10.383 Standards for Development Abutting Arterial or Collector Streets, S-E.
(1) Purpose. This section is intended to protect the functionality of Collector and Arterial streets, as shown on the Southeast Circulation Plan Map (see Figure 10.383(A), which must serve multiple modes of traffic while meeting the need for access to neighborhoods and individual uses. This section is also intended to promote an attractive and safe streetscape by orienting buildings toward the street for natural surveillance, rather than orienting backyard fences to the street.
Figure 10.383(A).
(2) Vehicular Access Standards. Direct vehicular access to a parcel shall not be provided from an Arterial or Collector street unless none of the options in (a) through (d) are available; however, access shall be consistent with any adopted Neighborhood Circulation Plan, and the Commercial Center Core Area Master Plan where applicable.
(a) Access from a side street that is a lower-order street; or
(b) Access from an alley; or
(c) Access from a frontage street (commercial); or
(d) Access from a shared driveway (not permitted on Arterials).
(3) Through-Lots. Notwithstanding Subsection (2) of this Section and Section 10.704, the following applies to through-lots:
(a) Detached or attached single-family residential through-lots are permitted only where an applicant can demonstrate why the creation of through-lots is unavoidable due to environmental, physical, topographical, or existing development constraints, subject to the review and approval of the approving authority.
(b) Where through-lots are authorized in any zoning district, except for single-family residential through-lots on Major Arterial streets, an irrigated landscaped buffer shall be installed behind the back of the sidewalk abutting the rear yard. The landscaped buffer may be in common ownership or incorporated into extra deep lots, subject to the review and approval of the approving authority. The minimum depth of the buffer shall be at least 10 feet, except where Section 10.382(2) permits a fence within three feet of the sidewalk. Additional depth may be required by the approving authority when necessary to provide visual buffering. Design, installation, and maintenance of the landscaped buffer shall be assured in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. All required landscape improvements shall be installed or guaranteed, in conformance with City standards, prior to issuance of building permits.
(c) Residential through-lots abutting the east side of the North Phoenix Road right-of-way shall install a vertical separation feature. The type of vertical separation feature shall be as follows, depending on the location in relation to Barnett Road.
(i) For through-lots north of Barnett Road, the typical street frontage treatment is five feet of wrought iron fencing atop a three-foot stucco wall, engineered to stand straight, with landscaping behind, to complete a total of eight feet in height to buffer the adjacent residential lots. For illustration, see Figure 10.383(B).
(ii) For through-lots south of Barnett Road, the typical street frontage treatment is a landscaped strip 20 feet in width outside the right-of-way, consisting of a four-foot berm with landscaping on top totaling at least eight feet in height. Any fencing is to be located entirely on private property beyond the 20-foot area. For illustration, see Figure 10.383(C).
Figure 10.383(B). North Phoenix Road Street Frontage Landscaping and Vertical Separation Feature
(North of Barnett Road)
Figure 10.383(C). North Phoenix Road Street Frontage Landscaping and Vertical Separation Feature
(South of Barnett Road)
