Base district · commercial · City of Mesa AZ
Downtown Business 2. The ONLY downtown district where Mini-Storage and Indoor Warehousing are allowed, each by Council Use Permit
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”.
Allowed, but only with a discretionary approval
The only downtown district where Mini-Storage is allowed at all, and then only by Council Use Permit
Allowed, but only with a discretionary approval
Cell reads 'P/CUP'; the split is not defined in the table. Same note-16 anomaly as the other downtown districts. VERIFY
Allowed, but only with a discretionary approval
Council Use Permit; the only downtown district where it is available
Not allowed
Expressly prohibited (em dash)
Permitted by right
Retail, eating and drinking, offices, personal services and residential are all listed in the same column. Note 15 to Table 11-8-2 makes several commercial rows 'Only permitted in conjunction with non-residential uses'
Not allowed
Not listed in the district use table; the table preamble states 'Use classifications not listed are prohibited'
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 | — | site_coverage |
| Minimum lot area | — | min_lot_area_sf |
| Minimum lot width | — | min_lot_width_ft |
| Minimum lot area per dwelling unit | — | min_lot_area_per_du_sf |
| Maximum density | 40 du / acre | max_du_per_acre_derived |
| Front setback | 15 ft | setback_front_ft |
| Street-side setback | 15 ft | setback_side_street_ft |
| Interior side setback | 0 ft | setback_side_interior_ft |
| Rear setback | 0 ft | setback_rear_ft |
Dimensional standards from MZO 11-8-2 / 11-8-5 (Table 11-8-5).
Standards notes. Height 40 ft applies to non-residential development. No minimum lot area or lot coverage standard is stated. Non-residential interior side and rear 0 ft, or 10 ft adjacent to residential development. Residential interior side 5 ft, rear 10 ft. Minimum open space 200 sf per dwelling unit. Outdoor Storage and Contractors' Yards are accessory-only, rear half of the lot, behind a minimum 8 ft masonry screen wall (notes 13 to Table 11-8-2)
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.
Self-storage is on the table here. Price the pad: net-rentable area, stabilized NOI, yield on cost and the land bid it supports — free, in about a minute.
The quick screen is free and needs no account. The sample study is the seven-page deliverable the Feasibility Desk produces.
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.
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