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City Plans, Codes, and Programs
Residential Gray Water Ordinance
Requires the installation of gray water “stub-outs” in all new residential construction beginning on June 1, 2010.
Commercial Rainwater Harvesting Ordinance
Requires all new commercial development to prepare a landscape water budget and supply 50% of the landscape water needs with harvested rainwater beginning on June 1, 2010.
Earthen Wall Structures Residential Building Code
The City amended the 2006 International Residential Building Code to include Section R614: Earthen Wall Structures. This section of the Code begins on page 3 of the amendments. A full copy of the International Residential Code is available in the City Clerk’s Office.
Houghton Area Master Plan
The HAMP is an area plan for 10,800 acres of mostly undeveloped land on the southeast side of the city. The HAMP policies call for master planning of the land and include provisions for the preservation of washes based on the identification of ecological envelopes. This protects not only the riparian vegetation in the channel but also associated overbank vegetation.
Master Planned Communities
These planned communities generally contain a full range of residential and nonresidential land uses, open space, and public services and facilities. Recent master planned communities associated with neo-traditional design or new urbanism stress open space preservation, integration of land uses to reduce auto trips, a walkable pedestrian network that leads to an “urban village center,” and other design and architectural details that foster social interaction. Civano is an example of a master planned community in Tucson.
Residential Cluster Project (RCP)
Mayor and Council adopted the RCP in 2006. The purpose of RCP is to provide greater flexibility and creativity in the design of clustered residential development by: providing incentives to achieve community goals, such as historic and archaeological preservation, preservation of natural vegetation, barrier-free housing, development within low-income areas, and in-fill housing projects; consolidating open space; efficiently using land and public facilities by means of a more economical arrangement of buildings, circulation systems, land uses, and utilities; preserving to the greatest extent possible existing landscape features and amenities, such as significant topography, protected peaks and ridges, natural vegetation, and floodplains, and integrating such features with structures and other improvements, among other goals. The RCP is currently being revised.
Downtown Area Infill Incentive District
Mayor and Council created this Incentive District on October 24, 2006 to encourage development in the downtown area. Developments that occur within the district boundaries may be eligible for fee waivers and expedited permit processing as well as other incentives.
Rio Nuevo Overlay District Design Standards
Development Standard NO. 9-10.0 establishes design standards for development in the Rio Nuevo and Downtown Zone.
Infill Fee Waiver Program
Mayor and Council initiated the Infill Fee Waiver Program in 1997. They identified an area encompassing approximately 22% of the city, where a reinvestment strategy could be used to spur building and rehabilitation. The program waives fees for plan check and building permits for single family homes.
Overlay Zones included in the Land Use Code
2.8.1 HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT ZONE (HDZ)
2.8.2 SCENIC CORRIDOR ZONE (SCZ)
2.8.3 MAJOR STREETS AND ROUTES (MS&R) SETBACK ZONE
2.8.4 GATEWAY CORRIDOR ZONE
2.8.5 AIRPORT ENVIRONS ZONE (AEZ)
2.8.6 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE ZONE (ERZ)
2.8.8 "H" HISTORIC PRESERVATION ZONE (HPZ)
2.8.9 DRACHMAN SCHOOL OVERLAY (DSO) ZONE
2.8.10 RIO NUEVO AND DOWNTOWN (RND) ZONE
Design Strategy Program
The goal of the Design Strategy Program is to create a set of guidelines and development standards that support good design and allow flexibility for creative design. A local community focus group is working with city staff to identify themes of development for major southwest cities that apply to our community. These themes will set the framework for a manual that complements, supplements, and interprets the City’s design standards.
Urban Design Program
The goal of this project is to update and revise the existing Design Guidelines Manual into a clearer and more usable document, which will be adopted by the Mayor and Council as official policy. This program also includes Community-Based Design Programs, which encourage a broad base of community participation and awareness of urban design through partnerships with public, private, and non-profit groups.
Brownfields Program
The City of Tucson, Environmental Services manages a citywide Brownfields Program, which enables successful redevelopment of adversely impacted properties. The Brownfields Program encourages infill through the redevelopment of brownfield sites. Brownfields redevelopment spurs economic benefits, revitalizes surrounding areas, and reduces development pressure on undisturbed desert areas.
Vacant and Neglected Structures Program
The Vacant and Neglected Structures (VANS) program involves the survey of properties with residential structures, an assessment of the structure’s state of neglect, and contact property owners to advise them of their responsibility to restore or remove the neglected structures. Expansion of this program to commercial properties is planned.
Citywide Housing Sustainability Program
The purpose of this project is to provide financial and technical assistance to low income homeowners faced with an urgent housing repair situation. Eligibility will be limited to cases involving owner-occupied homes within the City of Tucson, families of limited income and assets, and homes with a hazardous and/or unsanitary condition threatening the life and/or health of their present occupants.
Back to Basics
This program is funded through State and Federal funds which are used for neighborhood improvements that residents plan and request.
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program
HUD’s funding of the City of Tucson Community Services Department’s application for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program, will target and serve low to very-low income families with children under six years of age— residing or frequenting owner occupied or rental housing built prior to 1978.
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