1380 S Bates Rd, Cottonwood, AZ 86326

Planned Area Development District

The Planned Area Development PAD zoning district is intended to provide an alternative to the conventional zoning and development processes in the City of Cottonwood, Arizona City, in order to achieve the following purposes: To ensure orderly planning and review procedures that will result in superior design, with variety in architectural and site design using techniques including, but not limited to, variations in building styles, setbacks, lot arrangements, and site planning; To promote economical, innovative, and efficient land use, with emphasis on utilizing existing infrastructure, improving amenities, with appropriate and harmonious variety, creative design, and sensitivity to the surrounding land uses and the natural environment; To provide for a zoning district that encompasses a broad range of land uses including, but not limited to single-family and multi-family residential, professional and administrative offices, retail, service, hotel and resort, light industrial or employment, recreational, and any public or semi public use or combination of uses through the adoption of a Master Development Plan (MDP) which sets forth land-use relationships, development standards, and goals consistent with the Cottonwood General Plan; To encourage a more creative approach to land utilization by creating efficient, aesthetic, and desirable developments, which may be characterized by incorporating special features of the geography, topography, size, uses, or shape of a particular property into its site planning; To permit flexibility in design standards so that a PAD produces a choice in the type of environment, living units, commercial installations, and other facilities available to the public while maximizing efficient, aesthetic, and desirable use of open space; To promote a unique yet compatible development that is in harmony with the surrounding land uses and the goals of the City of Cottonwood General Plan.