The Community Commercial (CC) zone allows for a maximum building height of sixty (60) feet. Do you support changing the allowed height to forty-five (45) foot maximum building height in the Northend, Southside and/or Sunnyside neighborhoods?

In February 2018, the City Council adopted the citywide High Occupancy Housing Specific Plan (HOH Plan). This plan was developed in response to the communities’ dialogue pertaining to previously proposed high intensity mid-rise developments in and near historic neighborhoods.  In accordance with the HOH Plan Strategies to be Implemented by 2019 (bullet 5, Page 102), the plan recommends changing the existing Community Commercial (CC) zone building height from sixty (60) feet to forty-five (45) feet.

The Community Commercial (CC) zone is primarily located in the Northend, Southside, and Sunnyside neighborhoods.

Below is a link to a map of the properties in the Northend, Southside, and Sunnyside neighborhoods that are currently zoning Community Commercial (CC):

Northend, Southside, and Sunnyside Community Commercial (CC) map.

Staff received a series of comments regarding this modification at the Planning and Zoning Commission work session (August 14, 2019), public open house meetings (August 19, 2019), and City Council work session (October 8, 2019).  To address the comments received, City Staff is proposing a Zoning Code Text Amendment to create a new zone called Neighborhood Community Commercial (NCC).  The Neighborhood Community Commercial (NCC) would be identical to the existing Community Commercial (CC) zone, except that the maximum building height allowed would be forty-five (45) feet.   

If the Neighborhood Community Commercial (NCC) zone is approved, City Staff will be requesting that the City Council approve a Zoning Map Amendment to change the zoning designation on a significant amount, if not all, of the properties that are currently zoned Community Commercial (CC). 

Staff will be having a work session with the City Council regarding these amendments on August 25, 2020.  In addition, a virtual open house meetings to allow for public comments and discussion on these amendments.

Virtual Open House Meetings

The Virtual Open House Meetings will be held on:

•  July 15, 2020, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – English Speaking
•  July 20, 2020, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Spanish Speaking (Translation Services will be Provided) 

How to attend the virtual open house meetings!

To attend the meeting, you may attend via the Microsoft Teams application or call-in via a telephone: 
      1.  The meeting will be held through the internet using the Microsoft Teams – Application.
      The Microsoft Teams – Application is a free application that may be downloaded at the following website: 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software

To obtain the login information, please see 3 below. 

      2.  Call-in to the meeting via telephone.  To obtain call-in information see 3 below. 

      3.  To obtain login and call-in information, please contact the Zoning Code Manager prior to 12:00 p.m. on July 15, 2020 for the July 15, 2020, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. meeting, and prior to 12:00 p.m. for July 20, 2020, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. meeting, at the following
 
Dan Symer, AICP
Zoning Code Manager
928-213-2613, or
Via email at: [email protected] 

To login in direct to the Virtual Open House meeting with the MicroSoft Teams application, please click on the "Join Microsoft Teams Meeting" link below.

July 15, 2020

Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

To call into the meeting, please call the number below and enter the conference identification number.

1 520-415-3558   United States, Phoenix (Toll)

Conference ID: 616 989 482#

July 20, 2020

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One-on-One Virtual Office Hours

One-on-one Virtual Office Hours will be held by appointment: 

• July 16, 2020, – 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. – English Speaking 
• July 17, 2020, – 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. – English Speaking 
• July 20, 2020, – 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m – Spanish Speaking (Translation Services will be Provided) 

How to attend the virtual one-on-one office hours by appointment.

To attend the meeting, you may attend via the Microsoft Teams application or call-in via a telephone: 

      1.   The meeting will be held through the internet using the Microsoft Teams – Application.
             The Microsoft Teams – Application is a free application that may be downloaded at the following website: 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software 

To schedule an appointment, please see 3 below. 

      2.   Call-in to the meeting via telephone.  To obtain call-in information see 3 below. 

      3.    To schedule a meeting, please contact: Zoning Code Manager at any of the following prior to 12:00 p.m. on July 14, 2020 for all meetings.

Dan Symer, AICP
Zoning Code Manager
928-213-2613, or
Via email at: [email protected]

The virtual open house meeting will be held through the Microsoft Teams applications.  The Microsoft Teams application is a free application that may be downloaded at the following website: Microsoft Teams Application

To obtain a general overview of what zoning is, to determined what a property is zoned, and to review the provisions of the Zoning Code and a property’s zone, please click on the following link:   What is the Zoning-Code?

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