Goals, Policies, and Actions

Protect the lives and property of all residents, visitors, and businesses from emergencies and hazards (natural or human-made).

Support a vibrant, intergenerational community.

Increase opportunities for residents to provide meaningful input on Town decisions and planning.

Pursue partnerships that achieve common goals and improve the quality of life in Oro Valley.

Nurture a welcoming environment that embodies the friendliness and neighborly spirit of a close-knit community.

Promote Oro Valley's arts and culture to honor and celebrate its significance.

Support Oro Valley's active lifestyle by providing high-quality parks and recreational opportunities for all ages and abilities.

Maintain Oro Valley’s commitment to being an outdoor community with opportunities to bike, walk, hike, or ride.

Proactively protect and restore environmentally sensitive lands, natural resource areas, and other conservation areas to support wildlife habitat and connectivity.

Promote land use development practices and programs that conserve and minimize impacts on natural and cultural resources.

Preserve and protect dark skies as a key component of Oro Valley’s natural environment and community value.

Promote the conservation of natural resources through thoughtful design, sustainable construction practices, and proactive management strategies.

Reduce heat absorption through building design, landscaping, and unpaved surfaces.

Promote energy efficiency and responsible waste management strategies to make the Town more sustainable.

Provide sustainable and innovative public services and utilities that serve the current and future needs of the community.

Increase access to fresh and healthy food options.

Promote and increase efficient water use.

Maintain responsible use of water resources for the current and future benefit of the community.

Ensure sustainable revenue sources, funding, and efficient allocation of resources to provide high-quality, well-maintained, and reliable Town assets and services.

Ensure the costs to provide public services for new developments are recovered.

Foster a robust local economy and job market that provides quality employment, builds on Oro Valley's assets, and encourages responsible growth and investment.

Encourage a wide range of services, entertainment, shopping, and dining options.

Establish Oro Valley as a tourist destination to enhance local economic stability.

Provide safe routes for all users to travel throughout the Town.

Maintain and enhance the Town's superior roadway maintenance and design practices.

Foster transportation options that support the diverse and growing needs of the community.

Enable a wide range of housing types, densities, and prices that maintain Oro Valley’s quality architectural aesthetics and site designs, community character, and value of home ownership.

Support efforts to maintain and improve the appearance of neighborhoods, including residential and commercial buildings.

Support the development of mixed-use projects that include new and valued commercial businesses to increase Oro Valley’s housing supply and support long-term economic vitality.

Ensure views are conserved through the development process.

Support diverse land uses that meet the Town’s overall needs and effectively transition in scale and density from existing developments.

Foster quality architectural aesthetics and site designs that enhance Oro Valley’s unique, suburban character.

Create unique, vibrant, and interconnected community gathering spaces as destinations for residents, visitors, and businesses.