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Downtown Character Area Plan

Adopted Plan

Downtown Character Area Plan
Adopted June 2009


 
 
 
 
 

Project Background

Originally adopted by the City Council in 1984, the Downtown Plan has served as the comprehensive policy document that guides growth and development decisions for Downtown Scottsdale. The Downtown Plan has been successful at shaping the growth, both financially and physically, of Downtown Scottsdale for the past twenty-five years. During that time, the majority of the goals, policies and implementation programs established by the community have been successfully achieved.

In addition to these community achievements, public policy, market conditions, building technologies, and community composition have changed considerably during the past two decades. Thus, the need to reevaluate and update the Downtown Plan became important to ensure the area’s continued success over the next twenty years. Consequently, an update to the original Downtown Plan was initiated by the Scottsdale City Council in 2006.

To ensure that an updated Downtown Character Area Plan would reflect the community’s vision and goals for Downtown Scottsdale, an extensive public outreach process was conducted over a period of eighteen months. During that time, over 1,200 community members participated in the Downtown Plan update process. The culmination of this extensive public input is the updated, community-based Downtown Plan.

The Downtown Character Area Plan establishes the vision for Downtown Scottsdale and will continue to provide the basis for Downtown decision making over the next twenty years. The Plan contains explanatory goals, policies and illustrative graphics to articulate and act as a bridge between the vision for Downtown and the implementation programs necessary to achieve the vision.

Planning Process

The planning process for the Downtown Character Area Plan was comprised of six phases.

Related Resources

• 2006 Downtown Town Hall Final Report (pdf/328 kb/10 pp)
• 2009 Downtown Task Force Report - March 29, 2011 (pdf/3mb/42pp)
• 2010 Downtown Infill Incentive Plan (pdf/1.1mb/14pp)
• Downtown Character Area Plan Resources & Findings
• Downtown Urban Design and Architectural Guidelines (pdf/2004)
• Downtown Urban Design and Architectural Guidelines Update

Contacts

Long Range Planning Office
480-312-7990 planninginfo@scottsdaleaz.gov

Erin Perreault, AICP, Long Range Planning Manager
480-312-7093 eperreault@ScottsdaleAZ.gov

Long Range Planning
Programs

• General Plan
• Character Area Planning
• Downtown Plan
• Greater Airpark Character Area Plan
• Southern Scottsdale Character Area Plan
• Policies & Guidelines Unique to Scottsdale
• Policy Summary Cards
• Sensitive Design Program
• Quarterly Growth Profiles