HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2007-042 declaring title 8 and title 3 of the land development code a public record
MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2007-42
RELATING TO LAND DEVELOPMENT; DECLARING THE COMMERCIAL DESIGN
STANDARDS, TITLE 8, AND TITLE 3, DEFINITIONS, OF THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE AS A PUBLIC RECORD FILED WITH THE TOWN CLERK;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
MARANA, ARIZONA, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Commercial Design Standards Title 8; and Title 3, Definitions, of the
Town of Marana, Arizona, Land Development Code, a copy of which is attached to and
incorporated in this resolution as Exhibit A and Exhibit B, three copies of which are on file in the
office of the Town Clerk, is hereby declared to be a public record and ordered to remain on file
with the Town Clerk.
SECTION 2. Since it is necessary for the preservation of peace, health and safety of the
Town of Marana that this resolution become immediately effective, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, and this resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
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ATTEST:
Marana Resolution No, 2007-4~
TOWN OF MARANA ARIZONA
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
TITLE 8
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
SECTIONS:
08.01
08.02
08.03
08.04
08.05
08.06
08.07
Building Permits Required, Procedure Therefore
(Reserved)
Adoption of the Uniform Building, Plumbing, and Electrical Codes,
with Exceptions
Animal Keeping and Related Structures
Building Height Increase
Residential Design
Commercial Desion Standards
08.01. Building Permits Required, Procedure Therefore
Any person, partnership, firm, or corporation desiring to construct, erect, or move, any residential
building or mobile home or associated outbuilding where such building or mobile home contains
more than one hundred twenty (120) square feet under roof, or desiring to enlarge or substantially
modify any residential building or mobile home where such work will involve an area of more than
one hundred twenty (120) square feet under roof, shall first make application for a building permit
to the Town Clerk and shall not commence any such construction without first obtaining a building
permit from the Town. All applications for a building permit shall be accompanied by plans which
have been drawn to scale and which show the actual dimension of the lot to be built upon, the
size and location of existing buildings, if any, the building to be erected, enlarged, modified, or
moved, the location and layout of said structures with respect to front, rear, and side property
lines, and the location and layout of proposed off-street parking areas.
Even when a building permit is not required, any person, partnership, firm or corporation
constructing, erecting, enlarging, moving, or substantially modifying any residential building or
mobile home, or associated outbuilding, shall be responsible for compliance with all other
provisions of this development code.
Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to erect, construct, enlarge, move, or substantially modify
any commercial, industrial, quasi-public, or public building or structure shall first make application
to the Town Clerk for a separate building permit for each such building or structure and shall not
undertake any such construction, enlargement, or movement without first obtaining a building
permit from the Town. Each application for a building permit shall be accompanies by plans which
have been drawn to scale and which show the actual dimensions of the lot to built upon, the size
and location of existing buildings, if any, the buildings to be erected, the location of the proposed
off-street parking.
Plans submitted for new construction or enlargement shall provide sufficient details of proposed
structural features, and electrical, plumbing, and mechanical installations to permit evaluation of
their adequacy by the Town Building Inspector.
The term, "substantially modify" shall be taken to mean the installation or removal of any interior
or exterior wall or the addition or replacement of an amount of electrical wiring or plumbing equal
to twenty-five (25) percent or more of such installation in the modified building or structure.
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08.07.03 Commercial Design Standards
A. Site Plannina
1. Site Lavout and Buildina Orientation
a) Intent
1. To ensure that the oreanization of commercial centers helos to define orimarv
street frontaaes and develooment entrances. and to establish a more comoact.
oecIestrian-friendlv oattem of develooment.
2. To encouraae a less enaineered. more naturalized aooroach to the treatment of
washes. drainaae basins. and other natural features in commercial develooments.
b) Desion Standards
(1) General
(a) Commercial buildinas should be oriented with the orimarv buildina
entrance facina the orimarv oublic street. unless toooaraohical or other
site features make such orientation infeasible.
(b) The lavout of laree. commercial develooments shall be desianed to break
the site into a series of smaller "blocks" defined bv Dad site buildinas.
oedestrian walkwavs. streets or other vehicular circulation routes.
(2) Buildina RelationshiDs and Orientation:
(a) Buildinas within multi-buildina centers shall be arranaed and arouoed so
that their orimarv orientation comolements one another and adiacent.
existina develooment and either:
(i) Frames the comer of an
adiacent street intersection or
entrv ooint to the develooment:
(ii) Frames and encloses a "main
street" oedestrian and/or
vehicle access corridor within
the develooment site:
(iii) Frames and encloses on at
least two sides oarkina areas.
oublic soaces. or other site
amenities: or
Buildings arranged to ent-/ose a "main street"pedestnan
and vehicle IYJfridor within one area of a larger center.
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(iv) Frames and encloses outdoor dinina or aatherina soaces for
oedestrians between buildinas.
(3) Washes/Natural Features
(a) To the maximum extent oracticable. washes with sianificant aualitv
veaetation or other sianificant natural features shall be incorcorated into
the overall desian and lavout of a develooment as visual and functional
amenities (e.a.. naturalized drainaaes. oedestrian connections). rather
than beina oioed and olaced underaround.
2. Circulation and Access
a) Intent
1. To orovide safe. efficient. and convenient vehicular and oedestrian access and
circulation oattems within and between develooments:
2. To oreserve the efficiencv of arterial roadwavs as additional develooment occurs:
and
3. To ensure that service areas (deliverv. trash. and loadina facilities) are located and
sized so as to function without imoedina reaular vehicular and oedestrian
circulation and access routes.
b) Desion Standards
(1) Preliminarv Site Plan Reauirements
(a) In addition to site olan reauirements outlined in the Land Develooment
Code. the followina shall be illustrated:
(i) Vehicular circulation and access:
(ii) Pedestrian circulation and access. includina location and treatment of
entrances from the adiacent roadwavs:
(iii) Stackina caoacitv of drive-thru lanes:
(iv) Location and access to trash receotacles:
(v) Loadina and deliverv circulation and access: and
(vi) Buildina lavout and orientation.
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(2) Vehicular Circulation and Access
(a) Vehicular connections shall be orovided from a develooment site to
adioinina roadwavs or circulation routes on adiacent orooerties to allow
convenient access to multiole businesses and to helD reduce the overall
number of access ooints on arterial roadwavs.
(b) Circulation oatterns for drive-thru facilities shall be desianed to
accommodate the stackina of vehicles without interferina with the
movement of vehicles or oedestrians on orimarv circulator routes.
(c) To the maximum extent oracticable. drive aisles shall utilize a two-wav
traffic circulation oattern unless buildinas are confiaured in a "Main Street"
oattern that can efficientlv accommodate on-street oarkina. a one-wav
traffic flow. or other alternative circulation oattern
(d) The oreferred oarkina desian shall be gO-dearee oarkina stalls. with two
wav traffic.
(3) Loadino. Trash ReceDtac/e. and Deliverv Area Circulation and Access
(b) Oevelooments that include fuel
disoensina facilities shall delineate
the deliverv vehicle radius to safelv
deliver the fuel without conflictina with
the ooeration of the facilities. .
(c) On smaller sites. where seoarate
facilities mav not be feasible (e.a..
aas station t a Circulation and Access
Plan must demonstrate that loadina
and unloadina of aoods and trash
receotacles mav be accomolished
without disruotina orimarv vehicular
access and circulation.
(4) Pedestrian Circulation and Access
(a) All sidewalks and oedestrian
walkwavs shall be a minimum of 6
A continuous network qf on-site pedestrian walkwqys
shall be prol1ided to allow jor dimt aCt'l!SS and
mnnedions between on-site uses, as well as connedion.r
to adjoinin,J!' sites.
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feet in width. Where sidewalk d' .
minimum of 8 feet is reauired. s are a lacent to oarkma overhanas a
(b) A continuous network of on- 't d '
allow for direct access and c~nen~~ti~~tn~n w~l~wavs shall be orovided to
. s 0 an_ _etween the followina:
(I) T,he ~rimarv entrance or entrances to e h ., ,
site. mcludina Dad site buildinas: ac commercial bUlldma on the
(ii) Anv sidewalks or walkwavs 0 d' ,
boundaries shared with the c~~~ac~n~ ~rooertles that extend to the
____ ercla. _evelooment:
(Hi) Public sid,ewalk alona the oerimeter streets adiacent to the
commercial develooment:
(iv) ~he~e oractica?le an? aoorooriate. adiacent land uses and
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(v) Where oracticable and ~oorooriate, anv adiacent DubUc Dark
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aovernment offices. .
(c) On-site ~edestrian walkwavs shall not "dead-end" 'th t I '
connection, WI ou a oalcal
(d) At each ooint that a desianated on- 't '
oarkina lot. street. or drivewav th Sl e oedestnan walkwav crosses a
oedestrians and motorists thro'ua~ t~alkwav ;hall be clearlv visible to
delineation methods: e use 0 two or more of the followina
(i) A chanae in Davina material or Davina color:
(ii) A chanae in Davina heiaht:
(iii) Decorative bollards:
(iv) A oainted crosswalk:
(v) Sianaae: or
(vi) A raised median walkwav buffered bv landscaoina.
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3. Pedestrian Amenities and Refuae Areas
a) lntent
1. To orovide oooortunities for outdoor oatio dinina. olazas. and other outdoor
aatherina soaces that encouraae oedestrian activitv within commercial
develooments.
2. To orovide oooortunities for oedestrians to seek refuae from the harsh desert
elements.
3. To orovide convenient "comfort stations" in larae commercial develooments.
b) Desion Standards
(1) Outdoor Gatherina Snaces
(a) The incorcoration of olazas.
oocket oarks. oatio dinina soaces.
and other outdoor aatherina
soaces is stronalv encouraaed for
all commercial develooment.
oarticularlv in laroe. multi-buildina
develooments.
(b) Develooments that incorcorate
outdoor aatherina soaces shall be
eliaible for the followina incentives:
(i) For each 2.000 sauare feet of dedicated outdoor dinina soace. a 2-
foot reduction in the reauired oerimeter landscaoe buffer mav be
aranted:
(ii) For each 8.000 sauare feet of
dedicated olaza. oocket oark
or similar outdoor aatherina
soace. a 5 foot reduction in
oerimeter landscaoe buffer
mav be aranted.
(c) Incentives shall be evaluated in
coni unction with oarkina lot
screenina alternatives to evaluate
eliaible level of credit. The
followina limitations shall aoolv:
(i) Cumulative credits shall not
exceed a 10-foot reduction in
the reauired oerimeter buffer or
reduce the buffer to less than
Attradiz'e outdoor gathering spaces used as fOcal points
(or commenial development-provide dining Jpaa,
seating, shade, and entertainment.
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50-oercent of the reauired buffer:
(ii) Reductions mav not be aranted where the reduction in oerimeter
landscaoe buffer would occur adiacent tQ a seoarate residential area.
(d) Outdoor aatherina soaces shall be intearated as Dart of the overall desian
of the center and shall be located within close oroximitv of anchor
tenants. transit stoos (if aoolicable). or attached to the buildina that thev
are intended to serve.
(e) Sinale-tenant or in-line centers with a
limited site area shall incorcorate outdoor
aatherina soaces bv exoandina oedestrian
walkwavs alona the front or side of the
buildina. to the maximum extent
oracticable. A minimum of 4 feet in deoth
shall be dedicated for the outdoor aatherina
soace to maintain clear circulation for oass-
throuah oedestrian traffic.
(f) Outdoor aatherina soaces shall incorcorate
a varietv of oedestrian-scaled features such
as;.
(i) Bollards:
(ii) Tables and chairs:
Creative 14se of sidewalk in front of an
in-line commmial center to provide
protected ot/tdoor dining space with
limited space.
(iii) Benches:
(iv) Seat walls and/or raised landscaoe
olanters:
(v) Shade trees:
(vi) "Comfort Station" (restrooms). trash receotacles:
(vii)Pots or hanaina baskets filled with seasonal olant material:
(viii) Information kiosks or sianaae: and
(ix) Sculotures or other oublic art features.
(g) Shade structures (either freestandina or intearated with the buildina wall)
shall be intearated with outdoor aatherina soaces. oarticularlv those with
western or southern exoosures.
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(h) Outdoor aatherina soaces shall have direct access to the sidewalk and
oedestrian walkwav network.
(2) Pedestrian Refuae Areas
(a) To the maximum extent oracticable. orimarv oedestrian circulation routes
shall be anchored bv soecial desian features that establish them as
oedestrian refuae areas-or areas where oedestrians are ohvsicallv
seoarated from the flow of
vehicular traffic and/or are
orotected from the desert
elements. Aoorooriate desian
features mav include. but shall not
be limited to the followina:
(i) Arcades. oorticos. shade trees
or other shade structures:
(ii) Pedestrian liaht features and
information kiosks,
(iii) Sollards,
(iv) Seat walls or benches:
(v) Landscaoe olanters. and
(vi) Other urban desian elements.
includina oublic art.
(b) Desian features used to create
oedestrian refuae areas shall be
constructed of materials that are
similar in aualitv and consistent
with the overall architectural
character of the center.
4. Cart Storaae Areas
Mqjor primar)' pedestnan .irm/ation routes dearlY
delineated through the use of/andsmping and shade
strudures.
a} lJmmt
1. To ensure that cart storaae areas are located and desianed so as to minimize
conflicts with orimarv drive aisles. oarkina areas. and oedestrian walkwavs.
2. To ensure that the aooe~rance of cart storaae areas is consistent with the
overall theme of the develooment in terms of their materials. color. and desian
character.
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3. Shoooinc cart corrals shall be distrib t d
orovide reasonable access for th u: thouch-out the develooment to
__ ___ _ e cus omers.
b) Desion Standards
(1) Cart Storaae Areas
(a) Where retail tenants are orovidinc sh .
term shoooinc cart storace areas sha~lo~~nc ca.rts for ~h~ customers. lonc-
~enant soace and shall be located behi orovlded .wlthln or adiacent to
IS at least as hiah as the heicht of the c~~:. decorative screeninc wall that
(b) S~oooinc cart corrals that orovide sho - -
with .durable materials and desicn f rt term storace shall be desicned
architectural character of the cente~atures that comolement the
(c) Shoooinc cart corrals and storace a
encroach uoon vehicular and oed ~~as s~all b~ located so as not to
_ es.nan Circulation oatterns.
5. Sianaae
a) Intent
1.
:0 ensure that sicnaae for multi-tenant or oh .
IS consistent with the overall cha t . f ased commercial develooments
materials. desicn features. and s::r ~n~he develooment in terms of its
2. To reduce the visual clutter created wh .
arterial roadwavs. en numerous slcns are olaced alonc
b) Desion Standards
(a) A Planned Sicn Proaram shall be rev.
tenant commercial develoome t . lewe~ and acceoted for all multi-
shall orovide soecifications on ~i~~:nor to final aooroval. Sicnace Plans
(i) ~
(ii) Materials:
(iii) Heicht: and
(iv) Location.
(b) On-site sicns shall incoroorate desian :
each other and with the overall h.t elements that are consistent with
d~velooment. in terms of their ~~c I. ectura~ character of the
reinforce the visual continuit f tenals. helaht. and letterinc stvle. to
_____. v 0_ each center.
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6. LandscaDina
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a) I.nWlt
1. To visuallv soften and unifv the
aooearance of commercial develooments:
2. To define maior entrvwavs. circulation
(both vehicular and oedestrian) and
oarkina oattems to helo buffer less
intensive adiacent land uses: and
3. To intearate the maaed and colorful
landscaoe character of the Sonoran
Desert into the town's commercial
develooments.
b) Desion Standards
(1) General
(a) All landscaoe olans shall meet the
town's adooted landscaoe
reauirements as contained in the Land
Develooment Code in addition to the
standards contained in these
commercial develooment standards.
Where conflicts arise between the
two. this chaoter shall take
orecedence.
Landscape plans sbould integrate tbe rtIgged and colorful
landsmpe cbarader oj tbe S onoran Desert.
(b) All trees and olants shall meet
Arizona Nurservmen's Association minimum auidelines as to calioer and
heiaht and the Town of Marana's aooroved olant list.
(c) Water conservation should be an imoortant criterion for olant material
selection. Low-water olants that reflect and enhance the imaae of
Sonoran Desert landscaoe shall be used.
(d) Alllandscaoed areas shall be irriaated usina an underaround drio
irriaation svstem. Alllandscaoina shall be irriaated from a secondarv.
non-ootable water source where available.
(e) Trees within landscaoed areas should be sited and soaced to avoid
conflicts with overhead Iiaht fixtures.
(f) Landscaoe olans shall be coordinated with above-and below-around
utilities to avoid irresolvable conflicts at the time of installation.
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(2) Interior Parkina Lot Landscaoina
(a) Parkina lots shall devote a minimum of 15 oercent of the aross oarkina
area includina alllandscaoed areas within 5-feet of the oerimeter of the
oarkina area.
(b) Landscaoe islands shall be a
minimum of 6 feet in order to
orotect olant materials from
car overhanas and
oedestrian traffic.
(c) Plant materials selected for
use at the oerimeter of
landscaoe islands shall be
limited to around covers or
other low-arowina soecies
that are caoable of
withstandina reaular foot
traffic.
A minimum if 15 percent ~r parking lots with 30 or
more Jpam shall be devoted to interior parking lot
landsmping_
(d) Alllandscaoe islands shall be
delineated usina a 6-inch vertical curb. The use of wheel stoos as a
means of orotectina landscaoe islands from vehicular contact and
oedestrian traffic is ineffective and shall not be oermitted as the sole
orotective device.
(3) Perimeter Landscaoina
acceotable desian uo to fiftv oercent
mav be located in the riaht-of-wav.
(b) The oerimeter of all oarkina lots
shall be screened from adiacent
streets. oedestrian circulation
svstems. oublic ooen soace. and
other adiacent uses throuah the use
of the reauired minimum landscaoe
buffer above. or throuah the use of
one of the followina in combination
with a reduced landscaoe buffer:
(i) A masonrv wall not less than 3 %
feet in heiaht in combination with
a 15-foot landscaoe buffer:
Traditional perimeter landscape buffer with
pedestrian walkw'!)l_ Perimeter bttjfers m'!)l Vet)' in
width and treatment, depending upon site conditions
and the type and quantijj ~{outdoor gathering
spaas that are provided within the center.
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(ii) A landscaoed berm contained within a 17-foot landscaoe buffer:
(iii) A formal hedae a minimum of 3 % feet in heiaht. consistina of a
double row of shrubs olanted 3 feet on center in a trianaular oattern
contained within a 17 -foot landscaoe buffer: or
(iv) A formal hedae a minimum of 3 % feet in heiaht. consistina of a
double row of shrubs olanted 3 feet on center in a trianaular oattern in
combination with a 10 foot landscaoe buffer and masonrv retainina
wall where a sianificant variation in arade exists.
(c) All buffers shall contain the followina minimum olant materials for each
1500 sauare feet or fraction thereof: Six 15-aallon trees. fifteen 1-aallon
shrubs and ten 1-aallon around cover olants
(d) Screen walls and landscaoina shall be sited so as not to block the siaht
lines of vehicular circulation routes as thev enter. exit or oass throuah the
site.
(e) A minimum landscaoe buffer of 20 feet shall be orovided adiacent to the
Interstate Hiahwav10 riaht-of-wav. No reduction is allowed.
(4) Entrvwavs
(a) Commercial oroiects that are 10 acres or lamer in size shall incorcorate
orominent focal ooints at maior entrances to the center. Focal ooints
shall be created throuah the use of:
(i) Gatewav monuments.
(ii) Sculoture or other oublic art elements.
(iii) Intense concentrations of vertical
landscaoe forms or seasonal color.
(iv) Distinctive landforms.
(v) Monument sianaae. or
(vi) Other features as aoorooriate to
define entrances as visual aatewavs
to the develooment.
(b) Commercial oroiects that are 15 acres or
lamer in size shall incorcorate a
landscaoed median at maior entrances to
seoarate inaress and emess lanes and to
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enhance the aooearance of the oroiect aatewav.
(c) All entrvwav focal ooints and landscaoed medians shall be comoatible
with reauired site visibilitv trianales. as contained in the Land
Develooment Code.
7. Fencina and Walls
a} lnte.nt
1. To oromote visuallv interestina and attractive streetsC80es alona the town's
arterials:
2. To encouraae creativitv in the desian offencina and walls:
3. To ensure that fencina and walls are consistent with the character of the
develooment thev serve:
4. To orotect views from Interstate-10.
b) Desion Standards
(1) General
(a) Colors. materials. and forms used for fences and walls shall comolement
the architectural character of the orimarv buildina or overall develooment.
(b) The maximum lenath of continuous. unbroken fence or wall DIane shall be
20 feet. Walls shall be articulated usina a combination of the followina to
break uo the lenath of lonaer soans:
(i) Decorative columns;
(ii) Diversitv in texture and/or materials:
(iii) Offsets:
(iv) Landscaoe oockets: or
(v) Seroentine desian: or
(vi) Similar features.
(c) Screen walls located alona a orimarv street frontaae or that are visible
from Interstate-10 shall orovide a hiaher level of desian detail for visual
interest.
(d) The use of chain link fencina or exoosed cinder block walls is not
oermitted.
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B. Buildino Desion and Character
1. Architectural Character
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a) Intent
1. To encouraae commercial develooment to
incorcorate desian features that are uniaue
to each center or develooment. vet that are
evocative of Marana's farmina and ranchina
heritaae or its Sonoran Desert context.
2. To achieve a unified aooearance for multi-
buildina or ohased commercial
develooments throuah the use of
comoatible materials. colors. and
architectural character as thev build out
over time;
3. To ensure buildina materials used for
commercial develooments are durable and
have low maintenance reauirements when
used in a desert environment.
b) Desion Standards
(1) Unified Theme
(a) The architectural desian of buildinas
within a commercial center. includina
freestandina oad buildinas. shall orovide
comolimentarv architectural stvles in terms
of the character. materials. texture. color.
and scale used on the buildinas.
Buildings within a fommercial fenter shall be organized
around a fonsistent ardlitedural theme in terms q( the
fharader, materials, texture, folor, and Hale t1sed on the
buildin.RS.
(b) Buildinas shall include features tvoical of Marana's farmina and ranchina
heritaae or desert context. such as. but not limited to:
(i) Architectural shade devices:
(ii) Low-sluna buildinas with a strona. horizontal orientation:
(iii) DeeDlv recessed windows:
(iv) Covered Dorches or arcades:
(v) Shed roof forms: and
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(vi) The use of earthv materials. colors. and textures associated with the
reaion.
(vii) The use of architectural accent features and/or colors for visual
interest.
(c) The above standard is not
intended to oromote "cookie
cutter" commercial develooment
or the literal reDlication of
Southwestern or ranch-stvle
architecture: rather. it is intended
to oromote a creative and modern
interoretation of vernacular
architectural elements that are
uniaue to each develooment and
to Marana.
All sides ~la building shall incorporate
architectural detailing that is compatible with the
{ront fafade. Blank walls /Joid ~fanhitectural
details (as found in the top example, abo/le) or other
variation are prohibited.
(2) Four-sided Desian
(a) Althouah the front facade of a
buildina is exoected to be the
focal ooint in terms of level of
architectural character and features. all sides of a buildinas shall
incorcorate architectural detailina that has a character that is consistent
with the front facade. Blank walls void of architectural details or other
variation are orohibited.
(b) The backs or sides of buildinas that are clearlv visible from an arterial
roadwav or from Interstate Hiahwav 10 shall receive the most desian
emohasis in this reaard.
(3) Pad Site Buildinas
(a) Pad site buildinas shall incorcorate materials and colors that are similar to
and comoatible with those used on the orimarv buildina(s) in the
develooment or center.
(b) Themed restaurants. small retail
chains. and other similar tenants mav
be reauired to adiust some asoects of
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their "standard" architectural model in
order to meet the above standard.
(4) Parkina Structures
(a) Parkina structures shall be desianed
to incoroorate a comoarable level of
architectural detailina and aualitv of
materials as found on orimarv
buildinas on the site.
(b) To the maximum extent oracticable.
oarkina structures shall be "wraooed"
with active uses. such as retail
storefronts. at the street level. This is
oarticularlv imoortant where oarkina
structures are located adiacent to
maior oedestrian walkwavs. outdoor
aatherina soaces or other
oedestrian-oriented soaces. or alona
a oedestrian-oriented "main street"
within a laroer develooment.
2. Buildina Massina
Themed restaurants, small retail chains, and other
similar tenants shall be required to ac!Just some aspects
~ltheir "standard" an-hitectural mode! in order to meet
the above standard.
a) Intent
1. To add character and visual interest to the blockv buildina forms tvoical of
commercial develooment: and
2. To break uo the visual mass of laroe-format or "bia box" retail uses and
establish a more oedestrian-friendlv scale at the street level and at orimarv
entrances.
b) Desion Standards
(1) Buildina Massina
(a) The oerceived mass and scale
of commercial buildinas.
includina laroe-format retail
uses. shall be reduced bv
incorooratina a series of smaller
desian elements that are
consistent with the center's
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architectural character. Desian elements may include. but are not limited
to at least 4 of the followina:
(i) Variations in roof form and
oaraoet heiahts:
(ii) Pronounced recesses and
oroiections:
(Hi) Wall DIane off-sets:
(iv) Distinct chanaes in texture
and color of wall surfaces:
(v) Ground level arcades and
second floor
aalleries/balconies:
Tbe perceived mass and stale ~r commercial buildings,
including large:format retail uses, shall be reduioed by
ini"Orporating a series if smaller design elements tbat are
consistent witb the center's an'bitertural rbarader, as
illustrated by tbe use ~{awnings, varied roojforms and
heigbts, above.
(vi) Protected and recessed
entries: and
(vii)Vertical accents or focal
ooints.
(b) In-line commercial centers or buildina walls that exceed 100 feet in lenath
shall incoroorate a minimum of 4 of the followina elements to distinauish
the modulation of individual storefronts (where aoolicable) and break uo
the aooearance of lenathv wall soans:
(i) Distinct chanae in color:
(ii) Chanae in material or texture:
(iii) Chanae in DIane of the buildina wall that incoroorates offsets. reveals.
recesses. archways. and/or oroiections:
(iv) Deeo-set windows with mullions:
(v) Awninas or oedestrian canooies:
(vi) Ground level arcade: and/or
(vii)Window or door ooeninas.
(2) Primarv Buildina Entrances
(a) PrimarY buildina entrances shall be desianed to be visuallv orominent and
to orovide shade for oedestrians. This obiective shall be accomolished
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throuah the use of a
combination of 2 or more of
the followina features at the
orimarv buildina entrance:
(i) A canoov. oortico.
archwav.. arcade. or similar
overhana that orovides
architectural interest and
oedestrian orotection:
(ii) Peaked roof forms:
(iii) Raised corniced oaraoets
over the door:
Primary building entram-es shall be designed to be visualb'
prominent and to provide shade jor pedestrians, using
(eatures st/i'h as this peaked roofform, and ({)llered walkwqy.
(iv) Outdoor oedestrian features such as seat walls and landscaoina with
seasonal color or oermanent landscaoe olanters with intearated
benches: and/or
(v) Architectural detailina such as tile work and moldinas intearated into
the buildina structure.
(3) Multi-StaN Buildinas
(a) All multi-storv buildinas shall
incorcorate a recoanizable
base. middle. and too throuah
the use of chanaes in
material. architectural
accents. or other features.
Other methods for orovidina
architectural character may be
used if aooroved bv the
Plannina Director.
All multi-story buildings shall incorporate a m'ognizable
base, middle, and top through the tlse oft/langes in materials,
architedural ai'cents, or other feattlres.
(4) Buildina Transnarencv
(a) Laroe format retail uses shall devote a minimum of ten oercent of the
lenath of the front facade to windows or transoarent entrances.
(b) Pad site buildinas shall devote a minimum of 40 oercent of the lenath of
the front facade to windows or transoarent entrances.
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(c) In-line commercial centers shall devote
a minimum of 50 oercent of the lenath
of each storefront module to windows
or transoarent entrances.
3. Exterior Buildina Materials and Colors
a) lntent
1. To avoid the aooearance of bland.
"cookie-cutter" commercial develooment:
2. To encouraae the creative incorooration
of a broad ranae of colors in commercial
develooment that reflect the rich. natural tones found in Marana's Sonoran
Desert context; and
3. To achieve a unified aooearance
for multi-buildina or ohased
commercial develooments
throuah the use of comoatible
materials and colors.
b) Desion Standards
(1) Permitted Materials
(a) Materials shall be of hiah aualitv
and oroven durabilitv in the
harsh desert environment.
Permitted materials include:
(i) ~
(ii) Stone (natural or simulated):
Retail ttJeJ Jhal! depote a perantage of their front fafade to
windowJ or tranJparent entranceJ, baJed on their Jize and
configttration.
(iii) Intearallv-colored. solit face or around face concrete masonrv units
(eMU):
(iv) Traditional cement hardcoat stucco:
(v) Exterior Insulation and Finish Svstems (EIFS):
(vi) Standina seam metal roofs:
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(vii) Concrete and c1av tile roofs:
(viii) Clear and tinted class:
(ix) Mosaic tile;
(x) Wood lIimited to architectural accents): and
(xi) Architectural metal.
(b) Additional materials mav be consid .
comoarable cualitv. durabilitv. and ~~~~a~~~~daesd d:~~~~~e~ ~v town staff.
(2) Prohibited Materials
(a) The !o!lowinc materials shall be
orohlblted:
(i) ~n-textured or unarticulated
tllt-uo concrete oanels:
(ii) Pre-fabricated steel oanels(as
sole material):
(iii) Corrucated metal (Corten or
rust finish acceotable as an
accent element):
(iv) Asohalt shincle roofs: and
(v) Mirrored or otherwise hichlv reflective class.
(3) Exterior Buildina and Roof Colors
(a) Bland. monotonous color schem '. . .
oalate shall be avoided. es comorlsed of variations on a beice
(b) Each commercial develooment sh II' .. .
that reflects the rich ranee of colora f mco~~orate a dl~t1nctlve color oalate
context. such as: s oun In Marana s Sonoran Desert
(i) Earthv browns. seoias. and tans:
(ii) Dark reds and maroons:
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(Hi) Dark oranaes to oinks:
(iv) Dark areens:
(v) DeeD skv blues to arav-blues:
(vi) DeeD ouroles:
(vii)Ochres. vellow-browns: or
(viii) Variations of the above
colors that result from natural
weatherina or oxidation
orocesses (rusts. aravs. etc.).
(4) Metal Finishes
Commmial developments should incorporate a broad
range of colors and materials that rqled the rid; natural
tones found in 111arana S S onoran Desert .'ontext.
(a) The use of metals shall be limited
to oaints and coatinas within the
color ranae described above or
natural finishes which derive their character from weatherina and
oxidation.
(b) No briaht or hiahlv reflective metal finishes shall be allowed on anv
exterior buildina material or buildina element other than for accent
materials that enhance. but do not dominate the architectural character.
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SECTIONS:
03.00
03.01
03.02
03.03
03.04
03.05
03.06
03.07
03.08
03.09
03.10
03.11
03.12
03.13
03.14
03.15
03.16
03.17
03.18
03.19
03.20
03.21
03.22
03.23
03.24
03.25
03.26
TITLE 3
DEFINITIONS
General Usage
Definitions "A"
Definitions "B"
Definitions "C"
Definitions "D"
Definitions "E"
Definitions "F"
Definitions "G"
Definitions "H"
Definitions "I"
Definitions "J"
Definitions "K"
Definitions "L"
Definitions "M"
Definitions "N"
Definitions "0"
Definitions "P"
Definitions "Q"
Definitions "R"
Definitions "s"
Definitions "T"
Definitions "U"
Definitions "V"
Definitions "W"
Definitions "X" (Reserved)
Definitions "V"
Definitions "Z" (Reserved)
03.00 General Usage
The definitions provided for in this article shall apply throughout these regulations, unless a
different meaning is clearly indicated by a context or the term is defined differently in any other
section.
The words, phrases, and terms shall be deemed to have the meaning ascribed to them in the
following paragraphs. When consistent with the context, words used in the present tense
include the future; words in the singular include the plural; and those in the plural include the
singular.
A. The word "Council" shall mean the Town Council of Marana.
B. The word "Building" includes the word "Structure".
C. The word "Shall" is mandatory and the word "May" is permissive.
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D. The word "Used" includes the words "arranged for, designed for, occupied or intended
to be occupied for".
E. The words "Building" or "Structure" include any part thereof.
F. A "Person" includes a corporation, a partnership, and an unincorporated association of
persons such as a club.
03.01 Definitions "A"
Abuttinq: Two (2) adjoining properties having a common property line or boundary.
Accent Material-Material coverina twentv-five oercent or less of the wall elevation.
Access or Accessway: The place, means, or way by which pedestrians and vehicles shall
have safe and usable ingress and egress to a property.
Accessory Buildinq: A subordinate building or portion of a main building on the same lot or
building site, incidental to that permitted in the main building, or to the land upon which the
main building is located.
Accessory Use: A use incidental or subordinate to the principal use of a lot or building and
devoted exclusively to the main use of the lot or building thereon.
Acre: 43,560 square feet.
Aoiarv: A place where bees are kept for their honey, generally consisting of a number of
._, I hives.
Articulation-The manner in which various features are arranaed on a buildina elevation.
Aviarv: Large cage or building specifically designed for keeping birds.
03.02
Definitions "B"
Berm-An earthen mound desianed to orovide visual interest. screen undesirable views,
decrease noise. and/or control or manaae surface drainaae.
Buffer-Ooen soaces. landscaoed areas. fences. walls. berms. or anv combination thereof.
used to ohvsicallv seoarate or screen one use or orooertv from another so as to visuallv shield
or block noise. liahts. buildinas. other nuisances. or orovide orivacv.
Buildable Area: The lot area where a building can be placed after yard setbacks and
easements are deducted.
Builder: The builder is the purchaser of a development area, or portions of a development
area who will build or provide for building within their areas of ownership. The builder is
responsible for implementation of those facilities within each of the development areas, and
ancillary facilities within the spine infrastructure system.
Buildinq: Any structure having a roof and walls built and maintained for the support, shelter,
or enclosure of persons, animals, chattel, or property of any kind including an apartment
house, hotel or dwelling, single or in combination.
Buildina Form-The shaoe and structure of a buildina as distinauished from its substance or
material.
Buildinq Heiaht: The vertical distance between the finished floor elevation and the highest
point of the building, excluding chimneys, vents and antennae, provided the finished floor
elevation is no higher than 2' above any adjacent grade within 4' of the building.
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Buildina, Main: A building within which is cenducted the principal use permitted en the let.
Buildina Mass-The three-dimensienal bulk ef a buildina-heiaht. width. and deoth.
Buildina Setback: The distance a building must be set back frem a specified peint.
Buildina Scale-The size and orooertien ef a buildina relative to' surroundina buildinas and
environs. adiacent streets. and oedestrians.
Buildina Site: The ground area ef a building er buildings tegether with all epen spaces
adjacent theretO'.
Business er Cemmercial: The purchase, sale er ether transactien invelving the handling er
dispesitien, ether than that included in the term "industry" as defined herein, ef any article,
substance er cemmedity fer profit er gain.
03.03
Definitions "C"
Camp. Farm Laber: A building er cemplex ef buildings lecated en an eperating farm that is
intended to' he use farm werkers and/er their families en a seasenal basis.
Character-These attributes. aualities. and features that make uo and distinauish a
develeoment oroiect and aive such oroiect a sense ef ouroese. functien. definitien. and
uniaueness.
Child Care Center: A facility providing cempensated nenresidential care and supervisien to'
mere than ten children. AlsO' termed a day nursery.
Church: A building er group ef buildings used primarily as a place ef cemmunien er wership.
"Church" includes cenvents, religieus educatienal buildings and parish houses, but net
parechial scheels.
Celeny: A centrolled heney bee broed including a single queen bee, drenes, and werkers.
Commercial Center-A develeoment centainina ene er mere retail steres. restaurants.
hetels. metels. and similar businesses within a sinale buildina er multiole buildinas.
Cemmissien: The Tewn ef Marana Planning Cemmissien.
Cemmen Area: An area ef cemmen access designed to' serve twO' er mere separate dwelling
units which may er may net be under separate ewnership.
Cendeminium: A ferm ef real estate structure ewnership established through the subdivisien
ef real estate, pertiens ef which are designated fer separate ewnership and the remainder of
which is designated fer cemmen ewnership selely by the building ewners ef the separate
pertiens. Real estate is net a cendeminium unless the individual interests in the cemmen
element are vested in the building unit ewners.
Cendeminium Preiect: A plan er a preject invelving a building that is ewned er effered for
sale, er is prejected to' be ewned er effered fer sale to' twO' er mere persens whO' will separately
ewn defined dwelling unit space, tegether with an undivided interest in common areas er
facilities ef the preperty. The term shall alsO' refer to' the entire real preperty when sO' indicated
by the centext ef this cede.
Ceuntv: Pima Ceunty, Arizena.
Crep. Aaricultural: The grewing ef creps in the seil in the custemary manner in the epen;
including the precessing, whelesaling, and retailing ef such grewn agricultural products when
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such activities are performed on the premises on which the crops are raised. The term does
not include the raising of livestock.
Cul-de-sac: A local street with only one outlet and having an appropriate terminal for the safe
and convenient reversal of traffic movement.
03.04
Definitions "0"
Dairv farm: Area where dairy animals are kept for milking and from which a part or all of the
milk is sold, offered for sale or supplied for human consumption, and includes all buildings,
yards and premises occupied or used in connection with the production of milk.
Density: The number of dwelling units that may be constructed per a unit of measure of land
area. Usually expressed using the acre as the unit of measure.
Developer: Any person, including a governmental agency, undertaking any development as
defined in these regulations.
Development Code: The zoning code of the Town of Marana and overlay regulations
including those which might deal with floodplains, hillside or slope protection, and related
regulations; subdivision regulations, sign regulations, and all other land use regulations
contained within this division of the Town of Marana Municipal Code.
Driveway: A private method of vehicular access contained fully within a lot.
Drouaht Tolerant Veaetation: Low water use plants, which after established, survive within the
Sonoran Desert climate with little or no supplemental watering.
Duplex: A residential building containing two dwelling units.
Dwellina: A building or portion thereof, designed and used exclusively for residential
occupancy, including one-family, two-family, and multiple dwellings, but not including hotels,
boarding or lodging houses.
Dwellina. Sinale Family: A building designed for occupancy by one family as a residence and
contains only one kitchen.
Dwellina. Multiple-Family: A residential building containing two or more dwelling units, each
designed for occupancy by an individual or one family as a residence.
03.05
Definitions "E"
Easements: A space on a lot or parcel of land defined on a subdivision map, in a deed
restriction, or separate document, reserved for and/or used for public utilities, ingress and
egress, drainage or other special purposes.
Enterprise: An individual or organization engaged in a single type of business or
governmental activity as classified and defined by the United States Standard Industrial
Classification Manual at the two-digit level.
03.06
Definitions "F"
Facade-Anv side of a buildina that faces a street or other open space. The "front facade" is
the front or principal face of a buildina.
Family: One or more individuals occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single
housekeeping unit.
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Feedlot: Any fenced area used commercially for the express purpose of fattening livestock for
slaughter or sale.
Final Plat: A map of all or part of a subdivision essentially conforming to an approved
preliminary plat, and prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Town of Marana
subdivision regulations.
Flood: A temporary rise in flow or stage of any stream, watercourse or lake that may result in
water overtopping its banks and inundating adjacent areas.
Floodplain: Areas of land adjoining or near the channel of a watercourse which has been or
may be hereafter covered by flood water, and which functions as a temporary channel or
reservoir for overbank flow.
Floodplain Board: The Town Council of Marana.
Floodwav: A delineated area, as determined by a hydraulic analysis approved by the Town of
Marana Engineer, where the hypothetical encroachment into the floodplain will allow passage
of the regulatory flood without increasing the flood height more than one foot. Additional
hydraulic criteria that will be applied to determine the boundaries of the floodway are: 1 ).
equal flow conveyance removal will be assumed from each side of the floodplain, and 2). the
exact boundary of the floodway will be selected so that its alignment will ultimately be
streamlined in relation to upstream and downstream developments.
Floor Area Ratio (FAR): A ratio expressing the amount of square feet of floor area permitted
for every square foot of land area within a site. The FAR is usually expressed as a single
number.
Fowl: .A bird of a type that is used to produce meat or eggs, including, but not limited to,
chickens, ducks, turkeys, and peacocks.
Frontaoe: All property fronting on one (1) side of a street between a street and a right-of-way,
or between intersecting or intercepting streets, or to the end of a dead-end street. An
intercepting street shall determine the boundary of the frontage on the side of the street that it
intercepts.
03.07 Definitions "G"
Garaoe. Private: An accessory building or portion of the main building, designed or used for
the shelter or storage of self propelled vehicles owned or operated by the occupants of the
main building.
Gasoline Service Stations: A retail establishment primarily engaged in selling petroleum
products, but not including auto repair shops, body and fender works, similar repairing and
painting uses, or mechanical or stream washracks.
General Plan: The Town of Marana General Plan.
Gross Floor Area: The sum of the areas of all horizontal surfaces of a building, measured
from outside surface to outside surface.
Grade: The average of the finished ground level at the center of all of the exterior walls of a
building. In case the front wall is parallel to and within five (5) feet of a sidewalk, the grade
shall be measured at the sidewalk at the centerline of the front of the lot.
Guest House: Living quarters for guests, relatives, or servants on the premises in an
accessory building or attached to the principal residence.
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03.08 Definitions "H"
Hive: A movable-frame receptacle used for keeping bees which may consist of one or more
frames on a single box stand.
Home Child Care Center: Any single residence dwelling in which child care is regularly
provided for compensation for five (5) or more, but not more than ten (10) children not related
to the proprietor. The proposed child care center shall meet all requirements for certification
by the State Department of Health.
Home Occupation: Any activity carried out for gain by a resident, conducted as an accessory
use in the resident's dwelling unit. A home occupation shall not exceed 25% of the gross floor
area of a dwelling, shall not involve persons who are not permanent residents of the residence
unless approved through the Conditional Use Permit procedure as provided in Section 10.10.
A home occupation shall not display on-site advertising or identification signs or have external
evidence of the conduct of the home occupation, shall maintain the required residential off-
street parking, shall not create off-street or on-street parking, vehicular or pedestrian traffic
which is greater than that normally associated with a solely residential use of the premises on
which the home occupation is conducted and shall not create conditions that are a nuisance to
neighboring properties. Equipment which is visible from off-site or which creates audible
interference in radio and television receivers or causes fluctuations in line voltage outside the
dwelling using it is prohibited.
Hospital: Any building or portion thereof used for the accommodation and medical care of
sick, injured or infirm persons and including sanitariums, institutions for the cure of chronic
drug addicts and mental patients.
Hotel: A building containing six or more guest rooms, in which lodging is provided and offered
to the public for compensation and which is open to transient guests, together with
commercial accessory uses operated primarily for the convenience of the guests thereof.
Household pets: Any animal commonly accepted as a domesticated pet and housed within
the primary residential structure.
03.09
Definitions "I"
Improvement: Any man-made immovable item which becomes part of, places upon, or is
affixed to real estate. Improvements are typically required to be installed as a condition of
approval or acceptance of a development. They may include, but are not limited to, roads,
water facilities, easements, traffic control devices, utility lines, and other similar facilities.
Industry: The manufacture, fabrication, processing, reduction or destruction of any article,
substance or commodity, or any other treatment thereof in such a manner as to change the
form, character, or appearance thereof.
Inaress: Access or entry.
In-line commercial center-Multiole retail stores oraanized in an in-line fashion. Individual
stores within the center are attached. sharina one or more side walls but have seoarate
entrances. In-line centers tvoicallv share a sinale oarkina area that is located at the front or
front and side of the center.
Intervenina oroperty: Property located between an existing public right-of-way or existing
public utility easement and the land within a subdivision or other large scale development.
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03.10 Definitions "J"
Junk (Salvaoe) Yard: A place where scrap, waste, discarded or salvaged materials are
bought, sold, exchanged, baled, packed, disassembled, handled, or stored in the open,
including, but not limited to, automobile wrecking yards, used lumber yards, and places or
yards for the storage of salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials, and
equipment. This excepts farming operations, or where such activities are conducted entirely
within a completely enclosed building and where salvaged materials are kept incidental to
manufacturing or other industrial or agricultural operations conducted on the premises.
03.11 Definitions "K"
Kennel: Any enclosure, premises, building, structure, lot or area where dogs, cats, or other
animals are kept, raised, sold, boarded, bred, shown, treated or groomed for economic gain.
03.12 Definitions "L"
Landscaoino: Making an area attractive through the use and arrangement of living
vegetation, such as trees, bushes, and groundcovers, together with inert materials such as
wood, rocks, brick, and decomposed granite.
Land Solits: The division of improved or unimproved land whose area is two and one-half
acres or less into two or three tracts or parcels of land for the purpose of sale or lease.
Land Use: A description of how land is occupied or utilized.
Laroe Format Retail-A laree format retail store contains 100.000 sauare feet or more (aross
floor area).
Laroe livestock: Includes cattle, horses, oxen, donkeys, mules, llamas, and other similar
animals.
Laroe Scale Develooment: For zones A-F, any planned unit development, condominium
project, mobile home park, recreational vehicle park, planned shopping center, planned
industrial park, group dwelling, apartment building complex, or farm labor camp located on a
lot or parcel of land that is larger than 2.5 acres and which is planned and developed as a
single entity or which contains land or facilities that are held as common properties.
Livestock Auction Yard: A parcel of land and accompanying buildings used for the sale by
auction of livestock offered on consignment.
Local Street: A street whose purpose is to provide access to property, provide vehicular
linkage within a residential or nonresidential neighborhood, but not necessarily through
movements.
Lot: A tract of land bounded on all sides by property lines, of sufficient size to meet minimum
zoning requirements, of use, coverage, area, setbacks, and other areas as required by these
regulations with legal access to a public street.
Lot Area: The total land area, measured in a horizontal plane, included within the lot property
lin3s.
Lot. Corner: A lot located at the intersection of two (2) or more streets.
Lot Coveraae: The area of a site occupied by buildings, storage areas, and areas allocated to
vehicular parking, maneuvering, and service.
Lot Deoth: The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
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Lot Frontaqe: The length of the lot line abutting a street.
Lot Improvement: Any building, structure, place, work of art, or other object or improvement
of the land on which they are situated constituting a physical betterment of real property, or
any part of such betterment.
Lot. Interior: A lot other than a corner or key lot.
Lot. Kev: Any lot where the side lot line abuts the rear lot line of other lots.
Lot. Laroe: For zones A-F, any lot occupying 25 acres or more.
Lot Line: A line of record bounding a lot.
Lot Line. Common: Any side or rear property line which adjoins or abuts another side or rear
property line, not including side or rear property lines abutting a street or alley.
Lot Line. Front: The lot line separating a lot from a street.
Lot Line, Rear:
1. The lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line.
2. The rear lot line of an irregular, triangular or gore lot shall, for the purpose of this code,
be a line entirely within the lot at least ten feet along and parallel to and most distant
from the front lot line.
Lot Line. Side:
1. Any lot line not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
2. A side lot line separating a lot from a street is a street lot line.
3. A side lot line separating a lot from another lot is an interior side lot line.
Lot. Medium Size: For zones A-F, any lot occupying more than 2.5 acres but less than 25
acres.
Lot. Small: For zones A-F, any lot occupying 2.5 acres or less.
Lot Width: The mean horizontal width of the lot measured at right angles to the lot depth.
03.13 Definitions "M"
Maior Street: A street so designated on the adopted Marana Transportation Plan.
Manufactured Home: A single-family dwelling structure transportable in one or more sections
manufactured after June 15, 1976, to standards established by the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development. The structure is built on a permanent chassis and
designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected
to the required utilities.
Manufactured Home Park: A residential use in which more than two manufactured home
spaces are located on a single site area. The spaces may be leased, rented or sold. If the
individual spaces are sold, the remainder of the use must be in the common ownership of all
unit owners.
Maximum Extent Practicable-Under the circumstances. reasonable efforts have been
undertaken to comDlv with the reaulation or reauirement. that the cost of additi;~al
comDHance measures clearlv outweiah the Dotential benefits to the DubHe or wo~ld
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unreasonablv burden the orooosed oroiect. and reasonable steos have been undertaken to
minimize anv ootential harm or adverse imoacts resultina from the noncomoliance.
Model Home: A dwelling unit used initially for display purposes which typified the type of units
that will be constructed in the subdivision.
Motel: A facility offering transient lodging accommodations of six or more rental units. A
majority of all rental units have direct access to the outside without the necessity of passing
through the main lobby of the building. Guests are generally traveling by automobile and
parking is located convenient to each unit.
Multiple Familv Structure: A building, located on one lot, containing two or more dwelling
units. Also known as multifamily structure.
03.14
Definitions "N"
Native Veoetation: Plants indigenous to an area.
Natural Features-"Natural features" include but are not limited to flood olains and surface
drainaae channels. washes. stream corridors and other bodies of water. steeo slooes.
orominent ridaes. bluffs. or vallevs. and existina trees and veaetation.
Nearbv Land: For zones A-F, land lying within one-quarter of a mile of a small lot, within one-
half mile of a medium size lot, and within one mile of a large lot.
Nonconformino: A parcel or land, or a building or structure, or portion thereof, or a use which
does not conform to the provisions of this Development Code, and which existed prior to the
effective date thereof.
Nuisance: Annoying, unpleasant or obnoxious and out of character with the neighboring area.
Nurserv:
1.
2.
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A place where young trees or other plants are raised for transplanting or for sale.
Does not include commercial fertilizer yard or processing plant.
Definitions "0"
Off-Site: Any premises not located within the area of the property to be subdivided or
developed whether or not in the same ownership of the applicant to subdivision or
development approval.
Off-Street Parkino: Parking of motor vehicles that is not located on a street, or public way.
On-Site: Of or pertaining to a space within the boundaries of a subdivision lot or parcel.
Open Space: Any area to be kept in open uses including active and passive recreational
lands, desert, floodways, floodplains, parks, and greenbelts.
Orient-To brina in relation to. or adiust to. the surroundinas. situation. or environment: to
olace with the most imoortant Darts le.a.. the orimarv buildina entrance and the desianated
"front" of a buildina) facina in certain directions: or to set or arranae in a determinate oosition.
as in "to orient a buildina."
03.16
Definitions "P"
Pad Site BuildinG- Tvoicallv used in the context of retail shoooina center develooment. a
buildina or buildina site that is ohvsicallv seoarate from the orincioal or orimarv buildina and
reserved for free-standina commercial uses. each such use tvoicallv containina no more than
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15.000 sauare feet of Gross floor area. Tvpical pad site uses include. bv wav of illustration
onlv. free-standina restaurants. banks. and auto services.
Parcel of Land: Any quantity of land capable of being described with such definiteness that its
location and boundaries may be established, which is designated by its owner or developer as
land to be used or developed as a unit. Parcel includes an easement supporting or related to
a primary parcel, and a condominium unit.
Parkina Lot: Any area of a site or structure used as a parking area for more than four (4)
motor vehicles.
Parkina Space. Standard: A space not less than twenty (20) feet in length and not less than
nine (9) feet in width for the parking of a motor vehicle, exclusive of driveways and ramps.
Permitted Use: A land use allowed as a property right within a zoning category subject only to
the requirements listed for that use.
Phase: A portion of a development project scheduled for construction and occupancy as an
entity apart from other phases of the development.
Plannina Administrator: The Town of Marana Planning Administrator.
Plat: A map of a subdivision.
Preliminarv Plat: A preliminary map, including supporting data, indicating a proposed
subdivision design prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Town of Marana
subdivision regulations.
Premises: A zoned lot, together with the buildings and other structures located thereon.
Primary Arterial: A road intended to move traffic to and from such major attractions as
villages, regional shopping centers, colleges and/or universities, major industrial areas and
similar traffic generators within Marana and/or as a route for traffic between communities or
large areas.
PrimarY or PrinciDal Buildina- The buildina or structure on a commercial development site
used to accommodate the maioritv of the principal permitted use(s). When there are multiple
buildinas on a commercial development site. such as in a shoppina center. the primarv or
principal buildina shall be the one containina the areatest amount of Gross floor area.
Buildinas sited on pad sites or free-standina kiosk/ATM machines cannot be "primarv" or
"principal" buildinas.
PrimarY Material-Material coverina seventv-five percent or more of the wall elevation or the
individual material that constitutes the maioritv.
Principal Structure: A structure in which the principal use of the lot is conducted.
Principal Use: The primary or predominant use of any lot.
Public Improvement: Any drainage ditch, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrian way, tree,
lawn, off-street parking area, lot improvement or other facility for which the Town of Marana
may ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation.
03.17 Definitions "Q"
Quasi-Public Land Use: Use of the land by private, not-for-profit institutions or organizations
for purposes which may, in fact, be public uses, or which may be restricted to a particular
group, but which generally involve the use of the land or the facility located thereon by a large
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number of people; including but not limited to churches, private schools, not-for-profit social
organizations, hospitals, welfare organizations, or non-profit medical centers.
03.18 Definitions "R"
RAC: The permitted number of residences per gross acre (43,560 square feet of land area).
Ratite: Members of the group ratitae; large flightless birds, including emus and ostriches.
Recorded Plat: A final plat bearing all of the certificates of approval required by Arizona
Revised Statutes, and by the Town of Marana subdivision regulations, and recorded by the
Pima County Recorder.
Recreational Vehicle (RV. ): A unit, designed to provide temporary living quarters, built into as
an integral part of or attached to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis or to be towed by a
motor vehicle. The unit contains permanently installed independent life support systems
which provide at least four of the following facilities: cooling, refrigeration or ice box, self-
contained toilet, heating and/or air conditioning, a potable water supply system including a
faucet and sink, separate 110-125 volt electrical power supply and/or LP gas supply.
Recreation Vehicle Park: A parcel of land under single or common ownership where two or
more spaces are leased, rented or sold for occupancy of an RV. A fee mayor may not be
charged for the use of the individual space.
Recreational Vehicle Space: An area within the RV. Park for the placement of an RV. unit, in
addition to any exclusive use area adjacent to the unit set aside for the occupants of the R V.,
such as patio or parking space.
RedeveloDment-Develooment on a tract of land with existina structures where all or most of
the existina structures would be razed and a new structure or structures built.
Reaistered Enaineer: An engineer properly licensed and registered in the State of Arizona.
Reaistered Land Survevor: A land surveyor properly licensed and registered in the State of
Arizona.
Reaulatorv Flood: The park discharge of the 1 DO-year flood. It is representative of large
floods known to have occurred generally in the same region and reasonably characteristic of
what can be expected to occur on a particular stream or watercourse. The regulatory flood
generally has an average frequency or recurrence interval of 100 years. Each year there is a
one percent chance that an equal or greater flood will occur at that site.
Reaulatorv Flood Elevation: The water surface elevation of the regulatory flood for
watercourses where supercritical velocities are encountered. The critical depth will be used
for determining the regulatory flood elevation.
Reaulatorv Floodplain: That portion of the natural floodplain that would be inundated by the
regulatory flood.
Research Laboratorv:
1. An administrative, engineering, specific research, design or experimentation facility.
2. Shall include research on such things as electronic components, optical equipment,
etc.
Restaurant: An eating establishment where meals may be bought and eaten, also allowing
the sale of alcoholic beverages.
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Ridino Arena/Rodeo Grounds. Private: An enclosed area used for the purpose of riding and
training horses or other livestock for private enjoyment.
Ridino Arena/Rodeo Grounds. Public: An enclosed area used for the purpose of riding,
training, or showing horses or other livestock, or for the purpose of competition involving those
animals.
Riqht-Of-Wav: A strip of land occupied or intent to be occupied by a street, crosswalk,
railroad, road, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm
sewer main, or for another special use. The usage of the term "right-of-way" for land platting
purposes shall mean that every right-of-way hereafter established and shown on a final plat is
to be separate and distinct from the lots or parcels adjoining such right-of-way, and not
included within the dimensions or areas of such lots or parcels. Rights-of-way intended for
streets, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm drainages, or any other use involving
maintenance by a public agency shall be dedicated to public use by the maker of the plat on
which such right-of-way is established.
Rodent: Any member of the order rodentia, such as, but not limited to: mice, rabbits, and
hares.
Roof: The outside top covering of a building.
03.19 Definitions "S"
Sale or Lease: Any immediate or future transfer or ownership including contract of sale or
transfer, of an interest in a subdivision or part thereof, whether by metes and bounds, deed,
contract, plat, map or other written instrument.
Screen: A barrier that functions to shield, protect or conceal.
Setback: A distance from a set point.
Sionificant Chanoe in Land Use: For zones A-F, any change in land use that will: (1) more
than double the household or enterprise density of the land in question within one year; or (2)
change the nature of the activity on the land from residential (including renter occupied
housing) to non-residential; or (3) change the nature of any business, industrial, or quasi-
public use of the land (including agriculture use) to any use that would fall in a different
Standard Industrial Classification at the major group level, except where such other use is
already in existence on land immediately adjacent to the site of the proposed change; or (4)
be reasonably expected to more than double the use of nearby streets or other public facilities
within one year. Notwithstanding, however, for small lots that have been vacant, upon which
there have been no building or buildings, a change in land use from vacant to any use similar
to one or more existing land uses on immediately adjacent lots shall be deemed not
significant. A similar and competing business enterprise shall not be considered to be
antagonistic to any existing business enterprise for the purposes of this Code.
Similar Land Use: For zones A-F, land use of the same or lesser density of households, if
residential, or if non-residential use of the land by an activity classified as within the same two-
digit Standard Industrial Classification Code as enumerated by the United States Standard
Industrial Classification Manual.
Sino Ie Familv Dwellinq. Attached: A dwelling unit attached to one or more dwelling units by
structural elements common to the attached units with each dwelling unit located on its own
individual lot. The structural elements include common wall construction, roof, or other similar
improvement. Elements like trusses, beams, and patio walls are not included.
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Sino Ie Family Dwellino. Detached: A dwelling unit which is not attached to any other swelling
unit by any structural elements and located on its own separate lot.
Sion: Includes all outdoor advertising on any card, cloth, paper, plastic, metal, painted glass,
wood or stone, and any and all devices, structural or otherwise, lighted or unlighted, painted or
not painted, attached to, made a part of, or placed in the window of, or in the front, rear, sides
or top of any structure or on any land or any tree, wall, bush, rock, post, fence, building or
structure and visible from any public or private street, way, thoroughfare, alley or walk, which
device announces or directs attention to the name or nature of a business, occupant of a
structure, building or land or the nature or type of goods, services or projects, produced, sold,
stored, furnished or available at the location or at any other location, including signs
specifically for the sale of real property.
Site: The land area designated for a development project, exclusive of any abutting public
right-of-way. The land area can be a portion of a lot, a single lot, or can consist of more than
one lot.
Small livestock: Includes sheep, goats, miniature horses and other similar animals.
Specific Plan: A precise plan for a specific piece of property, or properties, typically under
single ownership, which contains all the elements as specified within these regulations, and
which has been adopted by the Town Mayor and Council, and which may supersede these
land use regulations as they might otherwise apply to the specified property.
Stables. Public: Structures where animals are kept for sale or hire; breeding, boarding, and or
training.
Stables. Private: Structures where animals are kept for private use.
Standards-Mandatorv reaulations. Standards are indicated bv use of the terms "shall" and
"must."
Stockyard: A penned enclosure, or structure, where small or large livestock are maintained
temporarily for the purpose of slaughtering, marketing or shipping.
Story: A space in a building between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next
above, or if there is no floor above, then the space between such floor and the ceiling or roof
above.
Street: Any existing or proposed street, avenue, boulevard, road, land, parkway, place,
bridge, viaduct or easement for public vehicular access or a street shown in a plat heretofore
approved pursuant to the Town of Marana, Pima County, State of Arizona or other
governmental unit regulations, or a street on a plat duly filed and recorded in the Pima County
Recorders office which has been approved by a unit of government. A street includes all land
within the street right-of-way whether improved or unimproved, and includes such
improvements as pavement, shoulders, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, parking space, bridges and
viaducts.
Street. Arterial: A street which serves or is intended to serve as a major way by which traffic
may be conveyed between the Town of Marana and other communities as well as between
major population or activity concentrations within the Town of Marana. Arterial Streets are
designated in the Transportation Plan element of the Town General Plan, and are generally
one-mile apart on Section lines.
Street Center Line: The centerline or monument line of a street or road right-of-way as
established by an official survey.
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Street. Collector: A street which is supplementary to an arterial street and serves, or is
intended to serve, to convey traffic between neighborhoods or similar areas within Town.
Collector Streets are typically at half-mile points within a Section.
Streets. Minor: Any dedicated street serving as the principal means of access to property
which is not shown on the Town Transportation Plan as an Arterial or Collector street.
Street Riaht-Of-Wav Width: The distance between property lines measured at right angles to
the center line of the street.
Structure: Anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of
work artificially built up or composed or put together in some definite manner, which requires
location on the ground.
Subdivider: A person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, syndicate, trust or other
legal entity that files application and initiates proceedings for the subdivision of land in
accordance with the provisions of State law or Town of Marana regulations. An individual
serving as agent for such legal entity is not a subdivider.
Subdivision: Improved or unimproved land or lands divided for the purpose of financing, sale
or lease, whether immediate or future, into four or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, or, if a
new street is involved, any such property which is divided into two or more lots, tracts, or
parcels of land, or any such property, the boundaries of which have been fixed by a recorded
plat, which is divided into more than two parts. "Subdivision" also includes any condominium,
cooperative, community apartment, townhouse or similar project containing four or more
parcels, in which an undivided interest in the land is coupled with the right of exclusive
occupancy of any unit located thereon, but plats of such projects need not show the buildings
or the manner in which the buildings or airspace above the property shown on the plat are to
be divided.
"Subdivision" does not include the following:
1. The sale or exchange of parcels of land to or between adjoining property
owners if such sale or exchange does not create additional lots.
2. The partitioning of land in accordance with other statutes of the State of
Arizona regulating the partitioning of land held in common ownership.
3. The leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within a building or
trailer park, not to mineral, oil or gas leases.
Subdivision Desian: Street alignment, grades and widths, alignment and widths of easements
and rights-of-way for drainage and sanitary sewers and the arrangement and orientation of
lots as set forth in the Town of Marana Subdivision regulations or design manuals, or both.
Subdivision Improvement: The required installations, pursuant to the Town of Marana
subdivision regulations, including grading, sewer and water utilities, streets, easements, traffic
control devices as a condition to the approval and acceptance of the final plat thereof.
Swine: Any hoofed animal of the porcine species, such as a pig.
03.20 Definitions "T"
Temporary Use: Any use allowed for a specified period of time. A use not of a permanent
nature.
Town: The Town of Marana, Arizona.
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Town Board of Adiustment: The Town Council of Marana, convened as the Board of
Adjustment.
Town Council: The Town Council of Marana.
Town Enoineer: The Town Engineer of Marana.
Townhouse: A single-family dwelling, attached, in which each unit has its own separate front
entrance, and no unit is located over another unit.
Transportation Corridor: Land that is occupied by transportation facilities, including airports,
railroads, roads, irrigation canals, or public utility line, or which is immediately adjacent to such
facilities, and which has been designated for the purpose of accommodating such modes of
transportation and related uses.
03.21 Definitions "u"
Use: The purpose for which land or a building is arranged designed or intended, for which
either land or building is or may be occupied or maintained.
Utilities: Services such as natural gas, electricity, water, telephone, and cable television.
03.22 Definitions "V"
Variance: An exception to the provisions of these regulations.
Veterinary Clinic Or Animal Hospital. Laroe: Any establishment maintained and operated by a
licensed veterinarian for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals
including large and small livestock.
Veterinary Clinic Or Animal Hospital. Small: Any establishment maintained and operated by a
licensed veterinarian for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals
including domestic pets.
Vicinity Plan: A map showing the relationship of a project or lot to adjacent streets, lots, and
structures.
03.23
Definitions "W"
Walls: An upright opaque structure of wood, stone, brick, etc., serving to enclose, divide,
support, protect, or screen.
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Definitions "Y"
Yard: Any open space other than a court on the same lot with a building or dwelling group
which open space is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward to the sky except
for the projecting and/or accessory buildings permitted by these regulations.
03.26 Definitions "Z" (Reserved)
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