Base district · commercial · unincorporated Maricopa County AZ
Can you build self-storage / multifamily in C-2 (unincorporated Maricopa County AZ)?
Intermediate commercial - market area beyond the immediate neighborhood; self-storage allowed with a Plan of Development
What you may build in C-2
Every verdict below is the base-district answer read out of the
ordinance of record, with the section that says so. A use with no row is shown as
unknown rather than folded into “no”.
Self-storage
Allowed, but only with a discretionary approval
Ordinance symbol
POD
Approval body
Plan of Development (MCZO 305)
Code section
MCZO 601 use table (p. 6-8)
The code's own words for this use
Self-storage facilities
Transcription confidence
high
No use-specific standard under 603 attaches; the POD is the only gate
Multifamily
Allowed, but only with a discretionary approval
Ordinance symbol
POD
Approval body
Plan of Development (MCZO 305)
Code section
MCZO 601 use table (p. 6-2)
The code's own words for this use
Multifamily (>2 units)
Transcription confidence
medium
The commercial standards table (504) contains no minimum-lot-area-per-dwelling-unit row, so density is governed by coverage/height/parking rather than a stated cap. Confirm with the county before underwriting a unit count
Mixed use
Allowed, but only with a discretionary approval
Ordinance symbol
POD
Approval body
Plan of Development (MCZO 305)
Code section
MCZO 601
The code's own words for this use
not a listed use category
Transcription confidence
medium
DERIVED by stacking two separately-listed POD uses (Multifamily >2 units + General Retail) on one site. Not an express MCZO entitlement
RV / boat storage
Unknown — this dataset has no row for it
No row for RV or boat storage in C-2 in this dataset. That means unknown — go and look. It does not mean no.
How big you may build it
A blank cell means this dataset carries no number for that
standard — read it as “go and look”, not as zero.
Dimensional standards, C-2 — unincorporated Maricopa County AZ
Standard
Value
Field
Floor area ratio (FAR)
—
far
Maximum height
40 ft
max_height_ft
Maximum site coverage
60%
site_coverage
Minimum lot area
6,000 sf
min_lot_area_sf
Minimum lot width
60 ft
min_lot_width_ft
Minimum lot area per dwelling unit
—
min_lot_area_per_du_sf
Maximum density
—
max_du_per_acre_derived
Front setback
10 ft
setback_front_ft
Street-side setback
10 ft
setback_side_street_ft
Interior side setback
0 ft
setback_side_interior_ft
Rear setback
0 ft
setback_rear_ft
Dimensional standards from MCZO 503.1.4 / 504 / 601.
Standards notes. Interior side and rear: none required except 10 ft (side) and 25 ft (rear) where adjacent to a Rural or Residential zoning district
No district in this dataset publishes a floor area ratio: intensity in this code is governed by lot coverage, height and — for residential — density or minimum lot area per dwelling unit. See the metro page for the provenance note on that.
Now find out whether it pencils in unincorporated Maricopa County AZ.
Self-storage is on the table here. Price the pad: net-rentable area, stabilized NOI, yield on cost and the land bid it supports — free, in about a minute.
The quick screen is free and needs no account. The sample
study is the seven-page deliverable the Feasibility Desk produces.
Before you rely on this
base district only; overlays not checked — Luke AFB overlay can flip answers
This is a base-district reading of the ordinance text, transcribed
from the source below. It is not a Zoning Verification Letter, not a determination by
the jurisdiction, not legal advice, and not a substitute for asking the planning
department about a specific parcel. Overlays, recorded plan conditions, rezoning
stipulations and parcel geometry are not checked here, and any one of them can change
the answer on this page.
Verify locally before you spend money. Call the planning counter,
pull the parcel's zoning-map designation and its case history, and confirm the
section cited above still reads the way it reads here.
Source of record
Document
Maricopa County Zoning Ordinance (MCZO)
Publisher
Maricopa County Planning and Development Department, 301 W. Jefferson St., Suite 170, Phoenix, AZ 85003
Adopted
Board of Supervisors, 2025-12-10 (ordinance first effective 1969-05-29; revised 2001, 2025)