Does a Planned Area Development (PAD) override the base zoning district in Surprise?

Yes. PAD is the city's most common zoning designation by mapped area (roughly 40 percent of zoning polygons in the City's own GIS layer as of 2026-07-03), and each PAD has its own adopted ordinance and PAD document that sets the specific uses and dimensional standards for that property, generally layered over an underlying base district shown in the City's zoning layer (confirmed examples from live queries on 2026-07-03: RM, R1-5, C-2, and C-3 as underlying zoning beneath PAD). The base-district rules in this pack are a starting reference only for PAD-zoned parcels; the specific PAD document controls. Confirm the PAD name, ordinance number, and current PAD document for the property with Community Development, Planning and Zoning (623-222-3000). This pack covers incorporated Surprise only.