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Building height in Goodyear, AZ

What the Goodyear zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.

PFD — Public Facilities District

Maximum height 40 feet.

Table 3-3-7

AG — Agricultural

Maximum height 30 feet for the principal building.

Table 3-2-3-A

AU — Agricultural-Urban

Maximum height 30 feet for the principal building.

Table 3-2-3-A

R1-10 — Single Family Residential (Detached)

Maximum height 30 feet for the principal building.

Table 3-2-3-A

R1-7 — Single Family Residential (Detached)

Maximum height 30 feet for the principal building.

Table 3-2-3-A

R1-6 — Single Family Residential (Detached)

Maximum height 30 feet for the principal building.

Table 3-2-3-A

R1-4 — Single Family Residential (Detached)

Maximum height 30 feet for the principal building.

Table 3-2-3-A

R1-A — Single Family Residential (Attached)

Maximum height 30 feet for the principal building.

Table 3-2-3-A

R1-C — Single Family Residential (Court Home)

Maximum height 30 feet for the principal building.

Table 3-2-3-A

R2 — Two Family Residential

Maximum height 30 feet for the principal building.

Table 3-2-3-A

MF-12 — Multi-Family Residential (12 du/ac)

Maximum height 25 feet for the principal building; accessory buildings capped at 12 feet.

Table 3-2-5

MF-18 — Multi-Family Residential (18 du/ac)

Maximum height 30 feet for the principal building; accessory buildings capped at 12 feet.

Table 3-2-5

MF-24 — Multi-Family Residential (24 du/ac)

Maximum height 40 feet for the principal building; accessory buildings capped at 12 feet.

Table 3-2-5

MHS — Manufactured Home Subdivision

Maximum height 20 feet for the principal building; accessory buildings capped at 12 feet.

Table 3-2-5

MH/RVP — Manufactured Home or Recreational Vehicle Park

Maximum height 20 feet for the principal building; accessory buildings capped at 12 feet.

Table 3-2-5

CO — Commercial Office District

Maximum height 30 feet.

Table 3-3-7

C-1 — Neighborhood Commercial District

Maximum height 30 feet.

Table 3-3-7

C-2 — General Commercial District

Maximum height 56 feet.

Table 3-3-7

CBD — Central Business District

Maximum height 75 feet, the tallest allowance among the base commercial districts.

Table 3-3-7

BPD — Business Park District

Maximum height 56 feet.

Table 3-3-7

I-1 — Light Industrial Park

Maximum height 50 feet. A building that would penetrate a 100:1 slope from an operating airport's runway centerline or end may not exceed 40 feet unless the FAA issues a Determination of No Hazard to Air Navigation.

Sec. 3-4-3

I-2 — General Industrial Park

Maximum height 50 feet.

Sec. 3-4-3

PAD — Planned Area Development (Final)

Height is set in the parcel's own final development plan; where not otherwise specified, the standards for the most nearly comparable base district apply (Sec. 3-5-4-A-3). review-gated: exact figures for a given PAD require pulling that PAD's adopting ordinance.

Sec. 3-5-4

All districts

Attached architectural features (spires, cupolas, flagpoles, clock towers) may extend above the roof up to the height of the building; detached features up to twice the tallest building on site (Sec. 8-3-A). Non-residential buildings may add up to 10 feet above the district height limit for unoccupied architectural elements (parapets, chimneys, towers), capped at 50 percent of a building elevation's length or roof area (Sec. 8-3-B). Parapets or cornices may extend 5 feet above the height limit to screen mechanical equipment (Sec. 8-3-C). No height exceptions apply within an airport hazard district beyond what that district already allows (Sec. 8-3-D).

Sec. 8-3

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