Can you build self-storage / multifamily in MX (City of Mesa AZ)?
Mixed Use. Maximum height is 30 ft in every commercial district. Residential requires a minimum 60% commercial gross floor area under Section 11-31-31; MX has a 15 du/acre MINIMUM residential density
What you may build in MX
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
CUP (7)
Approval body
City Council after review and recommendation by the Planning & Zoning Board (11-70-6)
Code section
MZO 11-6-2 (Table 11-6-2)
The code's own words for this use
Mini-Storage
Transcription confidence
high
Council Use Permit, with note 7: 'All activities must be conducted entirely within an enclosed building, with no outside storage or display.' A drive-up single-story product does not fit MX; this is a climate-controlled multi-storey product only
Multifamily
Permitted by right
Ordinance symbol
P (21, 22)
Approval body
Development Plan Review, Chapter 69
Code section
MZO 11-6-2 (Table 11-6-2) / 11-6-3
The code's own words for this use
Multiple Residence (two or more primary dwelling units on a single lot)
Transcription confidence
high
Permitted by right. MX is the only district with a MINIMUM residential density (15 du/net acre) as well as a maximum (25). Notes 21 and 22 convert it to a CUP inside AOA 1 and AOA 2
Indoor warehousing
Not allowed
Code section
MZO 11-6-2 (Table 11-6-2)
The code's own words for this use
Indoor Warehousing and Storage
Transcription confidence
high
Not listed for this district. Note that in the commercial districts the row is absent entirely, unlike Mini-Storage which is listed with explicit values
Middle housing
Not allowed
Code section
MZO 11-6-2 (Table 11-6-2)
The code's own words for this use
Middle Housing (duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and townhouses)
Transcription confidence
high
Not listed in the district use table; the table preamble states 'Use classifications not listed are prohibited'
Mixed use
Permitted by right
Ordinance symbol
P
Approval body
Development Plan Review, Chapter 69
Code section
MZO 11-6-1(B)(5) / 11-6-2
The code's own words for this use
mixed use (residential combined with commercial on one site)
Transcription confidence
high
This is the district's stated purpose: 'employment centers, retail and service commercial uses, medical and professional offices, and residential uses at densities of 15 to 25 units per acre'. Still subject to the 60% commercial gross floor area rule in 11-31-31
RV / boat storage
Not allowed
Ordinance symbol
—
Code section
MZO 11-6-2 (Table 11-6-2)
The code's own words for this use
Boat and Recreational Vehicle Storage
Transcription confidence
high
Not available in this district
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.
Standards notes. Front and street-facing side vary by street classification in the Mesa Transportation Plan: arterial 15 ft, collector 15 ft, local 20 ft, freeway 30 ft for buildings and 15 ft for parking structures/fields. Value in setback_front_ft is the arterial/collector case. MX interior side and rear setbacks are lower than the other commercial districts: adjacent to RS 15/25/35 ft by 1/2/3 stories; adjacent to RM 15 ft first story plus 10 ft per additional story; adjacent to non-residential 10 ft per story. Minimum lot depth 100 ft. max_du_per_acre_derived is the CODE-STATED maximum residential density (Table 11-6-3.A); Section 11-31-31(A)(2) restates it as 15 du/acre in NC and 25 du/acre in LC and GC. Projects exceeding it require a Council Use Permit. Minimum outdoor living area 100 sf per unit. Setback at street intersections: 25 ft radius arterial/arterial and arterial/collector, 15 ft collector/collector
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.
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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)