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ORDINANCE #96-34
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, ADOPTING AMENDMENTS
TO CHAPTER 7 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE TOWN OF
FOUNTAIN HILLS BY AMENDING SECTION 7.03 TO DISALLOW
TANDEM PARKING SPACES TO MEET THE MINIMUM OFF-STREET
PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND MANDATING CERTAIN SURFACING
MATERIALS, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 2.01 OF THE
ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS.
WHEREAS, The Town of Fountain Hills adopted Ordinance #93-22, on November 18, 1993,
which adopted The Zoning Ordinance for the Town of Fountain Hills, as Chapter
17 of The Code of the Town of Fountain Hills, and;
WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Section 2.01 of the Zoning Ordinance for the Town of Fountain Hills,
provides for a procedure to amend said ordinance, and;
WHEREAS, The Town of Fountain Hills recognizes that tandem parking spaces are typically
not utilized in the manner intended in that one of the two tandem parking spaces
is often converted to other uses or not used at all, and;
WHEREAS, The practice of permitting tandem parking has caused an inordinate amount of on-
street parking, and;
WHEREAS, The street widths in Fountain Hills do not accommodate on-street parking on both
sides of a roadway and safe passage of two-way traffic at posted speed limits, and;
WHEREAS, The Town of Fountain Hills desires to have a well-defined and all-weather
surfaced parking areas for resident and guest vehicles, and;
WHEREAS, The procedures detailed in Chapter 2, Section 2.01 of the Zoning Ordinance for
the Town of Fountain Hills have been followed, and;
WHEREAS, The Town of Fountain Hills has rewritten the text of Chapter 7 of the Zoning
Ordinance of the Town of Fountain Hills and published these proposed text
changes in the official newspaper of general circulation, The Times of Fountain
Hills and Rio Verde, on October 30, 1996, November 6, 1996, November 13, 1996
and on November 20, 1996, and;
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WHEREAS, Public hearings were advertised in the October 30, 1996, November 6, 1996,
November 13, 1996 and in the November 20, 1996 editions of The Times of
Fountain Hills and Rio Verde, pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes §9-462.04,
and;
WHEREAS, Public hearings were held by the Fountain Hills Planning and Zoning Commission
on November 14, 1996 and by the Fountain Hills Town Council on November 21,
1996.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to Chapter 2, Section 2.01 of the Zoning Ordinance for the Town of
Fountain Hills, Section 7.03 of the Zoning Ordinance for the Town of Fountain
Hills shall be amended as follows:
CHAPTER 7
PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
,,. 7.03 Design and Location of Parking Spaces.
A. Single-Family Residences, Mobile Homes, and Multiple-Family Residences of
Four (4) or Less Dwelling Units.
*3 1. Location: Required off-street parking shall be located on the same lot or
parcel as the use it is intended to serve. Parking lots for model homes
may be located on an adjacent lot owned by the owner of the model home.
2. Surfacing: Off-street parking spaces, driveways, and access ways shall be
properly surfaced and graded to prevent impoundment of surface water in
a manner satisfactory to the Town engineer. Other than single-family
detached residential driveways having a slope of less than five percent, all
parking spaces, driveways and access ways shall be surfaced with asphaltic
concrete, pavement bricks or cement concrete.
3. Driveways: Driveways and access ways shall be not less than ten (10) feet
wide for one-way traffic, and not less than twenty (20) feet wide for two-
way traffic.
C. The use of tandem parking spaces to meet the off-street parking requirements
of this Chapter is not permitted in any Zoning District.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY the Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Fountain Hills,
Arizona on November 21, 1996.
FOR THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS: ATTESTED TO:
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Jerry i1es, yor Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk
REVIEWED BY: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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aul L. rdin, Town Manager William E. Farrell, Town Attorney
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