Base district · agricultural · City of Mesa AZ

Can you build self-storage / multifamily in AG (City of Mesa AZ)?

Agricultural district; farms and very low density single residence. Mini-Storage is not a listed use

What you may build in AG

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”.

Self-storage

Not allowed

Code section
MZO 11-4-2 (Table 11-4-2)
The code's own words for this use
Mini-Storage
Transcription confidence
high

Not listed in the district use table; the table preamble states 'Use classifications not listed are prohibited'

Multifamily

Not allowed

Code section
MZO 11-4-2 (Table 11-4-2)
The code's own words for this use
Multiple Residence (two or more primary dwelling units on a single lot)
Transcription confidence
high

Only Single Residence is listed in the AG table

Indoor warehousing

Not allowed

Code section
MZO 11-4-2
The code's own words for this use
Indoor Warehousing and Storage
Transcription confidence
high

Not listed for this district. Note that in the commercial districts the row is absent entirely, unlike Mini-Storage which is listed with explicit values

Middle housing

Not allowed

Code section
MZO 11-4-2
The code's own words for this use
Middle Housing (duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and townhouses)
Transcription confidence
high

Not listed in the district use table; the table preamble states 'Use classifications not listed are prohibited'

Mixed use

Not allowed

Code section
MZO 11-4-2
The code's own words for this use
mixed use (residential combined with commercial on one site)
Transcription confidence
high

No commercial use classification is available alongside the residential use

RV / boat storage

Not allowed

Code section
MZO 11-4-2
The code's own words for this use
Boat and Recreational Vehicle Storage
Transcription confidence
high

Not listed in the district use table; the table preamble states 'Use classifications not listed are prohibited'

How big you may build it

A blank cell means this dataset carries no number for that standard — read it as “go and look”, not as zero.

Dimensional standards, AG — City of Mesa AZ
StandardValueField
Floor area ratio (FAR)far
Maximum height30 ftmax_height_ft
Maximum site coverage15%site_coverage
Minimum lot area435,600 sfmin_lot_area_sf
Minimum lot width400 ftmin_lot_width_ft
Minimum lot area per dwelling unitmin_lot_area_per_du_sf
Maximum density0.1 du / acremax_du_per_acre_derived
Front setback30 ftsetback_front_ft
Street-side setback30 ftsetback_side_street_ft
Interior side setback60 ftsetback_side_interior_ft
Rear setback60 ftsetback_rear_ft

Dimensional standards from MZO 11-4-2 / 11-4-3.

Standards notes. Minimum lot area is stated as 10 acres (435,600 sf). Maximum building coverage 15%; maximum 2 stories. Interior side minimum is 60 ft each side and 120 ft aggregate of 2 sides

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.

Now find out whether it pencils in City of Mesa AZ.

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.

Before you rely on this

base district only; overlay geometry not checked — an Airfield or Form-Based Code designation 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.

Source of record

Document
Mesa City Code, Title 11 — Zoning Ordinance (the "MZO")
Publisher of record
City of Mesa, hosted on Municode (CivicPlus Codification)
Codified through
Ordinance No. 5996, adopted 2026-03-09 (banner text, verbatim)
Retrieved
2026-08-12

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