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The following chart specifies the minimum lot sizes, minimum lot widths, maximum building heights, minimum yard setbacks and maximum lot coverage percentages, and the minimum distance between buildings.

Fountain Hills Zoning Ordinance Summary

TOWN CENTER COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

District

Area (Sq. Feet)

Width (Feet)

Bldg Height (Feet)

Minimum Yard Setbacks

Lot Coverage

Distance Between Bldgs (Feet)

Front

Side

Street Side

Rear

TCCD

6,000

60

40a

0b

0c

0c

0b

100%

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aThe Town Council may allow a building height of up to forty eight (48) feet by specific approval by the Planning & Zoning Commission during Site Plan review for movie theatres, special architectural features that improve the building elevation, or to accommodate increased first floor commercial ceiling heights.

bWhen adjacent to a residential use, regardless of whether separated by a street or alley, there shall be a minimum front and rear yard setbacks equal to the minimum front and rear yard setbacks required of the adjoining residential use (not to exceed 25 feet). When abutting a dedicated open-area mall or a thirty (30) foot wide (minimum) dedicated pedestrian access parcel, buildings or low-walled outdoor seating areas may abut the he property line. When commercial retail/office properties have frontage on the Avenue of the Fountains and/or on the Saguaro Boulevard right (s)-of-way, buildings shall be constructed five (5) feet from the property line if no five-foot wide landscape/canopy parcel has been platted.

cWhen adjacent to a residential use there shall be a minimum ten (10) foot side yard setback or a minimum side yard setback equal to the building height, whichever is greater. If a side yard is otherwise provided, the minimum setback is five (5) feet. When abutting a dedicated open-area mall or a thirty (30) foot wide (minimum) dedicated pedestrian access parcel, buildings or low-walled outdoor seating areas may abut the property line.