANDING BUILDING IS NOT SEPARATED FROM

THE LARGER COMPLEX BY VEHICULAR MOVEMENT, IMPROVED VEHICULAR
SURFACES, OR RETENTION AREA.
2. NUMBER: THE NUMBER OF PAD SITES PERMISSIBLE IN A SHOPPING CENTER
SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE PER ARTERIAL STREET FRONTAGE, WITH CORNER PAD
SITES TO COUNT AS ONE OF THE FRONTAGE ALLOWANCES. MULTI-USER PAD
SITES ARE PERMITTED ONLY WHEN THE USES ARE INTEGRATED AND CLUSTERED
WITHIN A COMMON OPEN SPACE WITH SEATING AREAS AND PEDESTRIAN
WALKS, SHARE COMMON ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS AND MATERIALS (E.G.,
COLOR, TEXTURE) PORTRAYED BY THE MAIN COMPLEX, AND NOT SEPARATED BY
VEHICULAR MOVEMENT. MORE THAN TWO FREESTANDING PAD SITES MAY BE
APPROVED THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP) PROCESS.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY
APPROVE MORE THAN TWO FREE-STANDING PAD SITES PER DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATIVELY, UPON DETERMINING THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
A. THE PAD WILL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT
OR REVITALIZE AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL CENTER;
B. AN ADDITIONAL PAD WILL MAKE USE OF AN AREA THAT IS CURRENTLY
UNDERUTILIZED;
C. THERE IS SUFFICIENT AREA ON THE SITE TO ACCOMMODATE SAFE AND
ADEQUATE ON-SITE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND THE SITE HAS BEEN
DESIGNED TO PREVENT DRIVE-THROUGH QUEUING FROM BACKING
ONTO MAIN DRIVEWAYS OR PUBLIC STREETS;
D. NO MORE THAN ONE HIGH-TURNOVER USER PER STREET FRONTAGE;
E. THE PAD(S) AND THE OVERALL COMMERCIAL CENTER IN WHICH IT IS
LOCATED COMPLY WITH ARTICLE XVIII PARKING AND LOADING
REGULATIONS;
F. THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN (I.E. BUILDING FORM AND MATERIALS) OF
THE PAD IS COMPATIBLE WITH AND SUPERIOR TO EXISTING BUILDINGS
IN THE SAME CENTER THROUGH THE FOLLOWING BUT NOT LIMITED TO;
i.
INCREASED LEVELS OF ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY;
ii. GREATER MATERIAL DIVERSITY;
iii. ENHANCED USABLE SPACE AND/OR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION;
iv. ACTIVATION OF STREET FRONTAGE;
v. HIGHER LEVELS OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN;
vi. CREATIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR BACK-OF-HOUSE FUNCTIONS.
3. LOCATION: ANY HIGH-TURNOVER USES (FAST FOOD, CONVENIENCE STORES,
SERVICE STATIONS, ETC.) MUST BE INTEGRATED WITHIN LARGER PLANNED
COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE CENTERS. HOWEVER, ON SITES WHERE THE

CONTIGUOUS AREA IS GENERALLY INSUFFICIENT TO ALLOW A LARGER PLANNED
CENTER, RELIEF MAY BE CONSIDERED THROUGH THE PROVISIONS OF THE
PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT (PAD) PROCESS, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY CITY
COUNCIL.
4. CONSTRUCTION: ANY STAND-ALONE PAD SITE BUILDING(S) 12,000 SQUARE FEET
OR GREATER IN BUILDING AREA, LOCATED WITHIN ANY COMMERCIAL SITE THAT
IS 10 ACRES OR GREATER IN SIZE, SHALL BE ALLOWED TO BE CONSTRUCTED
PRIOR TO THE BALANCE OF THE COMMERCIAL CENTER. ANY PAD SITE
BUILDINGS 25,000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS IN BUILDING AREA, LOCATED WITHIN
ANY COMMERCIAL SITE THAT IS LESS THAN 10 ACRES IN SIZE, SHALL BE
CONSTRUCTED CONCURRENTLY OR SUBSEQUENTLY WITH AT LEAST 12,000
SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL BUILDING AREA IN THE COMMERCIAL CENTER.
(C) DRIVE THROUGHS AND PICK-UP WINDOWS
1. ONE DRIVE-UP OR DRIVE THROUGH USER PER STREET FRONTAGE IS
PERMISSIBLE AS LONG AS THE DRIVE-UP DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH PARKING
MANEUVERING AREAS, MAIN-STREAM VEHICULAR MOVEMENT, OR IN ITSELF
CREATE AN UNSAFE TRAFFIC SITUATION.
2. ALL QUEUING LANES FOR FAST FOOD AND SIMILAR HIGH-TURNOVER USES
SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 14 FEET IN WIDTH.
3. ESTABLISHMENTS WITH QUEUING LANES THAT OFFER ON-SITE ORDERING
SHALL MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
a. PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE QUEUING LANE MEETING BOTH OF THE
FOLLOWING QUEUING LENGTH REQUIREMENTS:
i. MINIMUM 150 FEET IN LENGTH MEASURED FROM THE DRIVE-UP
WINDOW TO THE START OF THE LANE;
ii. MINIMUM OF 120 FEET FROM THE START OF THE LANE TO THE
MENU BOARD.
b. ANY ADDITIONAL QUEUING LANES SHALL NOT BE COUNTED TOWARDS
THE MINIMUM QUEUING REQUIREMENT FOR ON-SITE ORDERING.
c. ANY ADDITIONAL QUEUING LANES DEDICATED SOLELY FOR PICKING UP
PRE-ORDERED ITEMS AND WHICH DO NOT HAVE A MENU BOARD SHALL
PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 60 FEET IN LENGTH MEASURED FROM THE PICK-
UP WINDOW TO START OF THE LANE. THIS QUEUING LENGTH STANDARD
IS NOT INTENDED FOR SUCH USES AS DRUG STORES, BANKS, DRY
CLEANERS, ETC.
4. DRIVE THROUGH LANE ENTRY AND EXIT SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM VEHICULAR
PARKING AREAS, THROUGH CURBING, LANDSCAPING, ETC.
5. AT EACH INTERSECTION OF DRIVE THROUGH LANES AND SIDEWALKS, A
CROSSWALK WITH TEXTURED, DECORATIVE PAVING AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

SIGNS SHALL BE PROVIDED. ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SAFETY
MEASURES SHALL BE PROVIDED:
a. CROSSWALK WITH RAISED SPEED TABLE;
b. SPEED BUMP PRIOR TO PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK.
6. ALL DRIVE THROUGH FACILITIES, INCLUDING DRIVE THROUGH LANES AND
QUEUING AREAS SHALL BE ADEQUATELY SCREENED FROM STREET VIEW BY
BUILDING. ORIENTATION, OR BY A LANDSCAPED BERM AND RETAINING WALL
MEASURING 4 FEET FROM GRADE OF THE DRIVING LANE, AND SITUATED SO AS
NOT TO DISRUPT SAFE TRAFFIC FLOW.
7. DRIVE THROUGH SPEAKER(S) SHALL NOT FACE PROPERTY ZONED FOR SINGLE-
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.
8. MENU BOARDS SHALL BE SCREENED FROM STREET VIEW BY BUILDING
ORIENTATION OR BY A MINIMUM 4-FOOT SOLID MASONRY WALL.
(D) PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY
1. AN ON-SITE WALKWAY SHALL CONNECT THE MAIN ENTRY OF EACH BUILDING
OR EACH PRIMARY ENTRY TO A PUBLIC SIDEWALK ON EACH STREET FRONTAGE
OF THE SITE, AND TO ANY TRANSIT STOP ADJACENT TO THE SITE.
2. A SYSTEM OF PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS SHALL CONNECT ALL BUILDINGS ON A
SITE TO EACH OTHER, TO ON-SITE AUTOMOBILE AND BICYCLE PARKING AREAS,
AND TO ANY ON-SITE RECREATIONAL OR OPEN SPACE AREAS OR PEDESTRIAN
AMENITIES.
3. TEXTURED PAVING TREATMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL ON-SITE
PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS, AND DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES FOR A MINIMUM OF 30
FEET IN LENGTH ON-SITE.
4. BUS BAY LOCATIONS, WHERE APPLICABLE, SHALL BE INTEGRATED WITH
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.
5. PERIMETER SIDEWALKS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
MANNERS:
a. DETACHED AND SEPARATED FROM THE CURB BY LANDSCAPING
BARRIER;
b. ATTACHED TO THE CURB;
c. ENTIRELY OR PARTIALLY MEANDERING AND DETACHED AND SEPARATED
FROM THE CURB BY LANDSCAPING BARRIER.
6. PERIMETER SIDEWALKS SHALL CONNECT TO EXISTING PERIMETER SIDEWALKS
ON ABUTTING PROPERTIES.
7. PERIMETER SIDEWALKS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 6 FEET IN WIDTH EXCEPT
THAT, IN LOCATIONS ANTICIPATING HEAVIER THAN NORMAL PEDESTRIAN
TRAFFIC, THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY REQUIRE THESE TO BE 8 FEET IN
WIDTH.

(3) BUILDING ARCHITECTURE
(a) MASSING AND ARTICULATION
1. HORIZONTAL OFF SETS:
i. BUILDINGS LESS THAN 2,000 SQUARE FEET SHALL INCORPORATE BREAKS
IN MASSING HAVING A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 6 INCHES FOR A MINIMUM
OF 25% OF EACH BUILDING ELEVATION THROUGH THE USE OF VARYING
SETBACKS, BUILDING ENTRIES, EXTERIOR WALL PLANE OFFSET, OR
MODULATION OF BUILDING FACADES.
ii. BUILDINGS GREATER THAN 2,000 SQUARE FEET SHALL INCORPORATE
BREAKS IN MASSING HAVING A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 2 FEET FOR A
MINIMUM OF 25% OF EACH BUILDING ELEVATION THROUGH THE USE OF
VARYING SETBACKS, BUILDING ENTRIES, BUILDING OFFSET, OR
MODULATION OF BUILDING FACADES.
2. VERTICAL VARIATION: CHANGE IN ROOFLINES OF AT LEAST 2 FEET IN HEIGHT
SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR A MINIMUM OF 25% OF EACH BUILDING ELEVATION
THROUGH CHANGE IN HEIGHT AND FORM.
3. THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY ACCEPT MINOR DEPARTURES FROM THE
HORIZONTAL OFF SET AND VERTICAL VARIATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REAR
ELEVATIONS OF A BUILDING THAT ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-
WAY OR ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, OR OPEN SPACES.
(b) ARCHITECTURAL CONSISTENCY
1. BUILDING ARCHITECTURE SHALL PROMOTE CONSISTENT ARCHITECTURAL
CHARACTER AND DETAIL ON ALL SIDES OF THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE
CONTINUED USE OF BUILDING MATERIALS ON EACH SIDE.
2. IF A SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A LARGER EXISTING CENTER OR
DEVELOPMENT, THEN THE SUBJECT SITE SHALL BE ARCHITECTURALLY
INTEGRATED WITH THE LARGER CENTER OR DEVELOPMENT. TO BE CONSIDERED
ARCHITECTURALLY INTEGRATED, THE PROPOSAL SHALL PROVIDE THE
FOLLOWING AT MINIMUM:
i. THE PREDOMINANT BUILDING COLOR(S) (EXCLUDING ACCENT COLORS)
USED ON THE PROPOSED BUILDING SHALL MATCH THE PREDOMINANT
BUILDING COLOR(S) FOUND IN THE LARGER CENTER.
ii. THE PREDOMINANT BUILDING MATERIALS USED ON THE PROPOSED
BUILDING SHALL FEATURE AT LEAST TWO PROMINENT BUILDING
MATERIALS FOUND IN THE LARGER CENTER.
iii. THE PREDOMINANT ROOF FORM AND ROOF MATERIALS ON THE
PROPOSED BUILDING SHALL USE THE SAME PREDOMINANT ROOF FORM
AND ROOF MATERIALS FOUND IN THE CENTER.

3. BUILDING FEATURES THAT ARE USED FOR ADVERTISING OR TO PROMOTE A
RECOGNIZABLE CORPORATE IMAGE (CORPORATE STYLIZED ARCHITECTURE)
SHALL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE ACCENT COLOR OR MATERIAL AND
SHALL MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
i. WHEN THE COLOR OR MATERIAL IS NOT FOUND WITHIN THE APPROVED
COLOR PALATE FOR THE LARGER CENTER, THEN THE COLOR OR
MATERIAL SHALL BE LIMITED TO 10% OF A SINGLE BUILDING ELEVATION.
ii. WHEN THE COLOR OR MATERIAL IS FOUND WITHIN THE APPROVED
COLOR PALATE FOR THE LARGER CENTER, THEN THE COLOR OR
MATERIAL SHALL BE LIMITED 20% OF A SINGLE BUILDING ELEVATION.
ADDITIONAL COLORS OR MATERIALS MAY BE CONSIDERED IF THEY ARE
PROMINENT BUILDING COLORS FOUND WITHIN THE APPROVED COLOR
PALATE FOR THE CENTER.
(c) BUILDING MATERIALS AND FACADE DETAILS
1. BUILDING MATERIALS SHALL BE OF HIGH QUALITY AND DURABLE. THEY
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
i. BRICK
ii. STONE (NATURAL OR FAUX)
iii. INTEGRAL COLOR, SAND BLASTED OR STAIN TEXTURED MASONRY
iv. SPLIT-FACED MASONRY UNITS
v. TILT-UP CONCRETE PANELS
vi. STUCCO/EIFS
vii. ARCHITECTURAL PRE-FINISHED METAL
viii. CONCRETE AND CLAY TILE ROOFS
ix. TREATED OR ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCT
2. AT LEAST THREE MATERIALS SHALL BE USED IN ADDITION TO GLAZING AND
ACCENT FEATURES (E.G., FENCE PANELS, TILE ACCENTS, TRELLISES) UNLESS
DICTATED BY AN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THAT PRESCRIBES A PARTICULAR
BUILDING MATERIAL AS THE DOMINANT FEATURE (E.G., PUEBLO, SANTA FE
STYLE, ETC.) AS FOLLOWS:
i. A PREDOMINANT MATERIAL (MAXIMUM 65%) AND TWO ADDITIONAL
MATERIALS (MINIMUM 10% EACH) SHALL BE PROVIDED ON EACH
BUILDING FACADE
3. SOLID COVERED CANOPIES SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL PEDESTRIAN BUILDING
ENTRIES AT A MINIMUM DEPTH OF FOUR (4) FEET.
4. WHERE EXISTING FLUSH CURBING IS UTILIZED, A COMBINATION OF DECORATIVE
BOLLARDS AND LANDSCAPE PLANTERS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH NO MORE
THAN SIX (6) CONSECUTIVE BOLLARDS.
(d) SCREENING:

1. ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT USING OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA FOR
EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, OR MATERIALS SHALL SCREEN SUCH AREA FROM VIEW
WITH A 6-FOOT MASONRY OR CONCRETE WALL EXCLUDING APPROVED GATED
OPENINGS.
2. DISMANTLING, SERVICING, REPAIRING, ETC., OF VEHICLES AND/OR EQUIPMENT
SHALL BE WITHIN COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDINGS OR WITHIN AN AREA
ENCLOSED BY A SOLID CONCRETE, MASONRY, OR SIMILAR MATERIAL WALL
EXCEPT FOR OPENINGS FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS WHICH SHALL BE FURNISHED
WITH SOLID GATES.
3. SERVICE BAYS SHALL MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SCREENING
REQUIREMENTS:
i. SCREENING FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
1. BAY DOORS LOCATED WITHIN 100 FEET OF AN ADJACENT
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE SHALL BE ORIENTED AWAY FROM
THE ADJACENT USE.
2. BAY DOORS LOCATED BETWEEN 100 FEET AND 600 FEET OF AN
ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE AND ORIENTED SUCH
THAT THE BAY DOORS WOULD BE VISIBLE FROM THE ADJACENT
USE SHALL BE SCREENED WITH AN INTERVENING BUILDING OR
AN 8-FOOT-TALL SCREEN WALL. THE 8-FOOT-TALL SCREEN WALL
SHALL NOT BE LOCATED IN THE REQUIRED BUILDING SETBACK.
ii. SCREENING FROM ADJACENT STREETS SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED
THROUGH THE USE OF INTERVENING BUILDING SUCH THAT THE BAY
DOORS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET(S). SITES THAT ARE UNABLE
TO SCREEN SERVICE BAYS USING AN INTERVENING BUILDING SHALL USE
AT MINIMUM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS:
1. PREFERRED METHOD: ORIENT THE BUILDING SUCH THAT THE BAY
DOORS ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THE ABUTTING STREET. FOR
CORNER LOTS, THE BAY DOORS SHALL BE ORIENTED
PERPENDICULAR TO THE STREET WITH THE HIGHEST FUNCTIONAL
STREET CLASSIFICATION (I.E. ARTERIAL, COLLECTOR, ETC.)
IDENTIFIED IN THE GENERAL PLAN. IN THE EVENT THAT THE
STREET CLASSIFICATIONS ARE EQUIVALENT, THE ORIENTATION
CREATING THE SMALLEST NOISE IMPACT ON ADJACENT
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE USED.
2. BAY DOORS FACING THE STREET SHALL BE SETBACK AT LEAST 200
FEET.

3. BAY DOORS LESS THAN 200 FEET FROM AN ADJACENT STREET
AND LESS THAN PERPENDICULAR TO A STREET SHALL PROVIDE A
SOLID 6-FOOT MASONRY SCREEN WALL. THE 6-FOOT-TALL
SCREEN WALL SHALL NOT BE LOCATED IN THE REQUIRED
BUILDING SETBACK.
4. PROVIDE LONG-TERM STORAGE OF SHOPPING CARTS EITHER WITHIN THE
TENANT SPACE OR ADJACENT TO IT, BEHIND A DECORATIVE SCREEN WALL
EXCEEDING THE HEIGHT OF THE CARTS. SHOPPING CART STORAGE SHALL NOT
ENCROACH INTO ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS.
(e) GAS STATIONS:
1. DESIGN OF GAS CANOPIES SHALL BE INTEGRATED WITH ADJACENT BUILDING
ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE USE OF SIMILAR MATERIALS, COLORS, AND ROOF
FORMS.
2. GAS CANOPY LIGHTS SHALL BE FLUSH WITH THE BOTTOM OF CANOPY.
3. GAS CANOPY BOTTOM EDGE SHALL BE A MAXIMUM OF 15 FEET 6 INCHES ABOVE
FINISH GRADE, UNLESS CANOPY IS INTEGRATED INTO CONVENIENCE STORE
BUILDING.
4. ALL VENTING AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SCREENED FROM
ARTERIAL STREETS AND PUBLIC VIEW, THIS INCLUDES GAS VENT STACKS. GAS
VENTS SHALL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE CANOPY OR MOUNTED DIRECTLY
ADJACENT TO THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND SHALL NOT BE A SEPARATE
STRUCTURE. THE CANOPY SHALL INCORPORATE ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS (SUCH
AS LOUVERS OR MESH SCREENING) TO ALLOW FOR SUFFICIENT VENTILATION
WHILE FULLY SCREENING ANY GAS VENTS OR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.
5. NO OUTSIDE VENDING IS PERMITTED, INCLUDING ICE MACHINES.
(f) INTERFACE WITH SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREA: WHEN COMMERCIAL PROJECTS
ARE NEXT TO OR ACROSS AN ALLEY FROM A REAR OR SIDE YARD OF SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT:
1. SECOND-STORY WINDOW BALCONIES AND OTHER OPENINGS ARE ALLOWED
ONLY WHEN DEMONSTRATED TO AND APPROVED BY THE ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR THAT BACK YARDS OF ADJACENT RESIDENCES WILL NOT BE
VISIBLE FROM SUCH BALCONIES OR OPENINGS BY PERSONS SITTING OR
STANDING IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
(4) LOCATIONAL CRITERIA AND SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR LARGE SINGLE USE
RETAIL DEVELOPMENT
(A) LOCATIONAL CRITERIA: LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 35-200
OF THIS CODE, SHALL ONLY BE PERMITTED ON PROPERTY ZONED AS PLANNED AREA
DEVELOPMENT (PAD) FOR SUCH USE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AND

PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 35, ARTICLE XVII OF THIS CODE, AND FURTHER SUBJECT TO
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATION CRITERIA. ANY PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AN EXISTING
RETAIL USE, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY BRINGS THE TOTAL BUILDING COVERAGE OF THAT
USE TO 150,000 SQUARE FEET OR MORE, SHALL ALSO REQUIRE CONFORMANCE WITH
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS, FOR THE ENTIRE SITE DEVELOPMENT. COUNCIL
MAY APPROVE DEPARTURE FROM THESE STANDARDS UPON FINDING THAT SUCH
DEPARTURE IS WARRANTED, BASED UPON CONSIDERATION OF MITIGATING
CIRCUMSTANCES, DESIGN INNOVATION, OR OTHER MERITORIOUS FEATURE(S), AS
PROVIDED FOR IN CHAPTER 35, ARTICLE XVII OF THIS CODE.
1. ANY PARCEL PROPOSED FOR A LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT SHALL
BE ADJACENT TO A FREEWAY INTERCHANGE, OR SHALL FRONT ALONG TWO MAJOR
ARTERIALS FORMING AN INTERSECTION DESIGNATED BY THE CHANDLER GENERAL
PLAN AS "COMMERCIAL NODE," OR AS "REGIONAL MAJOR COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT," OR OTHER SUCCESSOR DESIGNATION SPECIFIED IN THE GENERAL
PLAN, OR IN AN AREA PLAN APPROVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THAT
EXPRESSLY PROVIDES FOR SUCH LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
2. A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 1,500 FEET, AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT LINE, SHALL
BE REQUIRED FROM THE NEAREST PROPERTY LINE OF ANY PARCEL CURRENTLY
ZONED FOR LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE, TO THE NEAREST
EXTERIOR WALL OF THE LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL BUILDING.
A. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS MEASUREMENT, THE PHRASE "LOW DENSITY SINGLE-
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE" SHALL MEAN A SUBDIVISION OF LAND, AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 35-200 OF THIS CODE, LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY JURISDICTION, WITH
A NET OVERALL DENSITY IN THE RANGE OF ZERO TO FOUR AND ONE-HALF
DWELLING UNITS/ACRE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS MEASUREMENT, NEITHER THE
AG-1 (AGRICULTURE) NOR THE MH-1 (MOBILE HOME) ZONING DISTRICT SHALL
BE CONSIDERED AS A LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING DESIGNATION.
B. THE 1,500 FOOT DISTANCE MAY BE REDUCED OR WAIVED ALTOGETHER BY
COUNCIL IF BASED UPON A FINDING THAT OTHER MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
ALREADY EXIST ON, OR ADJACENT TO, THE SITE PROPOSED FOR LARGE SINGLE
USE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT. SUCH MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES MAY INVOLVE
EXISTING NON-SINGLE-FAMILY LAND USES OR ZONING DESIGNATIONS, OR
OTHER PHYSICAL BARRIERS SUCH AS A MAJOR ARTERIAL RIGHT-OF-WAY,
FREEWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY, RAILROAD OR CANAL RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH COUNCIL
MAY FIND ACHIEVES AN EFFECTIVE SEPARATION AND BUFFER FROM THE LAND
USE IMPACTS OF THE LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.

C. THE 1,500 FOOT DISTANCE MAY BE REDUCED, OR WAIVED ALTOGETHER, BY
COUNCIL IF BASED UPON A FINDING THAT THE LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL
DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL DEMONSTRATES A COMBINATION OF SUPERIOR
ARCHITECTURAL OR SITE DESIGN TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
I) ATTACHING OTHER ACCESSORY RETAIL SHOP SPACE AND STOREFRONTS TO
DISPLACE AT LEAST A PORTION OF WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE A LENGTHY
EXTERIOR FRONT WALL PLANE OF THE LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL BUILDING; II)
EXTENSIVE GREENBELTS NOT LESS THAN 100 FEET IN WIDTH THAT FEATURE
MATURE LANDSCAPING, ARCHITECTURAL THEME WALLS, AND TERRACES THAT
CAUSE THE FINISHED GRADE OF THE LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL BUILDING TO BE
AT LEAST 6 FEET LOWER THAN THE FINISHED LOT GRADE OF THE NEAREST LOW
DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE; III) RELOCATION OF LOADING DOCKS
AND OVERHEAD BAY DOORS TO ANOTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHICH DOES
NOT FACE ANY ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USE, AND WHICH IN TURN CAUSES
ELIMINATION OF ANY REAR SERVICE DRIVE OR OTHER MEANS OF ACCESS TO THE
REAR OF THE BUILDING OTHER THAN PEDESTRIAN DOORS; IV) COMPLETELY
SEPARATING THE LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL BUILDING WITH SMALLER SCALE
BUILDINGS ACCOMMODATING LESS INTENSIVE LAND USE(S), WHICH PROVIDES
AN EFFECTIVE TRANSITION TO ANY ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL USE.
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBSECTION 35-1904(4)(A)2. SHALL NOT APPLY IF THE
DEVELOPER OF SUCH LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE WAS REQUIRED
BY CONDITION OF ZONING AS APPROVED BY THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE
FULL AND ADEQUATE DISCLOSURE THAT SAID RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WAS WITHIN
1,500 FEET TO ANOTHER SITE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED FOR REGIONAL COMMERCIAL
USE, AS SHOWN ON THE CHANDLER GENERAL PLAN, WHEREIN SUCH DESIGNATION
MAY PERMIT LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
3. AN APPLICATION REQUESTING ZONING APPROVAL FOR A LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL
COMPONENT MAY ALSO REQUEST ZONING FOR A SINGLE-FAMILY USE AS A
COMPONENT OF A MIXED USE PROJECT ONLY WHEN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
CONDITIONS ARE MET:
A. THE LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL PARCEL SHALL BE EXPRESSLY IDENTIFIED FOR
SUCH USE AS PART OF A MIXED USE PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT (PAD)
ZONING APPLICATION, WHEREIN SUCH APPLICATION AS APPROVED BY CITY
COUNCIL ALSO DEPICTS THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PARCEL(S), AND ANY
TRANSITIONAL LAND USE PARCELS AND BUFFERS ADJOINING THE LARGE SINGLE
USE RETAIL PARCEL.

B. FULL AND ADEQUATE DISCLOSURE OF SUCH LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL
LOCATION SHALL BE GIVEN BY THE DEVELOPER OR HOMEBUILDER OF THE
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE WITHIN 1,500 FEET, TO ANY PROSPECTIVE
HOMEBUYER IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED AS A CONDITION OF CITY COUNCIL
APPROVAL, FOR THE PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT (PAD) ZONING
APPLICATION.
C. PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL FOR THE LARGE SINGLE USE
RETAIL PARCEL, IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN SECTION 35-1706 OF THIS CODE,
SHALL BE REQUIRED EITHER PRIOR TO, OR CONCURRENT WITH, PRELIMINARY
DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL FOR ONE OR MORE SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL PARCELS WITHIN SAID MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.
D. THE REQUIRED PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT (PAD) ZONING APPLICATION,
WHEREIN SUCH MIXED USES ARE IDENTIFIED, SHALL ALSO DEMONSTRATE
SUFFICIENT BUFFER SEPARATIONS USING SUCH ELEMENTS AS STREET RIGHT-OF-
WAY, STORMWATER RETENTION AREA(S), LANDSCAPING TECHNIQUES, AND
MASONRY WALLS, IN COMBINATION TO ACHIEVE COMPLETE SEPARATION. IN
NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARCEL PROPOSED FOR LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL,
SHARE A PROPERTY LINE WITH ANY PARCEL PROPOSED FOR LOW DENSITY
SINGLE-FAMILY USE.
4. ANY PARCEL PROPOSED FOR LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE A
MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 1,300 FEET FROM ANY SITE CURRENTLY ZONED, OR BUILT, AS A
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH, OR HIGH
SCHOOL.
A. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY DEVELOPMENT SITE CONTAINING A LARGE SINGLE
USE RETAIL PARCEL GAIN VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM A LOCAL STREET,
COLLECTOR STREET, OR PRIVATE DRIVE, THAT ALSO PROVIDES VEHICULAR
ACCESS OR FRONTAGE TO A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE
SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH, OR HIGH SCHOOL.
B. THE MINIMUM DISTANCES REQUIRED BY THIS SUBSECTION 35-1904(3)(A)4.,
BETWEEN THE LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL BUILDING AND ANY GIVEN SCHOOL,
SHALL BE THE SHORTEST STRAIGHT LINE MEASUREMENT FROM THE SCHOOL
PROPERTY LINE TO THE NEAREST EXTERIOR WALL OF THE LARGE SINGLE USE
RETAIL BUILDING.
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBSECTION 35-1904(4)(A)4. SHALL NOT APPLY TO
ANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH, OR HIGH SCHOOL

LOCATED ON PROPERTY ZONED FOR USES OTHER THAN LOW DENSITY SINGLE-
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE.
NOTWITHSTANDING CONFORMANCE WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE LOCATIONAL
CRITERIA, CITY COUNCIL MAY DENY AN APPLICATION FOR THE PLANNED AREA
DEVELOPMENT (PAD) ZONING DESIGNATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 35-1706(4) OF THIS CODE.
(B) SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: IN ADDITION TO THE SITE DEVELOPMENT AND
LANDSCAPING STANDARDS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 19 OF THIS CODE, LARGE SINGLE USE
RETAIL SHALL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO CONFORMANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING
ADDITIONAL STANDARDS. COUNCIL MAY APPROVE DEPARTURE FROM THESE
STANDARDS UPON FINDING THAT SUCH DEPARTURE IS WARRANTED, BASED UPON
DESIGN INNOVATION OR OTHER MERITORIOUS FEATURE(S) AS PROVIDED FOR IN
CHAPTER 35, ARTICLE XVII OF THIS CODE:
1. MAXIMUM TOTAL SITE COVERAGE OF ALL BUILDINGS SHALL NOT EXCEED 24% OF
THE NET SITE AREA.
2. MINIMUM FRONT, SIDE, AND REAR SETBACKS FOR ALL LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL
BUILDING(S) AND PARKING, AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN SECTION 35-1902 OF THIS
CODE, SHALL BE INCREASED AT THE RATE OF TWO ADDITIONAL FEET FOR EACH
10,000 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING COVERAGE OVER 150,000 SQUARE FEET. SUCH
SETBACKS FROM ANY PUBLIC STREET SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE FUTURE
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, WHEREIN SUCH RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH IS DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT OF THE CHANDLER GENERAL
PLAN.
3. THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE LARGE SINGLE USE RETAIL BUILDING, TOGETHER
WITH ANY PAD BUILDING(S) OR IN-LINE SHOPS, SHALL DEMONSTRATE VISUAL
INTEREST ON ALL EXTERIOR SIDES THROUGH THE USE OF SUCH TECHNIQUES,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, AS WALL PLANE CHANGES, COLOR AND MATERIAL CHANGES,
POP-OUTS, REVEAL LINES, SCORING, VARIED ROOF LINES AND SLOPES, RECESSED
FEATURES, ARTICULATED CUSTOMER ENTRANCES, CANOPIES, COLONNADES, AND
OTHER ELEMENTS, ALL OF WHICH EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE THE BUILDING MASS
WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS, AND BRING PROPORTION TO ITS HORIZONTAL AND
VERTICAL DIMENSIONS.
4. ENTRY DRIVES SHALL BE ALIGNED WITH ANY POINT OF ACCESS TO AN ARTERIAL
STREET THAT PROVIDES FULL TURNING MOVEMENTS, AS APPROVED BY THE CITY
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER. SAID ENTRY DRIVE(S) SHALL BE DEFINED AS A

BOULEVARD, THEREBY SEPARATING ENTRY/EXITING MOVEMENTS FROM PARKING
SPACE SEARCH MANEUVERS.
5. SIDEWALKS NOT LESS THAN 6 FEET IN WIDTH SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE
SITE DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING DIRECT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THE ARTERIAL
SIDEWALKS TO PRIMARY CUSTOMER ENTRY DOORS. SUCH ON-SITE SIDEWALKS
SHALL BE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT BY USE OF LANDSCAPING, COLOR, AND
MATERIAL CHANGESs. IN ADDITION, A MINIMUM TEN (10) FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK
SHALL BE PROVIDED PARALLEL TO THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE LARGE SINGLE
USE RETAIL BUILDING FOR ITS ENTIRE LENGTH, AND SEPARATE FROM ANY PARKING
SPACE OVERHANG, DRIVING AISLE OR LANDSCAPING AS REQUIRED IN SECTION 35-
1906 OF THIS CODE.
6. ANY OUTDOOR DISPLAY AREAS FOR MERCHANDISE SHALL BE ENCLOSED BY
FENCE WALLS INTEGRATED WITH THE ARCHITECTURE, COLOR, AND MATERIALS OF
THE PRIMARY BUILDING, AND MAY INCLUDE WROUGHT IRON FOR VISIBILITY. SUCH
FENCE WALL ENCLOSURES SHALL BE A MINIMUM 4 FEET OR GREATER IN HEIGHT.
7. ANY AREAS USED FOR SHOPPING CART CONTAINMENT AS MAY BE PROVIDED
ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING, SHALL BE FULLY ENCLOSED AND SCREENED BY A
MINIMUM 4 FOOT HIGH MASONRY WALL, WITH BERMING AND LANDSCAPING IN
THE QUANTITIES SET FORTH IN SECTION 35-1906 OF THIS CODE.
8. OUTDOOR STORAGE OF MERCHANDISE OR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL,
INCLUDING CONTAINMENT IN METAL BINS, SHALL NOT DISPLACE ANY PORTION OF
THE SITE DEVELOPMENT INTENDED FOR PARKING, ACCESS, LANDSCAPING, OR
LOADING, AND SHALL BE SCREENED IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED IN SECTION 35-
1904(3)(D)1. AND 35-1905(3)(E)1v. OF THIS CODE.
9. A TRAFFIC STUDY SHALL BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL BY THE CITY
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PRELIMINARY
DEVELOPMENT PLAN SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 35-1706
OF THIS CODE. RECOMMENDED MEASURES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO MITIGATE
TRAFFIC IMPACTS SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROJECT DEVELOPER.
10. A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN SHALL BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL BY THE ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 35-1706 OF THIS CODE. SAID PLAN SHALL
DEMONSTRATE AN ILLUMINATION LEVEL IN THE RANGE OF 1.5 TO 2.0 FOOT-
CANDLES, FOR APPROVAL BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR DESIGNEE. SUCH SUBMITTAL
SHALL INCLUDE CATALOGUE CUTS OF ALL LIGHTING FIXTURES WITH SHIELDS TO

ENSURE DOWN LIGHTING ONLY, CONCEALED POINT SOURCES OF LIGHT, AND
PREVENT OVERSPILL ONTO ADJOINING PROPERTIES.
11. OVERNIGHT PARKING OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ANYWHERE WITHIN THE SITE
DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE PROHIBITED.
35-1905. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STANDARDS
(1) APPLICABILITY
(A) THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS SHALL BE APPLIED TO ALL NEW
INDUSTRIAL USES, DEVELOPED INDIVIDUALLY OR AS PART OF A LARGER INDUSTRIAL
PROJECT.
(B) THESE STANDARDS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE A CLEAR SET OF ARCHITECTURAL
AND SITE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. THESE
STANDARDS PROVIDE CLEAR AND QUANTIFIABLE DIRECTION TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT MAINTAINS THE UNIQUE CHARACTER AND HIGH QUALITY OF DESIGN
WITHIN THE CITY OF CHANDLER, WHILE ENSURING BUILDING FORM AND SCALE ARE
APPROPRIATE TO THE SITE.
(2) SITE LAYOUT
(a) HEIGHT, BUILDING SETBACK, AND LOT COVERAGE SHALL BE REGULATED BY THE
ZONING DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN. THESE REGULATIONS CAN
BE FOUND IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER LAND USE AND ZONING CODE AT THE
FOLLOWING LINKS:
INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
CODE SECTION
PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (I-1)
35-1503
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (I-2)
35-1603

WHEN INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS ARE NEXT TO OR ACROSS AN ALLEY FROM A REAR OR SIDE
YARD OF SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS SHALL
BE NO CLOSER THAN 25 FEET, PLUSONE ADDITIONAL FOOT FOR EACH FOOT OF HEIGHT
OF THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE.

(b) BUILDING ORIENTATION
1. THE BUILDING FRONT SHALL BE ORIENTED TO A PUBLIC ROADWAY OR AN
INTERNAL PRIMARY DRIVE FOR MULTI-BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS.
2. THE OFFICE, SHOWROOM OR OTHER PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PORTIONS OF THE
BUILDING SHALL BE LOCATED OR ORIENTED IN THE BUILDING SO AS TO BE
HIGHLY VISIBLE FROM A PUBLIC ROADWAY OR THE PUBLIC REALM.
3. A BUILDING LOCATED ON A CORNER SITE SHALL BE ORIENTED TO ADDRESS
BOTH STREET FRONTAGES, AND SHALL HAVE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING AND
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FEATURES SUCH AS STREET-FACING WINDOWS AND
DOORS.
4. WAREHOUSES SHALL BE LOCATED TO THE SIDE OR REAR OF THE BUILDING TO
MINIMIZE THE VISUAL IMPACTS OF WAREHOUSING/DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES,
VEHICLE MANEUVERING AREAS, AND BACK-OF-HOUSE FUNCTIONS FROM THE
PEDESTRIAN AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE.
(c) VEHICULAR ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY
1. PUBLIC/VISITOR AREAS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM TRUCK DELIVERY AND
MANEUVERING AREAS. ON MULTI-BUILDING PROJECTS, THE PRIMARY DRIVEWAY
FOR THE PUBLIC AND/OR VISITORS SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:
a. VARIETY OF MATERIALS (E.G., TEXTURIZED PAVING, COLORED PAVEMENT)
b. ENHANCED LANDSCAPE PALATE COMPARED TO THE BALANCE OF THE
SITE
(d) PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY
1. AN ON-SITE WALKWAY SHALL CONNECT THE MAIN ENTRY OF EACH BUILDING
OR EACH PRIMARY ENTRY TO A PUBLIC SIDEWALK ON EACH STREET FRONTAGE
OF THE SITE, AND TO ANY TRANSIT STOP ADJACENT TO THE SITE.
2. A SYSTEM OF PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS SHALL CONNECT ALL BUILDINGS ON A
SITE TO EACH OTHER, TO ON-SITE AUTOMOBILE AND BICYCLE PARKING AREAS,
AND TO ANY ON-SITE RECREATIONAL OR OPEN-SPACE AREAS OR PEDESTRIAN
AMENITIES.
3. TEXTURED PAVING TREATMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL ON-SITE
PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS, AND DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES FOR A MINIMUM OF 30
FEET IN LENGTH ON-SITE.
4. BUS BAY LOCATIONS, WHERE APPLICABLE, SHALL BE INTEGRATED WITH
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.
5. PERIMETER SIDEWALKS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
MANNERS:
a. DETACHED AND SEPARATED FROM THE CURB BY LANDSCAPING
BARRIER;
b. ATTACHED TO THE CURB;

c. ENTIRELY OR PARTIALLY MEANDERING AND DETACHED AND SEPARATED
FROM THE CURB BY LANDSCAPING BARRIER.
6. PERIMETER SIDEWALKS SHALL CONNECT TO EXISTING PERIMETER SIDEWALKS
ON ABUTTING PROPERTIES.
7. PERIMETER SIDEWALKS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 6 FEET IN WIDTH EXCEPT
THAT, IN LOCATIONS WITH ANTICIPATED HEAVIER-THAN-NORMAL PEDESTRIAN
TRAFFIC, THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY REQUIRE THESE TO BE 8 FEET IN
WIDTH.
8. MULTI-BUILDING PROJECTS WITH THREE OR MORE BUILDINGS SHALL PROVIDE A
MINIMUM OF TWO FUNCTIONAL OUTDOOR AMENITIES AND/OR COMMUNAL
AREAS FOR EMPLOYEES. SUCH AMENITIES SHALL BE LOCATED NEAR BUILDING
ENTRANCES OR OTHER FOCAL POINTS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT WHERE THEY
WILL BE CONVENIENT AND COMFORTABLE FOR USERS. OUTDOOR AMENITIES
AND COMMUNAL AREA INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
a. ACTIVE RECREATIONAL SPACES SUCH AS SPORT COURTS, PUTTING
GREENS, ETC. ACTIVE RECREATIONAL SPACES SHALL BE LOCATED NO
CLOSER THAN 100FT TO THE PROPERTY LINE OF ANY PROPERTY ZONED
FOR RESIDENTIAL USES;
b. OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS SHADED BY TREES AND/OR STRUCTURES
SUCH AS TRELLISES, PERGOLAS, AND CANOPIES.
(3) BUILDING ARCHITECTURE
(a) MASSING AND ARTICULATION
1. HORIZONTAL OFF SETS: BREAKS IN MASSING OF AT LEAST TWO FEET IN DEPTH
SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR A MINIMUM OF 25% OF A SINGLE BUILDING
ELEVATION THROUGH THE USE OF VARYING SETBACKS, BUILDING ENTRIES,
BUILDING FACE OFF SET, OR MODULATION OF BUILDING FACADES.
2. VERTICAL VARIATION: CHANGE IN ROOFLINES OF AT LEAST TWO FEET IN HEIGHT
SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR A MINIMUM OF 25% OF A SINGLE BUILDING
ELEVATION THROUGH CHANGE IN HEIGHT AND FORM.
3. THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY ACCEPT MINOR DEPARTURES FROM THE
HORIZONTAL OFF SET AND VERTICAL VARIATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REAR
ELEVATIONS OF A BUILDING THAT ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-
WAY AND ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, OR OPEN SPACES.
(b) ARCHITECTURAL CONSISTENCY
1. BUILDING ARCHITECTURE SHALL PROMOTE CONSISTENT ARCHITECTURAL
CHARACTER AND DETAIL ON ALL SIDES OF THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE
CONTINUED USE OF BUILDING MATERIALS ON EACH SIDE.

2. IF A SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A LARGER EXISTING CENTER OR
DEVELOPMENT, THEN THE SUBJECT SITE SHALL BE ARCHITECTURALLY
INTEGRATED WITH THE LARGER CENTER OR DEVELOPMENT. TO BE CONSIDERED
ARCHITECTURALLY INTEGRATED, THE PROPOSAL SHALL PROVIDE THE
FOLLOWING AT MINIMUM:
a. THE PREDOMINANT BUILDING COLOR(S) (EXCLUDING ACCENT COLORS)
USED ON THE PROPOSED BUILDING SHALL MATCH THE PREDOMINANT
BUILDING COLOR(S) FOUND IN THE LARGER CENTER.
b. THE PREDOMINANT BUILDING MATERIALS USED ON THE PROPOSED
BUILDING SHALL FEATURE AT LEAST TWO PROMINENT BUILDING
MATERIALS FOUND IN THE LARGER CENTER.
c. THE PREDOMINANT ROOF FORM AND ROOF MATERIALS ON THE
PROPOSED BUILDING SHALL USE THE SAME PREDOMINANT ROOF FORM
AND ROOF MATERIALS FOUND IN THE CENTER.
3. BUILDING FEATURES THAT ARE USED FOR ADVERTISING OR NATIONAL IMAGE
(CORPORATE STYLIZED ARCHITECTURE) SHALL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF
ONE ACCENT COLOR OR MATERIAL AND SHALL MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
a. WHEN THE COLOR OR MATERIAL IS NOT FOUND WITHIN THE APPROVED
COLOR PALATE FOR THE LARGER CENTER, THEN THE COLOR OR
MATERIAL SHALL BE LIMITED TO 10% OF A SINGLE BUILDING ELEVATION.
b. WHEN THE COLOR OR MATERIAL IS FOUND WITHIN THE APPROVED
COLOR PALATE FOR THE LARGER CENTER, THEN THE COLOR OR
MATERIAL SHALL BE LIMITED 20% OF A SINGLE BUILDING ELEVATION.
ADDITIONAL COLORS OR MATERIALS MAY BE CONSIDERED IF THEY ARE
PROMINENT BUILDING COLORS FOUND WITHIN THE APPROVED COLOR
PALATE FOR THE CENTER.
(c) BUILDING MATERIALS
1. BUILDING MATERIALS SHALL BE OF HIGH QUALITY AND DURABLE. THEY
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
a. BRICK
b. STONE (NATURAL OR FAUX)
c. INTEGRAL COLOR, SAND BLASTED OR STAIN TEXTURED MASONRY
d. SPLIT-FACED MASONRY UNITS
e. TILT-UP CONCRETE PANELS
f. STUCCO/EIFS
g. ARCHITECTURAL PRE-FINISHED METAL
2. A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF GLAZING SHALL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE
DESIGN OF THE BUILDINGS. GLAZING SHALL BE PROVIDED AT THE FOLLOWING
PERCENTAGES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL BUILDING ELEVATION:

a. FRONT ELEVATIONS AND OTHER ELEVATIONS THAT DIRECTLY FACE A
PUBLIC ROADWAY, FREEWAY, OR INTERNAL PRIMARY DRIVE: MINIMUM
20%
b. SIDE ELEVATIONS THAT ARE VISIBLE FROM A PUBLIC ROADWAY,
FREEWAY, OR AN INTERNAL DRIVE BUT NOT DIRECTLY FACING THE
ROADWAY OR DRIVE: MINIMUM 10%
c. REAR ELEVATIONS THAT ARE VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC ROADWAY,
FREEWAY OR INTERNAL DRIVE: MINIMUM 5%
3. AT LEAST THREE FACADE MATERIALS SHALL BE USED IN ADDITION TO GLAZING
AND ACCENT FEATURES (E.G., FENCE PANELS, TILE ACCENTS, TRELLISES) AS
FOLLOWS:
a. FRONT ELEVATION AND OTHER ELEVATIONS THAT DIRECTLY FACE A
PUBLIC ROADWAY: A PREDOMINANT MATERIAL (MAXIMUM 60%) AND
TWO ADDITIONAL MATERIALS (MINIMUM 40% COMBINED)
b. SIDE ELEVATION: A PREDOMINANT MATERIAL (MAXIMUM 80%) AND TWO
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS (MINIMUM 20% COMBINED)
(d) FACADE DETAILS
1. BUILDING ENTRANCES
a. EACH PRINCIPAL BUILDING SHALL HAVE CLEARLY DEFINED, HIGHLY
VISIBLE PRIMARY ENTRANCES FOR OCCUPANTS AND PATRONS. EVERY
PRIMARY ENTRANCE SHALL HAVE A SPECIAL EMPHASIS WHEN
COMPARED TO THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING. THIS SHALL BE
ACCOMPLISHED BY PROVIDING THE THREE BELOW ENHANCED DESIGN
ELEMENTS NEAR THE ENTRANCES:
1. INCREASED USE AND HEIGHT OF GLAZING, ENCOMPASSING A
MINIMUM OF 75% OF THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING;
2. RAISED PARAPETS WITH A MINIMUM INCREASE IN HEIGHT OF 2
FEET;
3. CANOPIES OR PORTICOS.
b. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE REQUIRED DESIGN ELEMENTS, A MINIMUM
OF TWO ADDITIONAL ENHANCED DESIGN ELEMENTS SHALL BE
PROVIDED NEAR THE ENTRANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
1. RECESSES/PROJECTIONS
2. PEAKED ROOF FORMS
3. ARCHES
4. INTEGRAL PLANTERS OR WING WALLS
5. ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN SURFACES
c. WHEN A BUILDING ENTRANCE IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF A
BUILDING, THE DESIGN ELEMENTS INCORPORATED INTO THE ENTRY

SHALL WRAP AROUND THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING. DESIGN
ELEMENTS ON EACH SIDE OF THE CORNER ENTRY SHALL SPAN THE SAME
LENGTH OF THE BUILDING.
d. BUILDING ENTRIES SHALL BE ORIENTED TOWARD THE PREDOMINANT
PUBLIC VIEW, USUALLY THE STREET FRONTAGE. THIS ALLOWS THE
PUBLIC TO MORE EASILY DETERMINE WHERE THE FRONT ENTRANCE IS
LOCATED AND PROVIDES A MORE ATTRACTIVE STREET FRONTAGE.
e. LARGE BUILDINGS WHICH FRONT MULTIPLE STREETS SHALL PROVIDE
MULTIPLE ENTRANCES.
2. SOLID COVERED CANOPIES SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL PEDESTRIAN BUILDING
ENTRIES AT A MINIMUM DEPTH OF 4 FEET.
(e) SCREENING:
1. ANY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT USING OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA FOR
EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES OR MATERIALS SHALL SCREEN SUCH AREA FROM VIEW
WITH A MINIMUM 6 FOOT MASONRY OR CONCRETE WALL EXCLUDING
APPROVED GATED OPENINGS.
2. DISMANTLING, SERVICING, REPAIRING, ETC., OF VEHICLES AND/OR EQUIPMENT
SHALL BE WITHIN COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDINGS OR WITHIN AN AREA
ENCLOSED BY A SOLID CONCRETE, MASONRY, OR SIMILAR MATERIAL WALL
EXCEPT FOR OPENINGS FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS WHICH SHALL BE FURNISHED
WITH SOLID GATES.
3. SERVICE BAYS SHALL MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SCREENING
REQUIREMENTS:
a. SCREENING FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
1. BAY DOORS LOCATED WITHIN 100 FEET OF AN ADJACENT
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE SHALL BE ORIENTED AWAY FROM
THE ADJACENT USE.
2. BAY DOORS LOCATED BETWEEN 100 FEET AND 600 FEET OF AN
ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE AND ORIENTED SUCH
THAT THE BAY DOORS WOULD BE VISIBLE FROM THE ADJACENT
USE SHALL BE SCREENED WITH AN INTERVENING BUILDING OR
AN 8 FOOT TALL SCREEN WALL. THE 8 FOOT TALL SCREEN WALL
SHALL NOT BE LOCATED IN THE REQUIRED BUILDING SETBACK.
b. SCREENING FROM ADJACENT STREETS SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED
THROUGH THE USE OF INTERVENING BUILDING SUCH THAT THE BAY
DOORS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET(S). SITES THAT ARE UNABLE
TO SCREEN SERVICE BAYS USING AN INTERVENING BUILDING SHALL USE
AT MINIMUM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS:

1. PREFERRED METHOD: ORIENT THE BUILDING SUCH THAT THE BAY
DOORS ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THE ABUTTING STREET. FOR
CORNER LOTS, THE BAY DOORS SHALL BE ORIENTED
PERPENDICULAR TO THE STREET WITH THE HIGHEST FUNCTIONAL
STREET CLASSIFICATION (I.E. ARTERIAL, COLLECTOR, ETC.)
IDENTIFIED IN THE GENERAL PLAN. IN THE EVENT THAT THE
STREET CLASSIFICATIONS ARE EQUIVALENT, THE ORIENTATION
CREATING THE SMALLEST NOISE IMPACT ON ADJACENT
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE USED.
2. BAY DOORS FACING THE STREET SHALL BE SETBACK AT LEAST 200
FEET.
3. BAY DOORS LESS THAN 200 FEET FROM AN ADJACENT STREET
AND LESS THAN PERPENDICULAR TO A STREET SHALL PROVIDE A
SOLID 6 FOOT MASONRY SCREEN WALL. THE 6 FOOT TALL
SCREEN WALL SHALL NOT BE LOCATED IN THE REQUIRED
BUILDING SETBACK.
c. ALL STAIRWAYS TO UPPER LEVELS SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE
BUILDING.
d. SCREEN WALLS EXCEEDING 80 FEET IN LENGTH THAT ARE VISIBLE FROM
STREET VIEW, OPEN SPACE, OR PROPERTIES ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL
OR RESIDENTIAL USES SHALL BE BROKEN UP THROUGH THE USE OF
PILASTERS, AND/OR OFFSETS IN THE ALIGNMENT OF THE WALL OR
FENCE.
e. TRUCK COURTS SHALL BE FULLY SCREENED FROM STREET VIEW, OPEN
SPACE, AND ANY SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL
OR RESIDENTIAL USES THROUGH THE USE OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING METHODS:
1. USE OF INTERVENING BUILDINGS SUCH THAT THE ENTIRETY OF
THE TRUCK COURTS ARE NOT VISIBLE;
2. USE OF SOLID 8 FOOT TALL MASONRY OR CONCRETE SCREEN
WALL(S) AND OPAQUE GATE(S).
f. WHEN SECURITY FENCING IS REQUIRED, IT SHALL BE PROVIDED AS VIEW
FENCING. VIEW FENCING MAY INCLUDE A COMBINATION OF MASONRY
AND VIEW FENCING, PROVIDED THAT AT LEAST THE TOP 60% OF THE
FENCING IS VIEW FENCING.
g. THE USE OF CONCERTINA WIRE OR BARBED WIRE IS PROHIBITED UNLESS
NOT VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC VIEW.

(f) INTERFACE WITH SINGLE-FAMILY AREA: WHEN INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS ARE NEXT TO OR
ACROSS AN ALLEY FROM A REAR OR SIDE YARD OF SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT:
1. SECOND-STORY WINDOW BALCONIES AND OTHER OPENINGS ARE ALLOWED
ONLY WHEN DEMONSTRATED TO AND APPROVED BY THE ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR THAT BACK YARDS OF ADJACENT RESIDENCES WILL NOT BE
VISIBLE FROM SUCH BALCONIES OR OPENINGS BY PERSONS SITTING OR
STANDING IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
35-1903 35-1906. Landscaping
(1) Purpose: The purpose of this section is to provide minimum landscape development
standards which will promote the general welfare of Chandler residents through the provision
of an outdoor environment which will:
(a) Create aesthetically pleasing views and vistas along public streets.
(b) Complement and enhance the functional and aesthetic design of new building and site
development projects.
(c) Provide visual screening of parking, service and storage areas.
(d) Mitigate the adverse impacts of higher intensity land uses upon lower intensity uses
through the provision of needed "landscape buﬀers."
(e) Promote water conservation by restricting the use of turf and ornamental water
features and requiring the use of low-water-use plant materials.
(f) Promote climate modiﬁcations for enhancement of pedestrian environments at street
frontages, parking lots and building facades.
(g) Provide maximum shade on ground surfaces to reduce the "urban heat island eﬀect."
(2) Applicability: These landscape standards shall apply to all new developments, EXCEPT FOR
SINGLE-FAMILY, DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, AND FOURPLEX DWELLINGS, excepting single- and two-
family dwellings, which require the approval of a site development plan or subdivision plat by
the City of Chandler.
(3) Deﬁnitions:
(a) Director: The Development and Community Services Director or his/her designated
representative.
(b) Landscaping: Shall include all living plants such as trees, shrubs, vines, vegetative
ground cover, organic or inorganic materials, earthen berms, walls, walkways, plazas,

courtyards, lighting, benches, trash containers, ponds, fountains, sculptures and other site
furnishings creating an attractive environment.
(c) Landscape plan: A graphic representation of the development of a site which illustrates
the nature, design and location of all landscaping elements and materials.
(d) Interior open space: That open space encompassed by line extensions of the exterior
walls of one (1) or more buildings constructed on a common building site.
(E) NON-FUNCTIONAL TURFGRASS:
•
ANY NARROW STRIPS OF GRASS ESPECIALLY AREAS WITH ANY SINGLE
DIMENSION OF 10 FEET OR LESS.
•
GRASS AREAS EXCEEDING A 4:1, OR 25%, SLOPE.
•
GRASS AREAS THAT ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE BY PAVED PATHWAYS AND/OR ARE
RESTRICTED BY PHYSICAL BARRIERS THAT PROHIBIT ACCESSIBILITY.
•
GRASS AREAS INSTALLED CLOSER THAN 10 FEET TO A STREET AND/OR IN FRONT
ENTRYWAYS TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS OR SUBDIVISIONS WHERE
OTHER RECREATIONAL AMENITIES DO NOT EXIST.
•
GRASS AREAS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO DRAINAGE CONVEYANCES, STORM
BASINS, EROSION CONTROL, OR OPERATIONAL DISCHARGE AND ARE NOT
HISTORICALLY UTILIZED FOR ACTIVE PROGRAMMED RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
•
ANY GRASS AREA NOT HISTORICALLY USED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND
ARE PRIMARILY AESTHETIC OR ORNAMENTAL.
(e) Reclaimed water: Water which has been processed by a municipal wastewater treatment
plant and made available for reuse.
(f) Salvaged/harvested water: Collected stormwater for landscape use.
(4) Landscape design plan: All landscape plans shall be drawn at a minimum scale of one (1) inch
equals thirty (30) feet (maximum sheet size thirty-inch by forty-two-inch) and contain the
following information:
(a) Building footprints and roof overhangs, walkways, parking surfaces and vehicular
overhang lines, property lines, right-of-way lines, easement lines and sight angle clearance
lines.
(b) Calculations of the square footage and percent of total site of all site elements,
including building footprints, parking, and landscape area. Landscape area shall also be
further subdivided into subcategories of turf, shrubs/ground cover, and inorganic
materials.
(c) The location of existing and proposed plant materials.

(d) Plant schedule, including botanical and common names, planting size, number of
plants, and on-center spacing of massed shrubs and ground cover plants on each
landscape sheet.
(e) Plant graphic symbol legend or key on each landscape sheet. (Items (d) and (e) may be
combined.)
(f) Planting details, speciﬁcations and required guaranty.
(g) Proposed treatment (type and depth) of all added inorganic ground surface materials.
(h) Inorganic materials schedule including type of material (i.e. decomposed granite, river
rock, screened rock, etc.) and quantities.
(i) Irrigation plan showing location of controller, existing or proposed meters, backﬂow
preventor, water lines, heads, and materials schedule on each sheet.
(j) Irrigation details and pressure loss calculations.
(5) Landscape design guidelines: Landscaping shall be designed, installed and maintained in
general accordance with the following guidelines:
(a) Xeriscape principles: Landscape developments shall be designed, installed and
maintained in accordance with the following seven (7) basic principles of xeriscape.
1. *Planning and design: Use a water conservation design. Implement a "mini-oasis"
concept. Water-using plants and turf should be concentrated in small areas near
buildings where they may be enjoyed at the pedestrian level.
2. *Limited turf areas: Limit the use of turf to small areas where it will be actively used
and eﬃciently watered.
3. Eﬃcient irrigation: Utilize the most eﬃcient irrigation system for the area being
served. Drip individual plants rather than ﬂood larger areas. Group plantings together
with common water requirements to be watered on the same control zone.
4. *Soil improvements: Add soil amendments (improvements) within planted areas to
increase the water-holding capacity of the soil and improve the health and vigor of
plants.
5. Mulching: Cover ﬁnal soil surfaces with organic or inorganic mulches to insulate soil
temperature extremes and conserve moisture.
6. *Lower-water-demand plants: Utilize only those plants listed on an oﬃcially
approved low-water-use plant list.

7. Appropriate maintenance: Maintain irrigation systems so they operate at peak
eﬃciency. Lessen water demand by keeping weed growth down and by thinning
unwanted wood from trees rather than cropping them.
*Except when reclaimed water is used.
(b) Unity and continuity: Landscape unity and continuity may be signiﬁcantly enhanced
through the selection of a dominant tree and shrub species. Such dominance shall be
established by making the selected species clearly in the majority (sixty (60) percent plus).
Note: Plant palettes, except for turf areas in excess of the limitations established by these
landscape standards, partially implemented through the construction of one (1) or more
phases of a previously approved master planned project shall be continued throughout
the development of that project.
(c) Plant massing: The massing of trees and shrubs into groups containing three (3) or more
plants is required unless standards elsewhere within these regulations only require a
single element, e.g. single trees within parking lot planter islands. Planting of single-shrub
specimens, unless used to repeat an element already established within a massed planting
within the same visual area, is prohibited. Shrub and ground cover spacing within massed
beds shall be spaced in accordance with the spacing standards contained within appendix
C [to this section].
(d) Plant associations: The grouping of plant species commonly found together in natural
associations or of common environmental requirements (soil type, water, sun exposure,
temperature limitations, etc.) is required.
(e) Plant spacing: In order to foster a more natural look, an uneven spacing of plants; unless
such plants are being used to create a massed shrub or ground cover bed, is required.
Unless dense massing is needed for screening or other speciﬁc design purposes, shrub
spacing should be suﬃcient to allow plants to reach their natural mature size and form.
(f) Consistency with adopted streetscape standards: Street frontage landscaping shall be
consistent with previously adopted speciﬁc streetscape standards (i.e., Ray Road
Streetscape Standards).
(6) Standards: All turf areas equal to or greater than ﬁve (5) acres in size shall be watered
exclusively with reclaimed water when reclaimed water is available in the arterial street. All
infrastructure need to accept reclaimed water when it is available in the arterial street shall be
installed as a part of the development. When eﬄuent is used, all turf areas equal to or greater
than ﬁve (5) acres in size shall be overseeded with a winter lawn. All new developments and
modiﬁcations to existing developments shall be landscaped in accordance with the following
minimum standards.

(a) Plant material:
1. Low-water-use plants required: Except when reclaimed water is used, Plant material
species (trees, shrubs, ground cover, vines, etc.) shall be limited to those which are
included within the latest amended edition of the "Low-Water-Using Plant List"
approved by the Director of the Phoenix Active Management Area of the Arizona
Department of Water Resources (appendix A). Any plant material species may be used
if irrigated by a reclaimed water source.
2. Arizona Nursery Association-Tree speciﬁcations: All trees shall comply with the latest
amended edition of the "Arizona Nursery Association — Recommended Tree
Speciﬁcations" (appendix D).
3. Minimum planting size: Unless speciﬁed elsewhere, all plant material shall be of the
following minimum sizes:
Plant Type
Minimum
Planting Size
Trees (for oﬃce, industrial, and commercial
development adjoining arterial streets)
24-inch box (50% of required trees)
36-inch box (25% of required trees)*
48-inch box (25% of required trees)*
Trees (interior of oﬃce, industrial, and
commercial development)
24-inch box
Trees (for non-commercial development
common open space adjoining arterial
streets)
24-inch box (50% of required trees)
36-inch box (50% of required trees)*
Trees (for non-commercial interior common
open space)
24-inch box
Trees (quantities that exceed minimum
standards under Section 35-1903(6)(c))
24-inch box
Shrubs
5-gallon
Ground Cover
1-gallon
Vines
1-gallon
Annuals
4-inch pots or ﬂats

*Date palm or fan palm trees in excess of ﬁfteen (15) feet in trunk height may qualify
as a required thirty-six-inch box or forty-eight-inch box planting size.
(b) Landscape area requirements: All portions of a development site not utilized for building
development, service areas, paved or improved storage areas, parking driveways, etc.,
shall be landscaped. Minimum areas of landscaping are as follows:
1. Front yard/street right-of-way areas: All front yard areas and street right-of-way areas
located between developed on-site improvements and the back of existing or future

public sidewalks or street curbs, except needed access driveways, shall be fully
landscaped.
All street frontage landscaping located adjacent to driveway exits and street
intersections shall be designed, installed and maintained in accordance with the
height, location and sight visibility requirements of the City of Chandler Standard
Details (detail C-246, C-247, and C-248).
2. Parking lot area: A minimum of ten (10) percent of the interior surface area of all
parking lots shall be landscaped. Planter islands, uniformly distributed throughout the
interior parking area, a minimum of nine (9) feet in width (measured from outside
face of curb to outside face of curb) and protected by raised curbs. Diamond planters
shall be installed in commercial and oﬃce development and uniformly distributed
between planter islands. Such planters shall be a minimum of ﬁve (5) feet square in
size, oriented in a diagonal fashion, and shall occur at the following minimum
frequencies:
Frequency
Type of
Development
One (1) planter/ten (10) spaces
Multi-family
Residential
One (1) planter and two (2) diamond
planters/twelve (12) spaces
Commercial
One (1) planter and two (2) diamond
planters/twelve (12) spaces
Oﬃce
One (1) planter/twenty (20) spaces
Industrial

Note: Planters, as required above, may not meet the ten (10) percent planting
requirement. The deﬁciency shall be made up by increasing the size of the planter
islands and/or increasing the width of perimeter landscape areas created by building
and parking setback requirements.
3. Landscape buﬀers/perimeter landscape strips: A landscape strip a minimum of ten
(10) feet in width shall be provided along all site boundary lines.
4. Building structures: Foundation planting shall be provided at walkways adjacent to
buildings and planters up to building edge, where appropriate.
(c) Landscape improvement requirements: the following minimum landscape improvements
are required within the following several diﬀerent landscape areas:
1. Single- and multi-family residential developments:

a. Common open space/retention basins: A minimum of one (1) tree and six (6)
shrubs per one thousand (1,000) square feet of open space plus such additional
vegetative ground cover, including turf subject to the limitations established
within subsection (6)(d)(e) of these standards, needed to cover a minimum of
ﬁfty (50) percent of the total landscaped area with shrubs and ground cover.
b. Arterial and collector street rights-of-way: Arterial and collector street rights-
of-way adjacent to and within single- and multi-family residential developments
shall be landscaped at a rate of one (1) tree and six (6) shrubs per thirty (30)
lineal feet plus such additional shrubs and vegetative ground cover, excluding
turf which is prohibited within street rights-of-way (unless reclaimed water is
utilized), necessary to cover a minimum of ﬁfty (50) percent of the total
landscaped area with shrubs and ground cover.
2. Commercial/oﬃce/institutional developments: One (1) tree and six (6) shrubs per one
thousand (1,000) square feet of open space plus such additional ground cover,
including turf subject to the limitations established within subsection (6)(d)(e) of these
standards, that upon maturity a minimum of ﬁfty (50) percent of all interior
"nonhardscape" open space surfaces shall be covered with shrubs and ground cover.
3. Industrial developments: One (1) tree and six (6) shrubs per one thousand (1,000)
square feet of interior open space plus such additional vegetative ground cover,
including turf subject to the limitations established within subsection (6)(d)(e) of these
standards, that upon maturity a minimum of ﬁfty (50) percent of all interior open
space surfaces shall be covered with shrubs and ground cover.
4. Parking areas: Normal-size Single-row planter islands (nine (9) by nineteen (19) feet)
shall contain a minimum of one (1) SINGLE-TRUNK tree and ﬁve (5) shrubs. Double-
row planter islands (nine (9) by thirty-eight (38) feet) shall contain a minimum of two
(2) SINGLE-TRUNK trees and ten (10) shrubs. Planter island larger than those
described above shall contain one (1) additional shrub per each additional twenty-ﬁve
(25) square feet of area. Trees shall have a minimum clear canopy distance of SEVEN
(7) FEET and achieve a MINIMUM mature canopy width of twenty (20) feet. Diamond
planters (ﬁve (5) feet square and oriented diagonally) shall contain a minimum of one
(1) SINGLE-TRUNK tree. Angled parking shall include diamond planters (ﬁve (5) feet by
seven (7) feet and oriented diagonally) and shall contain a minimum of one (1)
SINGLE-TRUNK TREE.
5. Front yard/street right-of-way areas:
a. Twenty-foot setback areas: Landscaping shall be provided at a minimum rate
of one (1) tree and six (6) shrubs per thirty (30) lineal feet of frontage plus

suﬃcient ground cover, to provide a combined shrub and ground cover
coverage of half of the total landscaped area.
b. Intersection setback areas (section 35-1902(3)(a)2.) 35-1902(4)(a)2.).
Landscaping shall be provided at a minimum rate of one (1) tree and six (6)
shrubs per eight hundred (800) square feet plus suﬃcient ground cover
plantings to provide a combined shrub and ground cover coverage of half of the
total landscaped area.
6. Landscape buﬀer areas/dissimilar land uses:
a. A six-foot masonry wall reﬂecting the design, material and/or color of the
primary structures within the project, excluding approved gated openings; and
b. Evergreen trees a minimum of seven (7) feet in height; twelve (12) feet in
height if abutting existing or planned residential development, planted at a
maximum spacing of twenty (20) feet on center and shrubs planted at a rate of
four (4) per twenty (20) lineal feet.
7. Other perimeter landscape strips: All other perimeter landscape strips shall be
landscaped at a rate of one (1) tree and six (6) shrubs per thirty (30) lineal feet.
8. Parking lot screening: When parking areas abut a front yard or road frontage
landscaped area, such parking area shall be screened with a decorative masonry
wall(s) and OR earth berm(s) ranging between thirty (30) and forty-two (42) inches in
height. Horizontal and vertical variation in the design of screening wall is required
whenever linear alignments exceed eighty (80) feet.
Tree, shrub and ground cover planting shall be as required in paragraph 5., "Front
yard/street right-of-way areas," listed above.
9. Front yard/setback grading: Front yard areas shall be graded in a manner which
creates natural and pleasing ground forms in accordance with the following
guidelines:
a. A maximum of ﬁfty (50) percent of the front yard setback area (that area which
is behind the street frontage) may be used for stormwater retention.
b. Soil excavation to create needed retention basins shall, within the slope
limitations established below, be used to create complimentary earth mounds
elsewhere within the same front yard/setback area. Height of earth berms shall
be measured from adjacent street curb elevation.
c. Earth mounds, natural and pleasing in size and shape, with a maximum slope
ratio of 4 to 1 (horizontal/vertical) shall be located and designed to minimize
street views into retention basins.

d. Rain and/or irrigation water run-oﬀ from landscaped surfaces onto paved
surfaces is prohibited.
e. Stormwater retention is prohibited against retaining walls when adjacent to a
street/right-of-way. Retention basins shall be designed to appear natural and
pleasing, avoiding rectangular shapes or straight side slopes. Retention basins
may be allowed to immediately adjoin retaining walls where they are located
along side or rear property lines, only if they are not visible from any street
frontage.
10. Protection of landscaped areas: Landscaped areas adjacent to vehicular drives or
parking areas shall be protected by a six-inch vertical curb. Areas surfaced with
diﬀerent materials (i.e. lawn and decomposed granite) shall be separated by masonry,
wood or steel headers. Steel headers shall not be used to edge turf areas within
residential or recreational projects and developments.
11. Finished grade surfaces: All landscape areas shall be graded so that ﬁnished grade
surfaces of all nonliving materials (i.e. decomposed granite, crushed rock, mulch, etc.)
are one and one-half (1½) inches below concrete or other paved surfaces.
12. Irrigation systems: All landscaping shall be serviced with a permanent underground
automated irrigation system designed PER CURRENT INDUSTRY STANDARDS. in
compliance with the "Minimum Standards for Landscape Irrigation" by the Arizona
Chapter, American Society of Irrigation Consultants, three (3) copies of which are on
ﬁle with the City Clerk, and which is hereby adopted by reference and made a part
hereof as if set forth at length herein.
(d) Additional quality standards: The intent of the following standards is to encourage
creative and innovative design techniques, quality and merit. A minimum of four (4) of the
following items shall be achieved for shopping centers, oﬃce and commercial
developments.
1. Provide alternative means for surface stormwater storage in addition to or in lieu of
surface retention basins along all arterial street frontage areas.
2. Common open space/retention basins: A minimum of one (1) tree and six (6)
shrubs per ﬁve hundred (500) square feet of open space, plus such additional
vegetative ground cover, including turf subject to the limitations established within
subsection (6)(d) of these standards, needed to cover a minimum of ﬁfty (50) percent
of the total landscaped area with shrubs and ground cover.
3. A maximum of twenty (20) percent of the front yard setback area (that area which is
behind the public right-of-way) may be used for stormwater retention.

4. Provide placement of turf next to retention basins that are completely visible from
all arterial streets.
5. Provide landscape berms that are a minimum of two (2) feet in height along at least
ﬁfty (50) percent of all adjacent arterial streetscapes outside the right-of-way. Berms
shall maintain a maximum slope ratio of four to one (4:1) (horizontal/vertical).
6. Provide enhanced landscape planters at base of screen walls at each entry to
commercial center.
7. Provide enhanced design conﬁguration of screen walls adjoining arterial streets.
8. Provide at least one (1) landscape focal point element that serves as a terminus
feature for a vehicular entry or pedestrian walkway.
9. Any other design amenity, which is otherwise not required but which meets the
general intent for design innovation, may be substituted for any of the above
additional quality standards.
(e) Limitations on use of turf: Unless watered with "reclaimed" water, use of turf shall be
limited to the following:
Land Use/Area
Turf Permitted as a Percent of Total
Landscape Area
*Street rights-of-way
0%
Commercial/Oﬃce/ Institutional
10%
Industrial
10%
**Multi-family residential
40%
**Common open space/retention basins
40%
Within SF residential developments
LIMITATIONS BASED ON ADWR FIFTH
MANAGEMENT PLAN
***Parks, schools, golf course and
cemeteries
LIMITATIONS BASED ON ADWR FIFTH
MANAGEMENT PLAN

*Landscape extensions of residential lots are excepted from the turf limitations. Turf
is prohibited in all rights-of-way.; however, when reclaimed water is used the
following shall apply:
Turf is prohibited in all arterial street medians. Turf is allowed in arterial street rights-
of way from the back of sidewalk to the right-of-way line. No turf shall be installed in
arterial streets from back of street curb to the sidewalk.
On streets other than arterial streets, when reclaimed water is used, the following
shall apply if the landscaping is maintained by a homeowners association:

Turf may be installed in the street right-of-way. All landscaping shall be designed and
installed such that the ﬁnal median and street landscape elevation is two (2) inches
below the top of curb.
** NON-FUNCTIONAL TURFGRASS SHALL BE PROHIBITED.
***Although the area of turf is not limited, the amount of water which can be applied
to it shall be subject to the limitations of the Second Management Plan for the
Phoenix Active Management Area as adopted by the Director of the Arizona
Department of Water Resources.
(f) Limitations on use of decorative water/water features: Except when serviced with
reclaimed water, and unless a part of a publicly oriented outdoor recreation facility, water
features (i.e. pools, ponds, fountains, streams, waterfalls, etc.), Shall be allowed only within
small-scale pedestrian/oriented places. Water feature design which reduces evaporation,
e.g. cascading rather than vertical sprays, is required. Entrance water features placed to be
seen and enjoyed primarily from moving vehicles are prohibited.
(g) Model home complexes: Model home complexes, unless they are utilizing "reclaimed
water," shall be landscaped in accordance with xeriscape landscape principles and shall
meet the following minimum requirements:
1. Plant materials: Plant materials shall be limited to those contained within the "Low-
Water-Use Plant List" referred to in these standards (app. A).
2. Turf and water surfaces/features: Combined turf* and water surfaces of all water
features, except for swimming pools which shall be exempt from these calculations,
shall not occupy more than twenty (20) percent of the landscapable area within each
lot in the model home complex. All water intensive landscaped areas shall be located
immediately adjacent to the model homes.
*Does not apply to turf which has been oﬃcially recognized by the Director of the
Phoenix Active Management Area of the Arizona Department of Water Resources and
included on the latest amended edition of the "Low Water Using Plant List."
3. Literature package: A literature package describing water-conserving landscaping
shall be on display within all model sales oﬃces. Such display, if copies are not made
available by the homebuilder, shall include information regarding where such
literature is available. The following literature is suggested:
Xeriscape—Water Conservation through Creative Landscaping
Arizona Municipal Water Users Association 505 N. 2nd Street, Suite 385 Phoenix,
Arizona 85004
The Unthirsty One Hundred

Reprint from Sunset Magazine- October 1988 Lane Publishing Company Menlo
Park, California 94025
(h) Landscape maintenance: All installed landscaping shall be maintained (watering,
fertilizing, weeding, mowing, trash pickup, and pruning) by the landowner or the lessor in
accordance with the following:
1. Sites shall be kept clean and attractive at all times. Weeds and trash shall not be
allowed to accumulate on the site.
2. Living plant material shall receive suﬃcient water and fertilization to maintain
health and vigor and shall, to the maximum extent possible, be allowed to attain its
natural size and shape.
3. Pruning shall be used to maintain plant health and vigor while enhancing its form
and structure. Cropping of trees, unless necessary to protect traﬃc safety or
overhead power lines is prohibited. All pruning shall be in accordance with the
adopted pruning standards of the Western Chapter of the International Society of
Arboriculture (see appendix B).
4. All dead or obviously unhealthy plant materials shall be replaced with material
equal to that which was originally speciﬁed on the approved landscape plan.
(i) Landscape guaranty: The owner shall, prior to building permit approval, provide evidence
that all plant materials are guaranteed for a minimum period of sixty (60) days from the
date of ﬁnal approval by the city. Terms of the guarantee shall also specify that any plant
materials which are not approved by the city prior to October 1 of the calendar year in
which they are installed shall be further guaranteed until May 20 of the following calendar
year. Trees, shrubs, vines, ground cover, and turf which have to be replaced under terms
of the guarantee shall be guaranteed for an additional 60 days from the date of
replacement.
All plant materials requiring replacement under the conditions of the contractor's
guarantee shall be replaced within ten (10) working days from the date of written
notiﬁcation from the owner or the City of Chandler.
(j) Miscellaneous provisions:
1. Restrictions on tree and shrub placement: Trees measured from trunk center shall be
placed a minimum of SIX (6) ﬁve (5) feet from sidewalks, public accessways, or rear of
ﬁre hydrants. Shrubs as measured from their mature perimeter shall be located a
minimum of ﬁve (5) feet from the rear of a ﬁre hydrant. In no case shall any material
other than ground cover be placed between the street or roadway and ﬁfteen (15)
feet either side of a ﬁre hydrant.

2. Spacing of massed shrubs/ground cover plantings: The spacing of all massed shrubs
and living ground cover plant materials shall be in accordance with appendix C,
Recommended Spacing of Massed Shrubs and Ground Covers.
3. Paving against building and screening walls prohibited: A minimum of three (3) feet of
foundation landscaping surrounding the building shall be provided. Paving of
sidewalk, access driveways and parking surfaces adjacent to building or screen walls,
unless part of a screened service area, is prohibited.
4. Plastic under ground cover areas prohibited: Use of plastic under ground cover
materials is prohibited.
5. Inorganic ground cover: Inorganic ground covers (decomposed granite, crushed
stone, etc.) shall be of a natural color harmonious with other site and architectural
materials and shall be installed to a minimum depth of two (2) inches.
6. Plant cover/dust control: All portions of a development site (including future building
PAD sites) not occupied by buildings, structures, paved improvements, and required
landscape areas shall be temporarily landscaped with plant materials in accordance
with these standards or treated with an appropriate inorganic ground cover and
maintained in a weed-free condition.
7. Cacti and succulents: Cacti and succulents, while being low-water users, shall be
limited to a maximum of ﬁfty (50) percent of the required shrub material.
8. Energy conservation: The development shall incorporate those energy conservation
measures that can only be provided at the time of land development or initial
construction, such as:
A) Shading of south and west sides of building by overhangs and/or trees.
B) Provision of shade trees on the south and west side of streets.
(7) THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS, ON FILE WITH THE CITY CLERK, ARE HEREBY ADOPTED BY
REFERENCE AND MADE A PART IF HEREOF AS IF SET FORTH AT LENGTH HEREIN: PHOENIX
ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA (AMA) FIFTH MANAGEMENT PLAN AND ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF
WATER RESOURCES- PHOENIX AMA LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST.
(7) The following documents, three copies of which are on ﬁle with the City Clerk, are hereby
adopted by reference and made a part hereof as if set forth at length herein: Low Water Using
Plant List—Phoenix Active Management Area, August 1998 Revision, published by the Arizona
Department of Water Resources; Pruning Standards, adopted by the Western Chapter ISA
Executive Committee on May 18, 1988; City of Chandler Landscape Standards—Recommended
Spacing of Massed Shrubs and Ground covers; Arizona Nursery Association—Recommended
Average Tree Speciﬁcations, 1997 Revision published by the Arizona Nursery Association.

35-1903.1 35-1906.1. Rights-of-way landscape.
Except as provided in Section 35-1906 35-1903. public or private rights-of-way located in the
City of Chandler shall only be planted with plants listed on the low-water-use plant list as
approved by the city zoning administrator. Exceptions to the approved plant list through use of
various water-conserving techniques shall be subject to review and approval by the Arizona
Department of Water Resources, City Engineer, and Planning Director.
It is in the best interests of the City to promote water conservation techniques within rights-of-
way, thereby encouraging innovative landscape design through low-water-use plant material.
Location of said landscape materials shall conform to standards outlined in the Zoning Code,
Section 35-1908 35-1903, including but not limited to size, ratio of plantings to street frontage,
and percentage of coverage. It is not the intent of the water conservation program to promote
installation of turf or other high-water-use plant materials located within rights-of-way.
35-1907 35-1904. Site development compliance for certiﬁcate of occupancy.
All on-site improvements, including but not limited to:
(a) Landscape/irrigation;
(b) Outdoor lighting for buildings and parking areas;
(c) Landscape and paving area walkways;
(d) Parking areas paved and striped, and covered parking structures completed;
(e) Six-inch vertical concrete or precast curb in place where required;
(f) Complete cleanup of trash and construction materials;
shall be completed and accepted prior to issuance of a certiﬁcate of occupancy, except in cases
where the Zoning Administrator ﬁnds circumstances such as prohibitions of weather or other
acts of God have prevented compliance with this requirement, whereupon the Zoning
Administrator may extend compliance for a maximum period of thirty (30) days.
Noncompliance with such extension shall result in automatic revocation of the certiﬁcate of
occupancy. These improvements may be installed in phases, provided that no certiﬁcate of
occupancy shall be issued for any phase prior to completion and acceptance of the required on-
site improvements for that particular phase. In addition, all sign permits shall be obtained prior
to occupancy, in accordance with applicable code requirements.
Compliance with this requirement shall be recorded in written form and released through the
Zoning Administrator to the Building Code Enforcement Manager.
. . .
ARTICLE XII. - C-1 – NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

35-1203. Height and area regulations.
. . .
(2) Front Yard: Buildings shall be set back at least ﬁfty (50) feet from the right-of-way line along
arterial streets and at least thirty (30) feet from the right-of-way line along all other streets. In
the proximity of street intersections, see section 35-1902(3). 35-1902(4).
. . .
F. The reduced setback maintains the goals of providing landscaping along streets and
street intersections as identiﬁed in section 35-1906.1. 35-1903.1
. . .
ARTICLE XV. - I-1 – PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
35-1503. Height and area regulations.
. . .
(2) Front yard: Buildings shall be set back at least ﬁfty (50) feet from the right-of-way line along
arterial streets and at least thirty (30) feet from the right-of-way line along all other streets. In
the proximity of street intersections, see section 35-1902(3). 35-1902(4).
. . .
F. The reduced setback maintains the goals of providing landscaping along streets and
street intersections as identiﬁed in section 35-1906.1. 35-1903.1.
. . .
ARTICLE XVII. - PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENTS
35-1703. Intensity of land use.
. . .
F. The reduced setback maintains the goals of providing landscaping along streets and
street intersections as identiﬁed in section 35-1906.1. 35-1903.1.
. . .
ARTICLE XVIII. - PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS
35-1803. Design standards.

(1) All vehicular egress from parking lots to public rights-of-way shall be by forward motion only,
except in the case of single-family, duplex, triplex, and fourplex and two-family residences
fronting on a local street or a primary or secondary collector street.
. . .
(4) Landscaping standards: See Section 35-1906 35-1903 for details.
. . .
ARTICLE XXI. - TABLE OF PERMITTED USES FOR NONRESIDENTIAL
DISTRICTS
35-2100. - Purpose.
Footnotes:
. . .
2 Large single use retail, as deﬁned in section 35-200 of this Code, shall only be permitted
at permitted at locations speciﬁed, and when developed in accordance with section 35-
1904(3) 35-1902(10) of this Code.
. . .
ARTICLE XXIX. P.C.O. - PLANNED COMMERCIAL OFFICE DISTRICT
35-2903. Preliminary site development plan.
. . .
(2) Preliminary site development plan standards: The standards outlined in Article XIX, section
35-1902, will apply to all preliminary plans.
. . .
ARTICLE XXXI. - AP-1 – AIRPORT DISTRICT[5]
35-3103. Site development standards.
. . .
(e) Adding on to an existing building except that an addition involving less than twenty (20)
percent of the total existing ﬂoor area or two thousand ﬁve hundred (2,500) square feet,
whichever is less, shall be exempt from the requirements of this article; however, the
requirements of section 35-1902(3)(a)2.b., 35-1902(4)(a)2.b., relating to corner
obstructions, and section 35-3103(3)(e)35-1906, "LANDSCAPING,” shall be met with
respect to the addition.

. . .
48-2. Definitions.
. . .
Conditional approval: An aﬃrmative action by the Commission and/or the Council indicating that
approval is granted conditioned upon satisfaction of and compliance with certain speciﬁed
stipulations.
. . .
Development master plan (DMP): A preliminary master plan for the development of a large or
complicated land area, the platting of which is expected in progressive stages. A development
master plan may be designed by the subdivider or by the Department and shall be subject to
Commission and Council approval.
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Preliminary approval: Approval of the preliminary plat by the Commission and Council as evidenced
in its meeting minutes and noted upon prints of the plat; constitutes authorization to proceed with
ﬁnal engineering plans and ﬁnal plat preparation.
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48-6. Development master plan.
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48-6.2. PHASING.Approval. Upon acceptance of general design approach by the Department, the
DMP may be submitted to the Commission and City Council for their consideration. If general
approval is given, notice to that eﬀect shall be recorded in the minutes of both bodies and a copy of
said minutes transmitted to the subdivider. If development is to take place in several phases, the
DMP should be submitted as supporting data for each phase. The DMP shall be kept up-to-date by
the subdivider and the Department as modiﬁcations take place.
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48-7. Stage II: Preliminary plat.
The preliminary plat stage of land subdivision includes detailed subdivision planning, submittal,
review and approval of the preliminary plat. To avoid delay in processing an application, the
subdivider should carefully provide the Commission with all information essential to determine the
character and general acceptability of the proposed development.
A. Zoning. The subdivision shall be designed to meet the speciﬁc requirements for the zoning
district within which it is located. However, in the event that change of zoning is deemed
necessary, the rezoning shall be initiated by the property owner or the owner's authorized

agent, heard and approved by the Zoning Commission and Council. The subdivision application
and the zone change application may, at the discretion of the Department be processed
concurrently but in any event, any change in zoning required in relation to the preliminary plat
shall have been adopted by the City Council prior to preliminary plat approval by the City
Council.
B. Sanitary sewerage and water supply. As a prerequisite of preliminary plat review by the
Department, the subdivider shall have informed the Public Works and Utilities Department of
the development proposal and demonstrated compliance with the general requirements for
sewage disposal and water supply as applicable to the proposed development. The subdivider
should be aware that, in addition to sanitary sewers and water supply mains and facilities, the
City's requirements may include provision for the transport and use of reclaimed water in
areas of the City designated for use of reclaimed water.
48-7.1. Preliminary plat submission.
A. The developer shall submit suﬃcient copies of the preliminary plat as required by the
Department with transmittal sheets and required supporting data prepared in accordance with
requirements set forth in this chapter shall be ﬁled with the Department suﬃciently in advance
of the Commission at which the plat will be considered to allow complete review by staﬀ. When
the Department has completed its review and the preliminary plat is in compliance with all
requirements of the code, the Department will place the preliminary plat on the Commission's
agenda for consideration. Copies of the preliminary plat shall be reproduced in the form of
blue line or black line prints on a white background. One (1) eight-inch by eleven-inch
transparent ﬁlm positive reproduction of the preliminary plat shall also be ﬁled.
B. The plat shall be checked by the Department for completeness and assigned a case number;
if incomplete as to those requirements set forth in this City Code, the plat shall be rejected and
the subdivider notiﬁed.
C. Filing fee: A fee shall accompany each application for amendment or other matter provided
under this chapter, in accordance with the current fee schedule as adopted by Council.
48-7.2. Preliminary plat review.
A. Upon receipt of the preliminary plat, the Department and the Subdivision Review Committee
shall perform its review for compliance with public objectives, giving special attention to design
principles and standards as set forth in this chapter, the general plan and any area or speciﬁc
plans for that area; streets and thoroughfares as related to the transportation plan and to
neighborhood circulation; utility methods and systems; existing and proposed zoning and land
use of the tract and its environs; and land required for schools, parks and other public facilities.
B. The Department shall distribute copies of the plat to the following reviewing oﬃces:

1. Director of the Public Works and Utilities Department, and the designated City Engineer
for review of proposed street system; for review of street plans and compliance with City
street standards; for tentative determination of street and drainage improvement and
maintenance requirements; and for review of water supply and sewerage disposal
proposals as well as reclaimed water distribution facilities, if required.
2. Community Services Director for recommendations regarding parks and recreation
spaces.
3. Chief of Police and Chief of Fire Department for review of features of proposed
development relating to their respective areas of operation.
4. Superintendent of the appropriate school district for information and comments.
5. Where the land abuts a State or County highway, the State or County Highway
Department for recommendations regarding right-of-way and intersection design.
6. Interested utilities for recommendations.
7. Planning or Engineering Department of any abutting political entity.
8. Maricopa County Flood Control District.
9. Maricopa County Department of Environmental Quality.
C. The reviewing oﬃces should transmit their recommendations and requirements to the
Subdivision Review Committee in writing. The Department receives and summarizes the
recommendations and requirements of the Subdivision Review Committee members, and
presents it to the Commission.
48-7.3. Preliminary plat approval.
A. If the Department report indicates FINDS that the requirements of this Code have been met,
the Commission shall consider the preliminary plat WILL BE APPROVED BY THE
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE at a regular meeting within thirty (30)
days of the date of completion of the report.
B. After considering the proposal the Commission shall make a recommendation including its
reasons therefor to the City Council.
C. The City Council shall consider the preliminary plat and the Commission recommendations
on the next available agenda after receipt of the recommendations from the Commission.
D. The City Council shall disapprove or conditionally approve the preliminary plat.
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48-7.5. Information required for preliminary plat submittal.

A. The information hereinafter required as part of the preliminary plat submittal shall be
shown graphically, by note on plans, or by letter, and may comprise several sheets showing
various elements of required data. All mapped data for the same plat shall be drawn at the
same standard engineering scale, said scale having not more than one hundred (100) feet to an
inch. Whenever practical, scale shall be adjusted to produce an overall drawing measuring
twenty-four (24) by thirty-six (36) inches.
B. The subdivider shall also ﬁle one (1) photo mechanical transfer print (PMT) of the preliminary
plat. The PMT's shall be eight and one-half (8½) inches by eleven (11) inches in size and so
arranged that each may be bound as a right-hand page in a book with a blank margin not less
than one and one-half (1½) inches wide along the left, the margin being included in the eight
and one-half (8½) inch dimension.
C. The subdivider shall ﬁle one (1) Mylar each of the subdivision at a true scale of one (1) inch to
two hundred (200) feet. The Mylars shall contain lot layout, street conﬁguration, and street
names.
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48-8. Stage III: Final plat.
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48-8.5. Final plat review.
A. The Development Services Department, upon receipt of the ﬁnal plat submittal, shall
immediately record the receipt and date of ﬁling and check it for completeness. If incomplete,
the date of ﬁling shall be voided and the submittal shall be returned to the subdivider. If
complete, the Department shall review the plat for substantial conformity to the approved
preliminary plat within twenty (20) business days and refer copies of the submittal to other
relevant reviewing oﬃces, which shall make known their recommendations to the Department.
B. The Department shall assemble the requirements and recommendations of the various
reviewing oﬃces, prepare a concise summary of recommendations, and submit said summary
together with the reviewer's requirements and recommendations to the Director of
Development Services or designee. In the event that the Department ﬁnds that the ﬁnal plat
does not conform essentially to the preliminary plat, as approved by the Council, then the ﬁnal
plat shall be rejected by the Department and shall not be approved. If the developer desires to
substantially modify the preliminary plat, an application to amend the preliminary plat may be
ﬁled to be considered by the Commission and the City Council in the same manner and with
the same requirements as the original preliminary plat.
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48-10. Subdivision design principles and standards.
Every subdivision shall conform to the goals and objectives adopted and contained in the Chandler
General Plan. The subdivision shall also conform to the Chapter 35 Zoning and other applicable
codes and ordinances of the City and the Arizona Revised Statutes, where applicable.
Where a tract of land to be subdivided contains all or any part of an area for a park, school, ﬂood
control facility or area shown on the general plan or recommended by the Commission, such site
shall be platted showing streets and lots with the area delineated by a bold line and the purpose of
the site designated. An agreement shall be reached between the subdivider and the public agency
relative to date, method and cost of such acquisition within one (1) year or such extensions of time
as may be mutually agreed upon, from recording of the ﬁnal plat. If such agreement cannot be
reached between the subdivider and the public agency relative to date, method and cost of such
acquisition in such time period, the Director of Development Services or designee shall make a
determination relative to the compliance with the requirements of this section.
Land which is subject to periodic ﬂooding, land which cannot be properly drained, or other land
which, in the opinion of the Commission, is unsuitable for subdivision use shall not be subdivided;
except that the Commission DIRECTOR may approve subdivision of such land upon receipt of
evidence from the City Engineer that the construction of speciﬁc improvements can be expected to
render the land suitable; thereafter, construction upon such land shall be prohibited until the
speciﬁed improvements have been planned and construction guaranteed.