§ 5.032. Use regulations.

A.

Permitted uses . Buildings, structures or premises shall be used and buildings and structures shall hereafter be erected, altered or enlarged only for the following uses:

1.

Any use shown as permitted in Table 5.012., subject to the use limitations as listed.

B.

Uses permitted by conditional use permit .

1.

Any use shown as permitted by conditional use permit in Table 5.012., subject to the use limitations as listed, and any additional conditional use permit criteria.

2.

Specialized Residential Health Care Facility. Where there is a conflict with the modified standards specified for this use, the more restrictive standards shall take precedence.)

a.

A Specialized Residential Health Care Facility must have no more than sixteen (16) beds per gross acre of land and shall comply with the following:

i.

Location: all Residential Health Care Facilities shall have frontage on a street classified by the Scottsdale General Plan (Transportation Master Plan) as a minor arterial or greater.

ii.

Location: all Residential Health Care Facilities shall be located within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of the property line of commercially zoned property.

iii.

Parking: the site plan shall be designed so that on-site parking is oriented to the building(s) in a manner that will provide convenient pedestrian access for residents, guests, and visitors. All parking areas shall be screened from the street and from neighboring properties by a minimum three-foot high undulating wall and/or landscaping. A minimum of fifteen (15) percent of all parking areas shall be landscaped. A minimum twenty-foot landscape setback shall be provided where parking is adjacent to residential districts shown on Table 4.100.A., or the residential portion of a Planned Community P-C or any portion of a Planned Residential Development PRD with an underlying zoning district comparable to the residential districts shown on Table 4.100.A.

iv.

Buffer minimum: Twenty-foot landscape area adjacent to all residential districts shown on Table 4.100.A., or the residential portion of a Planned Community P-C or any portion of a Planned Residential Development PRD with an underlying zoning district comparable to the residential districts shown on Table 4.100.A.

b.

Compatibility: All site improvements, including but not limited to, the buildings, parking areas, and other areas, should be designed to be consistent with homes allowed in the surrounding or adjacent neighborhood. Building materials and form should be responsive to the Sonoran Desert climate. To promote design compatibility, the Development Review Board application shall emphasize the following:

i.

Design elements such as varied building forms, variety of window sizes and placements, covered patios, sloped roofs and other such elements associated with large custom designed single-family dwellings.

ii.

Building materials that reflect the character of the Sonoran Desert including materials that are unpolished and have substantial texture with no exterior painted surfaces.

iii.

Limiting the use of non-native plant materials to a maximum of five (5) percent of the total lot area and that such materials will be placed in courtyards surrounded by buildings and walls at least six (6) feet in height.

iv.

Building and site design using passive solar control techniques such as, but not limited to, overhangs, recessed doors and windows, architectural screens in front of areas of glass, and earth mounded against the base of the building walls.

v.

Site design that minimizes exterior heat gain through the elimination of asphaltic paving materials and the shading of at least fifty (50) percent of all parking, walkway and patio surfaces by mature trees and/or shade structures.

vi.

Exterior water conservation measures including but not limited to water harvesting.

(Ord. No. 2470, § 1, 6-16-92; Ord. No. 3048, § 2, 10-7-97; Ord. No. 3034, § 1, 11-4-97; Ord. No. 3103, § 1, 1-6-98; Ord. No. 3493, § 1, 3-4-03; Ord. No. 3907, § 1(Exh. 1), 8-31-10; Ord. No. 4005, § 1(Res. No. 8947, Exh. A, § 21), 4-3-12; Ord. No. 4143, § 1(Res. No. 9678, Exh. A, § 73), 5-6-14; Ord. No. 4365, § 1(Res. No. 11261, § 1(Exh. A, § 5)), 11-13-18)