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| | Shea Corridor Goals, Policies, and Guidelines
June 15, 1993
The Shea Corridor is an area which is generally 1/4 mile North and 1/4 mile
South of Shea Boulevard and runs from Hayden on the West to the East city limit
line.
Goal: A variety of residential housing choices should be provided.
Intent:
Create housing opportunities that will allow residents to live near schools
and employment areas. Policy:
Enhance and protect the existing residential areas while allowing flexibility
in residential parcels having Shea frontage. Guidelines:
- The umbrella goals; policies, and guidelines should be followed.
- Undeveloped properties can develop according to the current land use plan,
or optional criteria as illustrated in 3-5 below.
- Encourage a single family housing pattern that will provide a compatible
buffer between low and middle density housing. Depending on how well it can
blend with the existing neighborhood, a maximum of 4 du/ac could be
considered for parcels where the adjoining land use is less intense.
- Unless the surrounding land use intensity is greater, a minimum parcel
size of 20 acres is necessary to achieve the maximum density, so that a
transition to the surrounding neighborhood can be made. For parcels having
more land area, flexibility in densities could be considered.
- For parcels at the intersection of Shea and an arterial or greater street,
consider multi-family residential projects on any developable corner of the
intersection.
Goal: Allow for new employment opportunities
Intent:
Provide opportunities for destination medical or corporate office, and land
uses that would support tourism, corporate business, or medical activity. These
uses should demonstrate a compatible fit into the unique environment of the Shea
area. Policy:
Allow employers offering uses such as medically related services, corporate
headquarters, or hotel accommodations. Guidelines:
The following are examples of land uses that could be considered:
- Medical offices and clinics having a regional or national reputation.
- Corporate office headquarters.
- Medical practice offering a unique approach to conventional medical
practice.
- Research and development activities.
- Hotel accommodations and related support facilities such as: restaurants,
recreation, specialty retail. The specialty retail use should provide goods
and services that cater primarily to visitors.
- Other similar uses which could provide similar advantages to the city.
Developments should include these features:
- Implementation of the umbrella goals, policies, and guidelines.
- The use should be located at the intersection of Shea Blvd. and a major
collector or larger street, on any developable corner of the intersection.
- The parcel should be a size so that appropriate site buffering can occur.
- Access to and from Shea should be according to the Shea Boulevard
Transportation/Access Policy.
- The overall character of the site should be a campus orientation where
buildings are clustered and connected through a strong pedestrian plan.
- Impacts to the existing landscape should be minimized through building
colors, height restrictions, native plant re-vegetation, and screening views
from off-site areas.
- Where an office adjoins a residential land use, there should be special
attention given to protect the existing homes' privacy through:
- stepped down building heights,
- dense native plant buffers (tree spacing not more than 30 feet on center
or equivalent groups), and
- plan site elements to locate activity areas away from the residential
areas.
Goal: Provide for a full range of retail services
Intent:
Neighborhood retail should be developed in locations currently planned along
Via Linda, Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, and away from the Shea Corridor. Higher
order goods and services should occur in areas planned for this level of retail
such as Shea/Pima, as well as other areas outside the Shea Corridor that have
been identified by previous planning efforts.
Policy:
Neighborhood level retail centers which provide everyday goods and services
such as groceries, drug stores, dry cleaning, etc. should occur within the
neighborhoods, on arterial streets, and outside of the Shea Corridor so that convenient
vehicular and pedestrian access can occur and local traffic will not need to use
Shea Boulevard. The umbrella goals, policies, and guidelines should be followed.
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