Chapter 2 — Maricopa Zoning Code

areas, mechanical equipment, and outdoor storage areas shall be screened from view from public streets, and from other public views, as appropriate.

Residential Subdivision Land Use Design Criteria It is the intent of the General Plan and the provisions of this chapter to encourage a variety of residential development types that are innovative in design and compatible with surrounding neighborhoods while being conducive to creating a balanced housing market in the City. The following represents components of design requirements for all residential subdivisions, excepting the exemptions contained in Section 17.2.80.6.¢. (2) and (3). a. Housing within new residential subdivisions should, where possible, be situated with recognizable variations in front and side yard building setbacks.

b. Residential developments should, where possible, maximize a feeling of openness by orienting road axes to open space areas and areas of visual interest.

C. The use of roof forms, including shed, gable, and hip roofs, alone or in combination shall be used to achieve a variety of roof lines for houses adjacent to public streets. All such roofs shall be of a concrete tile, approved shake, or an architectural style
composition shingle with dimensional variations. All other proposed roofing materials shall be subject to review and approval by the City Building Official.
d. To reduce architectural massing at street corners and to create congruity where a two-story structure is next to a one-story structure, the incorporation of a one-story element into the two-story structure shall be required when feasible.
e. The minimum size for construction of a new house in the City shall be 1,100 square feet.
f. All subdividers/developers shall be required to provide landscaping and an irrigation system for each lot of a residential subdivision prior to receiving a final inspection for any house constructed in that subdivision, as follows:
- (1) Landscaping and an Irrigation system for both the front yard and the street side yard, provided the street side yard is not obscured from sight from an adjacent street by fencing, of each lot shall be provided. Said landscaping shall consist of the following: (1) no less than one 15-gallon-size tree, {2} ten percent (10%) of said yard area shall consist of a landscaped planter, and (3) the remaining portion of said yard area not occupied by a driveway, shall be improved with sod including one (1) six (6) station clock and two (2) one (1) inch valves.
- (2) Any proposal for an alternative landscaping plan shall be subject to review and approval by the Planning Director,
g. Architectural styles and themes should be compatible with the surrounding environment. However, to assure individuality among projects, each development shall vary its architectural design to avoid monotony and create interest, while remaining compatible with surrounding development.
h. If custom homes are not proposed, subdividers/developers of residential subdivision tracts shall provide a variety of floor plans and building elevations as depicted in Table 2.B below.

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(3) All trees within common areas shall be provided with the assurance of a continued maintenance mechanism, homeowners association, or a special landscape district.
17.2.90 TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY PERMIT

The Planning Director shall review and act upon all requests for temporary occupancy permits, or extensions thereof, and the City Council shall review and act upon all requests for temporary land use permits, or extension thereof. The Planning Director, for temporary occupancy permits, and the City Council, for temporary land use permits, shall approve or conditionally approve any such applications subject to the findings and standard conditions set forth in this chapter.

Those uses subject to a temporary occupancy permit include the following:
- a. Temporary real estate offices on the site of an approved subdivision where lots, or lots and houses are being offered for sale.
- b. Model home(s) on any lot within a tentatively approved subdivision consistent with the provisions of the City’s Subdivision Ordinance.
- C. Construction trailers, commercial cargo/storage containers, temporary office buildings, and security personnel offices on construction sites for which a project has been approved and a building permit or grading permit has been issued by the City, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
- d. On-site contractor's yard during the construction phase of an approved project for which a building permit or grading permit has been issued.
- e. Mobilehome or trailer occupied for security purposes during the construction phase of a project.
- f, Commercial cargo/sterage containers (“Containers”) may be placed by a temporary occupancy permit in only the GC, HC, |, and CF zone districts, ofsubjectthis chapter. to the following conditions in a manner consistentwith the provisions
  - (1) Said container’s shall be adequately screened from view from any street highway, or adjacent property in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Title.
  - (2) In the GC and CF zone districts, one such Container shall be permitted for each seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet of property up to a maximum of four (4) such Containers; in the | zone district, one such Container shall be permitted for each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of property up to a maximum of four (4) such Containers.
  - (3) Said Container(s) shall not be placed in a manner that will interfere with any required vehicular parking or maneuvering area(s) designated for the property.
  - (4) In no instance may said Container(s) be placed on a parcel of land other than as an accessory/subordinate use to an existing and permitted primary land use.
  - (5) Any container that has been located on a parcel of land for a period of ten (10) years or more, upon the effective date of this Ordinance, may so remain and shail not be required to comply with the requirements of this Chapter unless a change of occupancy occurs

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