,Title
Urban Street Activation Development Codes and Retail Vacancy Rates - District 4, 7 & 8
Description
Staff from the Planning and Development along with the Community and Economic Development departments will provide an update to the Economic Development and Housing Subcommittee on vacant commercial storefronts along the light rail line and within Downtown Phoenix as well as an overview of zoning code regulations for these areas.
THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix was the first municipality in Arizona to adopt a form-based code in 2010 with the Downtown Phoenix Code as Chapter 12 of the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance. In 2015 the City expanded its form-based code framework with the adoption of the Walkable Urban Code for the City's light rail corridors which became Chapter 13 of the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance. Form-based codes have been an integral tool in realizing the vision and goals outlined by the community in the City Council adopted Downtown Phoenix Plan and various Transit Oriented Community plans within the light rail corridor. The update will include information on how form based codes encourage mixed-use development and spotlight the investment trends within downtown and the light rail corridor.
Location
Central Phoenix including the Downtown, Warehouse, Midtown, Uptown and Eastlake neighborhoods.
Council Districts: 4, 7 & 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Managers John Chan and Alan Stephenson, and the Community and Economic Development and Planning and Development departments.