Section 18.03 Permitted Uses
A. Any Uses Permitted in the C-O Zoning District.
B. Any of the Following Commercial Uses:
1. Amusement arcades enclosed within a building.
2. Bakeries.
3. Banks.
4. Bars – On premise consumption only. No adult businesses.
5. Barbershops.
6. Bookstores, other than adult businesses.
7. Blueprint, Photostatic and reproduction (copy) services.
8. Catering establishments not utilizing any manufacturing process or outside storage of materials or vehicles.
9. Child care centers.
10. Conservatories or studios: Visual arts, dancing or music includes the creation, display and sale.
11. Dry-cleaners.
12. Dry goods and notions.
13. Florists (retail).
14. Food Stores.
15. Furniture stores: New, used, finished or unfinished; No manufacturing.
16. Health spas and public gyms.
18. Gift Shops.
19. Indoor recreational facilities.
20. Insurance agencies.
21. Laboratories, medical or dental.
22. Metal and ornamental iron shops. Any production/storage areas shall be enclosed within a building.
23. Outdoor seating areas for restaurants, delicatessens, cafes or bars with or without alcoholic beverage service, subject to the regulations of this chapter; and provided, that any outdoor patio with alcoholic beverage service must be enclosed as required by Arizona Revised Statutes § 4-207.01, as amended, except for the time during which a current and applicable barrier exemption, as granted by the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control, is in place for the outdoor patio. Such outdoor seating areas are allowed within sidewalk areas located in a public right-of-way, provided an encroachment permit is approved by Town Council, at its sole discretion. Such outdoor seating areas must be properly maintained to ensure safe access and mobility for business patrons.
24. Parking lots and public garages, subject to parking standards in Chapter 7.
25. Pharmacies.
26. Photo shops.
27. Photo studios.
28. Printing, lithography and publishing establishments.
29. Private schools for academic instruction.
30. Public or Private Schools for vocational education.
31. Radio and television broadcasting stations and studios, but not including transmitter towers and stations.
32. Restaurants, delicatessens and cafes (including the sale of alcoholic beverages – On premise consumption only).
33. Retail stores.
34. Theaters, but not including a drive-in theater or adult businesses.
35. Variety stores.
36. Wearing apparel stores.
37. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above.
C. Multifamily Residential uses are permitted as part of a mixed-use development according to the following general guidelines:
1. Mixed-use with Multifamily Residential dwellings in projects that are five (5) acres or larger in size. Mixed-use developments shall conform to the additional provisions of Section 12.03(F) of this ordinance unless those regulations differ from the regulations continued in this chapter, in which case the regulations of this chapter shall control.
2. A building may be exclusively used for multifamily purposes; provided, however, that any building used exclusively for multifamily purposes shall not front on or be within fifty (50) feet of edge of the adjacent right-of-way line for the Avenue of the Fountains, Saguaro Boulevard, El Lago Boulevard, Parkview Avenue, Verde River Drive, La Montana Drive or Palisades Boulevard.
3. Except for those multifamily buildings meeting the restrictions set forth in Subsection 18-03(C)(2) above, only commercial retail uses shall be permitted on the first or ground floor of a mixed-use project (see illustration #1). This restriction does not apply to parking or other amenities such as pools or other similar facilities.
4. Not less than 20% of all upper story exterior wall planes must be offset from the first floor wall plane. All upper story exterior wall planes that are not offset from the first floor wall plane may only be in sections with a maximum length of ten (10) feet.
5. Mixed-use projects must contain less than 50% multifamily residential gross floor area with a maximum density that conforms to the “R-3” zoning district density regulations.
6. Parking for any multifamily residential uses shall be provided on site.
D. The following public and quasi-public uses:
1. Open space malls and pedestrian corridors.
2. Churches.
3. Libraries, museums, parks, playgrounds, and community buildings.
4. Publicly or privately owned or operated fire stations, and publicly owned or operated police stations and post offices.
5. Utility Services, but not including offices, wastewater treatment plants, generating plants, and wireless communication towers and antennas, unless otherwise specifically permitted elsewhere in the ordinance.
6. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above. (21-12, Amended, 12/07/2021)