The General Plan establishes land use designations for Residential, Commercial, Mixed-Use, Industrial, and residential density ranges from low to high density. This Code designates zoning districts to promote compatibility between land uses, buildings and structures; efficient use of land; transportation options and accessibility, promote economic vitality; and maintain crime prevention and safety. The districts classify, regulate and restrict uses, as well as combine uses and encourage the location of compatible land uses close to one another. The district regulations provide development standards pertaining to the intensity of land uses and development, height and bulk of buildings and structures, and area of yards and other open areas betweenbuildings and structures.

Residential districts include the following:

A.

Agricultural (AG)

B.

Single-Family Residential (includes: R1-15, R1-10, R1-8, R1-7, R1-6, R1-5, and R1-4)

C.

Single-Family Residential Planned Area Development (R1-PAD) (requires a PAD Overlay)

D.

Multi-Family Residential (R-2)

E.

Multi-Family Residential Restricted (R-3R)

F.

Multi-Family Residential Limited (R-3)

G.

Multi-Family Residential General (R-4)

H.

Multi-Family Residential High Density (R-5)

I.

Manufactured Housing Subdivision (MHS)

J.

Mobile Home Residence (RMH)

K.

Trailer Park (TP)

(Ord. No. 2005.46, 8-18-2005)

Commercial and mixed-use districts include the following:

A.

City Center (CC) (previously designated as CCD, Central Commercial District)

B.

Commercial Shopping and Service (CSS) (previously designated as CCR, C-1 and C-2 districts)

C.

Mixed-Use, Low-Medium Density (MU-1) (requires a PAD Overlay)

D.

Mixed-Use, Medium Density (MU-2) (requires a PAD Overlay)

E.

Mixed-Use, Medium-High Density (MU-3) (requires a PAD Overlay)

F.

Mixed-Use, High Density (MU-4) (requires a PAD Overlay) (previously designated as MG district)

G.

Mixed-Use Educational (MU-Ed)

H.

Planned Commercial Center Neighborhood (PCC-1)

I.

Planned Commercial Center General (PCC-2)

J.

Regional Commercial Center (RCC)

K.

Residential/Office (R/O)

(Ord. No. 2005.46, 8-18-2005)

Office/Industrial districts include the following:

A.

Light Industrial District (LID) (previously designated as IBD district)

B.

General Industrial District (GID) (previously designated as I-1 and I-2 districts)

C.

Heavy Industrial District (HID) (previously designated as I-3 district)

Overlay districts include the following:

A.

Rio Salado Overlay District

B.

Southwest Tempe Overlay District

C.

General Industrial Overlay District (previously designated as I-1, I-2, C-1 overlay district)

D.

Planned Area Development Overlay District

E.

Historic Overlay Districts

F.

Transportation Overlay District

A.

Location. The location and boundaries of the use districts are established as they are shown on a map, entitled "City of Tempe Zoning Map" and amendments thereto adopted after the effective date of these regulations, which map and amendments are hereby declared to be a part of this ordinance.

1.

District boundary lines are intended to follow street, alley, lot or property lines existing at the time of passage of this Code, except where the zoning map clearly shows the boundary lines not following one (1) of these features.

2.

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any of the zoning districts shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply. Where more than one (1) of the following rules are applicable in any given situation, the first enumerated applicable rule shall prevail:

a.

Where a district boundary line is shown by a specific dimension, such specific dimension shall control;

b.

Where a district boundary line is located within or along a street, alley, right-of-way or waterway channel, the district boundary line shall be deemed to be inclusive to the centerline of such street, alley, right-of-way or waterway channel or extensions thereof or there from;

c.

Where a district boundary line is shown as approximately following platted lot lines, the district boundary line shall be deemed to coincide with such platted lot lines; or

d.

Where the application of the above rules does not clarify the district boundary location, then the Zoning Administrator shall determine the location.

B.

Annexations. Property which is annexed to the City after the effective date of this ordinance shall be classified into the zoning district or districts that allow densities and uses that are no greater than those permitted by Maricopa County immediately prior to annexation. Any property owner of land annexed into the City may apply for a rezoning classification at no charge within one (1) year of the date of annexation. Applications for a rezoning classification at no charge may also be processed concurrently with an annexation, pursuant to the procedures required for such applications. All changes in zoning of the annexed territory (aside from initial reclassification by the City) shall be made pursuant to the procedures in Section 6-304.

State Law reference— A.R.S. § 9-471, Annexation of Territory, procedures, notice, petitions, access to information, restrictions.

C.

Default. Those parcels without zoning designation on the Zoning Map and without any record of a zoning classification are zoned as an AG, agricultural district.

(Ord. No. O2021.51, 11-9-2021)

The locations and boundaries of the zoning districts are established as they are shown on the City of Tempe's map entitled " Zoning and Overlay Districts Map". This geographic information system map is available to the public on Tempe's website at www.Tempe.gov/planning, located under 'maps', as amended through the Zoning Map amendment process, Section 6-304.

The zoning boundaries as shown on the Zoning and Overlay Districts Map represent the zoning designation related to a parcel or lot. This information is based on the Community Development Department zoning records. This document may be relied upon for general zoning district boundaries, but the City of Tempe is not responsible for situations requiring a field verification or legal description.

(Ord. No. O2121.44, 10-14-2021)