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Special land uses in Buckeye, AZ

What the Buckeye zoning ordinance says about special land uses, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.

DOD — Downtown Overlay District

Downtown Overlay District standards apply in addition to the underlying base zoning district (DC or DR, most commonly). Where the overlay expressly conflicts with the base district, the overlay controls (Sec. 2.1.3). No separate dimensional table is published for the DOD boundary beyond the base district's own standards; confirm any downtown-specific design requirements with Planning and Zoning.

AREOD — Apache-Rainbow Employment Overlay District

Alternative industrial development standards apply in addition to the underlying base district (generally I-1 or I-2) within the mapped boundary near Southern Avenue, Apache Road, the Union Pacific Railroad, and Rainbow Road, covering building wall materials, landscaping buffers (up to 150 feet along arterials, with a mandatory 50-foot buffer along Watson Road), and wall/fence height and articulation rules distinct from the citywide standards.

AOD — Airport Overlay District

Aviation-specific development standards apply in addition to the underlying base district within the mapped boundary around Buckeye Municipal Airport, covering building materials, landscaping, walls, fencing, and screening distinct from the citywide standards, administered jointly by the Zoning Administrator and the Aviation Director.

All districts

In Table 3.1-1, a "C" marks a conditional use that needs a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) under Sec. 8.7, evaluated case by case for its probable effect on adjacent properties; a "C" designation is not itself an authorization. A blank cell means the use is prohibited outright in that district and would need a rezoning. Reasonable accommodation requests for group homes, group recovery homes, or residential assisted living facilities to deviate from Article 3 separation requirements are handled administratively under A.R.S. Section 9-462.09 and the federal Fair Housing Act (Sec. 8.13.2).

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