Base district · planned · City of Mesa AZ

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

Employment Opportunity. Uses and standards are established by an approved EO Development Plan, which is the zoning for the property. A default base zoning district is selected in the plan

What you may build in EO

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 answered by the zoning code — a recorded plan sets the uses

Approval body
Approved EO Development Plan
Code section
MZO 11-14-3(B)
The code's own words for this use
Mini-Storage
Transcription confidence
high

Uses are listed in and established by the approved EO Development Plan. The plan may establish uses that are not listed in the Zoning Ordinance at all; any use not listed in the plan is prohibited unless the Zoning Administrator finds it equivalent to a listed use

Multifamily

Not answered by the zoning code — a recorded plan sets the uses

Approval body
Approved EO Development Plan
Code section
MZO 11-14-3(B)
The code's own words for this use
Multiple Residence (two or more primary dwelling units on a single lot)
Transcription confidence
high

Uses are listed in and established by the approved EO Development Plan. The plan may establish uses that are not listed in the Zoning Ordinance at all; any use not listed in the plan is prohibited unless the Zoning Administrator finds it equivalent to a listed use

Indoor warehousing

Not answered by the zoning code — a recorded plan sets the uses

Approval body
Approved EO Development Plan
Code section
MZO 11-14-3(B)
The code's own words for this use
Indoor Warehousing and Storage
Transcription confidence
high

Uses are listed in and established by the approved EO Development Plan. The plan may establish uses that are not listed in the Zoning Ordinance at all; any use not listed in the plan is prohibited unless the Zoning Administrator finds it equivalent to a listed use

Middle housing

Not answered by the zoning code — a recorded plan sets the uses

Approval body
Approved EO Development Plan
Code section
MZO 11-14-3(B)
The code's own words for this use
Middle Housing (duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and townhouses)
Transcription confidence
high

Uses are listed in and established by the approved EO Development Plan. The plan may establish uses that are not listed in the Zoning Ordinance at all; any use not listed in the plan is prohibited unless the Zoning Administrator finds it equivalent to a listed use

Mixed use

Not answered by the zoning code — a recorded plan sets the uses

Approval body
Approved EO Development Plan
Code section
MZO 11-14-3(B)
The code's own words for this use
mixed use (residential combined with commercial on one site)
Transcription confidence
high

Uses are listed in and established by the approved EO Development Plan. The plan may establish uses that are not listed in the Zoning Ordinance at all; any use not listed in the plan is prohibited unless the Zoning Administrator finds it equivalent to a listed use

RV / boat storage

Not answered by the zoning code — a recorded plan sets the uses

Approval body
Approved EO Development Plan
Code section
MZO 11-14-3(B)
The code's own words for this use
Boat and Recreational Vehicle Storage
Transcription confidence
high

Uses are listed in and established by the approved EO Development Plan. The plan may establish uses that are not listed in the Zoning Ordinance at all; any use not listed in the plan is prohibited unless the Zoning Administrator finds it equivalent to a listed use

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, EO — City of Mesa AZ
StandardValueField
Floor area ratio (FAR)far
Maximum heightmax_height_ft
Maximum site coveragesite_coverage
Minimum lot areamin_lot_area_sf
Minimum lot widthmin_lot_width_ft
Minimum lot area per dwelling unitmin_lot_area_per_du_sf
Maximum densitymax_du_per_acre_derived
Front setbacksetback_front_ft
Street-side setbacksetback_side_street_ft
Interior side setbacksetback_side_interior_ft
Rear setbacksetback_rear_ft

Dimensional standards from MZO 11-14-3.

Standards notes. An EO Development Plan may establish land uses that are not listed in the Zoning Ordinance at all, and for a Qualified Political Subdivision may grant exemptions from the Zoning Ordinance. Any use not listed in the approved plan is prohibited unless the Zoning Administrator finds it equivalent to a listed use. NOTE: EO is listed among the Industrial/Employment synonymous terms in 11-3-1(C) but is NOT in the 11-3-1(A) base-zone table

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.

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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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