18.41.050   Development standards—General.
   A.   Area:
      1.   The maximum area of each RVC zone shall not exceed twenty acres excluding public rights of way.
      2.   This area shall be apportioned as evenly as consideration of streets, topography and other unique factors affecting individual sites will permit.
   B.   Site coverage: All buildings within a site as shown on the development plan shall not cover more than seventy-five percent of the area of such site.
   C.   Minimum setback requirements:
      1.   No building shall be erected within twenty feet of a front property line or twenty feet of the pavement edge of a scenic route as designated on the Major Streets and Scenic Routes Plan when the property is adjacent to the ML zone;
      2.   Nonresidential buildings shall not be constructed within:
         a.   Twenty-five feet of any district zoned TR, nor
         b.   Twenty-five feet of any residential district.
         c.   The rear and side setbacks may be reduced to ten feet in accordance with the standards of 18.07.070D when the building adjoins a residential property and if the design review committee approves the reduction as not creating adverse impacts on surrounding residential properties. Notice shall be given to the design review committee hearing to all property owners within one hundred feet.
      3.   Residential buildings at a minimum shall be set back ten feet from the side and rear property lines.
      4.   There are no other setback requirements except as may be required in Title 15 of the Pima County Code.
   D.   Building height limitations:
      1.   Maximum height: Thirty-four feet;
      2.   A building adjacent to both a scenic route and a property in the ML zone is not required to perform a viewshed analysis as noted in Chapter 18.77 (Roadway Frontage Standards).
   E.   Screening: Bufferyards, landscaping, and screening are required except on property adjacent to the ML zone. Refer to Section 18.73.100 (Landscaping Standards). Bufferyards, landscaping and screening for development adjacent to the ML zone may be required as part of any conditional use permit.
   F.   Parking and loading requirements: Plans for parking and loading, including joint use public and private parking areas, are required and are subject to approval by the county engineer. The county engineer shall review such plans for parking and loading to ensure adequate parking is available either on site or off site so as to protect the public safety, minimize traffic congestion, permit safe passage of pedestrians to and from parked vehicles and to expedite the safe passage of moving traffic.
   G.   Signs: Refer to Chapter 18.79 (Sign Standards).
   H.   Design Manual. In addition to the provision of this section, all development adjacent to the ML zone shall conform to the Mount Lemmon Design Standards Manual.
(Ord. 2004-9 § 1, 2004; Ord. 2003-72 § 3 (part) 2003; Ord. 1996-58 § 4 (part), 1996; Ord. 1985-82 (part), 1985)