Can you build self-storage / multifamily in ID-1 (City of Mesa AZ)?
Infill Development 1. Land use regulations are those of a base zoning district named in the Infill Incentive Plan and in the adopting ordinance
What you may build in ID-1
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
Deferred — the uses are those of another district named in the adopting ordinance
Approval body
Adopting ordinance + Infill Incentive Plan
Code section
MZO 11-12-3(A)
The code's own words for this use
Mini-Storage
Transcription confidence
high
Uses are those of a base zoning district named in the IIP and in the adopting ordinance. Read the adopting ordinance for the parcel
Multifamily
Deferred — the uses are those of another district named in the adopting ordinance
Approval body
Adopting ordinance + Infill Incentive Plan
Code section
MZO 11-12-3(A)
The code's own words for this use
Multiple Residence (two or more primary dwelling units on a single lot)
Transcription confidence
high
Uses are those of a base zoning district named in the IIP and in the adopting ordinance. Read the adopting ordinance for the parcel
Indoor warehousing
Deferred — the uses are those of another district named in the adopting ordinance
Approval body
Adopting ordinance + Infill Incentive Plan
Code section
MZO 11-12-3(A)
The code's own words for this use
Indoor Warehousing and Storage
Transcription confidence
high
Uses are those of a base zoning district named in the IIP and in the adopting ordinance. Read the adopting ordinance for the parcel
Middle housing
Deferred — the uses are those of another district named in the adopting ordinance
Approval body
Adopting ordinance + Infill Incentive Plan
Code section
MZO 11-12-3(A)
The code's own words for this use
Middle Housing (duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and townhouses)
Transcription confidence
high
Uses are those of a base zoning district named in the IIP and in the adopting ordinance. Read the adopting ordinance for the parcel
Mixed use
Deferred — the uses are those of another district named in the adopting ordinance
Approval body
Adopting ordinance + Infill Incentive Plan
Code section
MZO 11-12-3(A)
The code's own words for this use
mixed use (residential combined with commercial on one site)
Transcription confidence
high
Uses are those of a base zoning district named in the IIP and in the adopting ordinance. Read the adopting ordinance for the parcel
RV / boat storage
Deferred — the uses are those of another district named in the adopting ordinance
Approval body
Adopting ordinance + Infill Incentive Plan
Code section
MZO 11-12-3(A)
The code's own words for this use
Boat and Recreational Vehicle Storage
Transcription confidence
high
Uses are those of a base zoning district named in the IIP and in the adopting ordinance. Read the adopting ordinance for the parcel
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, ID-1 — City of Mesa AZ
Standard
Value
Field
Floor area ratio (FAR)
—
far
Maximum height
—
max_height_ft
Maximum site coverage
—
site_coverage
Minimum lot area
—
min_lot_area_sf
Minimum lot width
—
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
—
setback_front_ft
Street-side setback
—
setback_side_street_ft
Interior side setback
—
setback_side_interior_ft
Rear setback
—
setback_rear_ft
Dimensional standards from MZO 11-12-3(A) / 11-12-4(A).
Standards notes. Development standards are the general standards plus the referenced base district's standards, unless specifically modified by City Council at approval. Answer for a specific parcel is 'see the adopting ordinance and IIP', never a standalone envelope
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 City of Mesa AZ.
Run the envelope this district allows, free, in about a minute — lot area, FAR or height, and the residual land value it supports.
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; overlay geometry not checked — an Airfield or Form-Based Code designation 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
Mesa City Code, Title 11 — Zoning Ordinance (the "MZO")
Publisher of record
City of Mesa, hosted on Municode (CivicPlus Codification)