Section 631. High-Rise H-R District—High-Rise and High Density District.
The High-Rise H-R is intended to be a special district to allow greater building height and density within those few areas of the City that, by their strategic location and intense land use, generate exceptional amounts of activity of a commercial nature. Within these areas of greatly intensified activity the H-R districts may be combined with the R-4, R-4A, R-5, C-O, C-1, C-2, C-3, A-1, A-2, P-1 or P-2 districts and shall control in those requirements which it sets forth.
A. Permitted uses.
1. As permitted in the district with which the H-R district is combined.
2. The P-1 and P-2 districts only when contiguous to or on the same lot as any R-4, R-4A, R-5, C-O, C-1, C-2 or C-3 district may be included in the total lot area for density purposes, but only when the P-1 and/or P-2 district is in combination with the H-R district.
B. Yard, height and area requirements.
1. For any site development not exceeding four stories or fifty-six feet, the yard and area requirements set forth in the district with which the H-R district is combined shall control.
2. For any site development in excess of four stories or fifty-six feet:
a. There shall be a lot area of not less than four hundred fifty square feet for each dwelling unit, three hundred square feet for each efficiency apartment or rooming unit, and two hundred square feet for each guestroom.
b. There shall be a front yard having a depth as provided in Section 701.D.
c. There shall be side yards having a width as provided in Section 701.D, subject to the exceptions provided in Section 701.A.3.
d. There shall be a rear yard having a depth as provided in Section 701.D.
e. The main building and all accessory buildings on a lot shall not occupy more than fifty percent of the total area of the lot.
f. No building shall exceed a height of two hundred fifty feet.
(1) Requests to exceed the two-hundred-fifty-foot height limit may be granted by the City Council upon recommendation from the Planning Commission and in accordance with Section 506 of this ordinance upon a finding that such additional height is not detrimental to adjacent property or the public welfare in general. Request to amend a previously approved H-R application shall follow the procedures set forth in Section 506
(2) In no case shall the height of a building exceed the height limit as set forth in "The Sky Harbor Airport Zoning Ordinance" where the requirements of said ordinance are more restrictive than those set forth in this section.
(3) Neither the Zoning Administrator nor the Board of Adjustment shall have jurisdiction to vary the terms of Section 631.B.2.f of this ordinance.
g. Yards for detached accessory buildings shall be permitted as in Section 706
h. A site plan approved in accordance with Section 507 of this ordinance is required for all uses. (Ord. No. G-5051, 2007)