Development Chapter

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Oro Valley is committed to balanced, highly focused, and targeted growth that addresses the needs of both current and future residents. Our community promotes and supports future land uses that are in harmony with the community’s natural setting and character. Achieving harmony will require coordinating sustainability principles with development guidelines.

This section focuses on three different topics:



Resident Guidance and Background Information

Our community dedicated its time and voices to create this plan.

Starting in Phase 1, extensive and innovative efforts were made to engage the Oro Valley community and gather ideas from a broad range of residents. This phase resulted in the vision and guiding principles that form the foundation for the plan.

Moving into Phase 2, the Community Resident Working Group used the valuable insights from Phase 1, along with relevant background information, to craft the goals, policies, and actions outlined in this section. This dedicated group met six times from February 2025 to December 2025 to reach a consensus on the plan.

  • The guidance from residents that shaped the 10-year plan can be found in the Phase 1 Report, available HERE.
  • For more details about the existing conditions related to the topics discussed in this section, please refer to the companion document, OV’s Path Forward Background Report, which is also available HERE.


Development Goals

Click on the images below to see the policies and specific actions the Town will take to achieve each goal.





Goal X: Safe Routes.
Goal Y: Road Maintenance.







Goal Z: Public Transportation and Traffic Congestion.
Goal AA: Housing Variety.







Goal BB: Neighborhood Appearance.
Goal CC: Mixed Use.







Goal DD: Mountain Views.
Goal EE: Smart Growth.







Goal FF: High-quality Design.
Goal GG: Gathering Spaces.







Relationship with other Chapters of the Plan

The topics in this chapter are interrelated with other aspects of the Plan, in the same way they are connected in our lives. The following table depicts the overlap between this chapter’s goals and those in other chapters.

Please click on the links to read the related goals, policies, and actions.

Goals in the Development Chapter:
Related Goals in Other Chapters:

Goal X: Safe Routes



Goal A: Community Safety

Goal I: Trails

Goal Y: Road Maintenance
Goal S: Financial Stability
Goal Z: Public Transportation and Traffic Congestion

Goal C: Intergenerational Community

Goal U: Employers and Workforce
Goal AA: Housing Variety

Goal C: Intergenerational Community

Goal U: Employers and Workforce

Goal V: Business Attraction and Retention

Goal CC: Mixed Use

Goal C: Intergenerational Community

Goal U: Employers and Workforce

Goal V: Business Attraction and Retention

Goal EE: Smart Growth
Goal S: Financial Stability
Goal FF: High-quality Design

Goal N: Heat Mitigation

Goal GG: Gathering Spaces

Goal C: Intergenerational Community

Goal U: Employers and Workforce

Goal V: Business Attraction and Retention

WEBSITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Please come back on September 22 to read and comment on the draft plan.





Oro Valley is committed to balanced, highly focused, and targeted growth that addresses the needs of both current and future residents. Our community promotes and supports future land uses that are in harmony with the community’s natural setting and character. Achieving harmony will require coordinating sustainability principles with development guidelines.

This section focuses on three different topics:



Resident Guidance and Background Information

Our community dedicated its time and voices to create this plan.

Starting in Phase 1, extensive and innovative efforts were made to engage the Oro Valley community and gather ideas from a broad range of residents. This phase resulted in the vision and guiding principles that form the foundation for the plan.

Moving into Phase 2, the Community Resident Working Group used the valuable insights from Phase 1, along with relevant background information, to craft the goals, policies, and actions outlined in this section. This dedicated group met six times from February 2025 to December 2025 to reach a consensus on the plan.

  • The guidance from residents that shaped the 10-year plan can be found in the Phase 1 Report, available HERE.
  • For more details about the existing conditions related to the topics discussed in this section, please refer to the companion document, OV’s Path Forward Background Report, which is also available HERE.


Development Goals

Click on the images below to see the policies and specific actions the Town will take to achieve each goal.





Goal X: Safe Routes.
Goal Y: Road Maintenance.







Goal Z: Public Transportation and Traffic Congestion.
Goal AA: Housing Variety.







Goal BB: Neighborhood Appearance.
Goal CC: Mixed Use.







Goal DD: Mountain Views.
Goal EE: Smart Growth.







Goal FF: High-quality Design.
Goal GG: Gathering Spaces.







Relationship with other Chapters of the Plan

The topics in this chapter are interrelated with other aspects of the Plan, in the same way they are connected in our lives. The following table depicts the overlap between this chapter’s goals and those in other chapters.

Please click on the links to read the related goals, policies, and actions.

Goals in the Development Chapter:
Related Goals in Other Chapters:

Goal X: Safe Routes



Goal A: Community Safety

Goal I: Trails

Goal Y: Road Maintenance
Goal S: Financial Stability
Goal Z: Public Transportation and Traffic Congestion

Goal C: Intergenerational Community

Goal U: Employers and Workforce
Goal AA: Housing Variety

Goal C: Intergenerational Community

Goal U: Employers and Workforce

Goal V: Business Attraction and Retention

Goal CC: Mixed Use

Goal C: Intergenerational Community

Goal U: Employers and Workforce

Goal V: Business Attraction and Retention

Goal EE: Smart Growth
Goal S: Financial Stability
Goal FF: High-quality Design

Goal N: Heat Mitigation

Goal GG: Gathering Spaces

Goal C: Intergenerational Community

Goal U: Employers and Workforce

Goal V: Business Attraction and Retention

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