Kai-Capri Special Area Policies

These policies apply to the area shown on the map below, which includes the approximately 10-acre Steam Pump Ranch Estates property in the southeast corner of the area.

General

1. Transfers of residential densities are permitted and encouraged in the area. Primary receiving areas are: (1) the graded area in the north central portion of the site; and (2) areas adjacent to Rooney Ranch no more than 660 feet north of the southern boundary and no farther east than the east edge of Palisades splits. Units should be transferred off the following areas: (1) SRAs, (2) areas along North First Avenue (especially the area between the road and the Palisades split parcels), and (3) the area southeast and visible from Palisades split parcels.
2. Transfers of densities from SRAs that are not riparian areas (including 50-foot buffers), floodplains, or 25 percent slopes may be calculated at up to 1.0 units per acre. Transfers of densities off the other SRA, or building within any SRA, should be at no more than 0.4 units per acre.
3. Primitive trails, with public access easements, shall be provided unless otherwise prohibited by law. These will be within the existing wash areas, will connect to the open space area adjacent to the northern boundary of the site, and will provide a connection from the Palisades splits area southeasterly to the wash.
4. Any change to the General Plan that would allow more than 1.0 units per acre, overall, on the residential area on the property shall be treated as a major amendment. As currently mapped, the maximum number of residential units on the Kai-Capri Property is 255, and up to 10 are allowed on the Steam Pump Ranch Estates property. Any change of the commercial area to residential use shall be treated as a major amendment. The Oro Valley Zoning Code Revised will apply.

Neighborhood Commercial/Office (NCO)

1. Must be developed for commercial and office uses as part of an overall master plan that includes planning for the Master Plan Community (MPC) property to the south.
2. Any building within 200 feet of North First Avenue shall not be higher than 25 feet, as measured from the finished grade of North First Avenue, unless the applicant demonstrates by a viewshed analysis that a greater building height will not interfere with views of the Catalinas.
3. A minimum of 40% of the North First Avenue frontage, to a depth of 300 feet, must be maintained as a view corridor and not used for building purposes.
4. The commercial areas shall not extend, on North First Avenue, to the south of the Evergreen (Walgreens) development.

Master Planned Community

1. Must be developed for residential uses as part of an overall master plan that includes planning for the Neighborhood Commercial/Office (NCO) property to the north.
2. No building within 200 feet of North First Avenue, or within 150 feet of Palisades Road or existing development, shall be higher than 18 feet, unless the applicant demonstrates by a viewshed analysis that a greater building height will not interfere with views of the Catalinas.
3. There shall be no development in the 100-year floodplain, in riparian areas or on any slopes of 25% or more, excluding roadways and utilities.
4. The only housing type permitted is single-family detached residence.
5. Mass grading for residential uses is allowed only in disturbed areas. Any mass grading shall require the approval of the Planning and Zoning Administrator.
6. No buildings shall be constructed within 100 feet of the east property line adjacent to existing residential areas.