Community Update

1. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian CommunityCommunity Development DepartmentZONING ORDINANCE AND DESIGN UPDATE (ZODU)Sustainable Land Use, Culturally Influenced Design Council Meeting 2-24-10

2. Community Update • Provide a brief project overview and status report. • Present a summary of the ZODU Outreach process and results. • Seeking input for recommended approach to updating the Ordinance.

3. What is the Zoning Ordinance and Design Update (ZODU) project? • Revisions, refinements and updates to the current Zoning Ordinance. • Revisions and updates to the current Development and Design Standards document.

4. General Plan Document and Land Use MapAdopted: 2006 • Documents the Community’s “Vision” • Defined “Mixed-Use Commercial areas • Includes building heights and floor area ratios (F.A.R.)

5. Zoning Ordinance Adopted: 1981 • Implements the General Plan • Regulates TYPE AND LOCATION of land uses • Establishes DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS (setbacks, parking signage, lighting, open space & landscape requirements) • Phase One Update will address Commercial Areas only

6. Development and Design Standards Adopted : 1992 • Implements the General Plan • Describes design character of • buildings, landscape, site layout, hardscape, lighting, etc. unique to the Community. • Includes design concepts for reflecting Pima-Maricopa Culture.

7. What can zoning accomplish? • It can: • Support the economic desires and plans of a Community; • Protect existing development and investment from incompatible development; • Facilitate synergistic development; • Assist developers in reflecting the values of a Community (e.g. culturally responsiveness, sustainability); • Preserve important views and open space; • Produce high quality design, livable, enjoyable environments, e.g. people-oriented instead of auto-oriented, active gathering places, and convenient pedestrian and vehicular connections between projects . • What it should not be: • A set of meaningless and bothersome requirements with no relation to a Community’s goals.

8. Project Timeline

9. Community Outreach and Workshop Results • (3) Community Workshops • (2) Senior Breakfasts • (9) External Outreach Meetings • (7) Internal Outreach Meetings • (8) One-on-One Interviews • (4) Special Events • Questionnaire (84 responses) • Newspaper Article • Internet Website • Video Documentary

10. Outreach Highlights: • The Mixed Use Commercial Area has a variety of different areas, each with certain trends, opportunities, challenges. • It is a good idea to encourage uses that complement and add value to each other. Outreach participants thought the“Character Areas” approach as a good way to do this. • Use specific conditions or not allow some uses to ensure that uses complement and add value to each other. • Limit manufacturing and general industrial uses in all areas except McKellips Road east of Dobson Road. Limit light industrial in areas around the Casinos and north of the Arizona Canal.

11. What is a Character Area? • Zoning and/or design concept for treating specific geographic areas differently. • Used to ensure compatible and mutually supportive land uses in different locations within Mixed Use Commercial area. • Includes Development Standards and Design Guidelines that are customized for different areas as appropriate, e.g. certain areas could be required to create people-oriented streets, useable open spaces and hidden parking. • “fitting the pieces together”

12. Character Areas Concept: Entertainment Area: Neighborhood Mixed Use: Casino Regional Mixed Use: Casino Area: Industrial/Business Park: Community Mixed Use: Casino

13. North Area Strengths, Opportunities &Trends H - Proposed Hotel Entertainment Character Area • Talking Stick Resort H Pima Center Odysea (aquarium) Via de Ventura Calendar Stick Riverwalk Talking Stick Resort Spring Training H HH Indian Bend Casino Character Area H H The Pavillions

14. Entertainment Area Character Area Character Area Images: Casino Area Character Area H Pima Center Via de Ventura Calendar Stick Talking Stick Resort H HH H H

15. Central Area Strengths, Opportunities & Trends H – Proposed Hotel Santeo • Scottsdale Community College Chaparral Road Community Mixed Use Character Area Chaparral Bus. Park McDonald Road Two Waters Government Complex Walmart Thomas Road

16. Community Mixed Use Character Area Character Area Images: H

17. South Area Strengths, Opportunities and Trends Entertainment Character Area Neighborhood Mixed Use Character Area Casino Arizona On Auk Mor I Regional Mixed Use Character Area Casino Area Character Area Industrial Character Area Salt River Materials Group Proposed VaShly’ayAkimel

18. Neighborhood Mixed Use Character Area Character Area Images: Industrial Character Area Regional Mixed Use Character Area

19. Proposed Use Limitations: Casino Character Area: • Limit industrial, warehousing, medical, ground-floor office, and drive-throughs Entertainment Area: • Limit industrial and warehousing Casino • Neighborhood Mixed Use: • Limit scale of office, andmedical • Limit warehousing and light industrial Community Mixed Use: • Limit non-retail uses on ground floor along e-w arterials, warehousing and light industrial Regional Mixed Use: • Allow a wide range of commercial uses, business parks/light industrial Industrial Park: • Limit waste producers, hazardous materials and sensitive land uses (e.g., schools, church) Casino

20. Seeking Input on the Zoning Approach: • Use of Character Areas and agreement on the general concept for each area. • Use of customized Development and Design Standards for different areas as appropriate, e.g. certain areas could be required to create people-oriented streets, useable open spaces and parking placed behind buildings, enhanced screening. • Limiting land uses in certain areas to ensure compatible and mutually supportive uses in different locations within the Mixed Use Commercial area.

21. T H A N K Y O U !!