In early July, the Phoenix City Council voted to adopt the Downtown Plan, a vision for future growth, neighborhoods, and parking, and the first part of the Urban Form Project. The Plan defines Character Areas within the plan boundaries (roughly bound by Seventh Avenue, Buckeye Road, Seventh Street and McDowell Road) with the goal of ensuring that city planning and zoning [...]
Okay, we all know about plans and what happens to many plans (i.e., they just sit on a shelf collecting dust). Well, the City of Phoenix Planning Department wants to make sure that doesn’t happen to its Downtown Phoenix Plan, adopted by the Phoenix City Council on July 2.
The Plan is a policy document that will [...]
The City of Phoenix Planning Department staff re-write of the Downtown Phoenix Plan is available online. This document was given to the Planning Commission on May 14 and represents a major re-write of the Public Review draft presented to the Planning Commission in January by the project consultant. City staff has ”tweaked” the text, replaced a number of [...]
[Source: B. Paul Barnes, Neighborhood Coalition of Greater Phoenix] – Because of the support and input of many Phoenix neighbors and neighborhood advocates, the Planned Urban Development (PUD) text amendment as passed by the Phoenix City Council on April 2, 2008 contains policies and regulations that at least provide adequate, timely disclosure of what a real [...]
[Source: City of Phoenix Planning Department] — The Phoenix City Council approved the Arts, Culture, and Small Business Overlay on April 2, 2008. The overlay allows greater flexibility in uses and standards that will contribute to the vitality of the downtown area and enhance community events. Benefits of the overlay include additional primary and accessory [...]
The City of Phoenix Planning Department will hold a series of public meetings to provide an update and gain feedback on the Downtown Urban Form Project and Downtown Form Based Code proposal. You are welcome to attend one or more of the following:
March 18, 6 p.m., SoDo Phoenix Business & Civic Association, Coach & Willie’s, [...]
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