Base district · multifamily · unincorporated Maricopa County AZ
Multiple-family residential; 1000 sf per dwelling unit; also allows all land uses of the C-1 district
Every verdict below is the base-district answer read out of the ordinance of record, with the section that says so. A use with no row is shown as unknown rather than folded into “no”.
Not allowed
Not listed. R-5 imports the C-1 use list per 501.3.2, and self-storage is not permitted in C-1 either, so it is still prohibited
Allowed, but only with a discretionary approval
Capped in practice by the 1000 sf lot area required per dwelling unit (502); a single building of up to 4 units on one lot of record does not require a POD
Allowed, but only with a discretionary approval
DERIVED. This is the closest thing MCZO has to a mixed-use district: 501.3.2 states the R-5 district "also allows all land uses within the C-1 zoning district", so residential and C-1 commercial can coexist. Verify with the county before marketing it as mixed-use
Unknown — this dataset has no row for it
No row for RV or boat storage in R-5 in this dataset. That means unknown — go and look. It does not mean no.
A blank cell means this dataset carries no number for that standard — read it as “go and look”, not as zero.
| Standard | Value | Field |
|---|---|---|
| Floor area ratio (FAR) | — | far |
| Maximum height | 40 ft | max_height_ft |
| Maximum site coverage | 60% | site_coverage |
| Minimum lot area | 6,000 sf | min_lot_area_sf |
| Minimum lot width | 60 ft | min_lot_width_ft |
| Minimum lot area per dwelling unit | 1,000 sf | min_lot_area_per_du_sf |
| Maximum density | 43.56 du / acre | max_du_per_acre_derived |
| Front setback | 10 ft | setback_front_ft |
| Street-side setback | 10 ft | setback_side_street_ft |
| Interior side setback | 5 ft | setback_side_interior_ft |
| Rear setback | 25 ft | setback_rear_ft |
Dimensional standards from MCZO 501.3.2 / 502 / 601.
Standards notes. Multi-family development requires a Plan of Development; a single building of no more than four units on one lot of record does not
No district in this dataset publishes a floor area ratio: intensity in this code is governed by lot coverage, height and — for residential — density or minimum lot area per dwelling unit. See the metro page for the provenance note on that.
Run the envelope this district allows, free, in about a minute — lot area, FAR or height, and the residual land value it supports.
The quick screen is free and needs no account. The sample study is the seven-page deliverable the Feasibility Desk produces.
base district only; overlays not checked — Luke AFB overlay can flip answers
This is a base-district reading of the ordinance text, transcribed from the source below. It is not a Zoning Verification Letter, not a determination by the jurisdiction, not legal advice, and not a substitute for asking the planning department about a specific parcel. Overlays, recorded plan conditions, rezoning stipulations and parcel geometry are not checked here, and any one of them can change the answer on this page.
Verify locally before you spend money. Call the planning counter, pull the parcel's zoning-map designation and its case history, and confirm the section cited above still reads the way it reads here.
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