Unified Land Development Code - Town of Gilbert

LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE CRITERIA 11.24
E. Setbacks shall be measured from the contiguous property liners) between the residential and nonresidential
uses.
F. When the setbacks of this section are in conflict with those allowed in the proposed zoning
classification or elsewhere in the Town codes, the greater setback shall apply. (Ord. No. 1051, §
I, 7-29-97)
11.24 Compatible subdivision design.
Residential developments proposed adjacent to existing residential subdivisions shall be planned in
relation to the existing subdivision including but not limited to the following guidelines:
A. To the greatest extent possible, minimize the number of parcels immediately adjacent to or across
a local street from each existing lot. Proposed lots shall be aligned with the existing lots having
the same rear corner points or be directly across from existing lots.
The above property line design requirements shall not be strictly enforced when meeting them
would necessitate the creation of lots larger than those required by the transitional zoning
guidelines. However some modification to proposed lots may be required by the Town to
accommodate this guideline.
B. Planned or approved open space links, bicycle/pedestrian paths, and equestrian trails shall be
extended through new developments creating a continuous network as described in the General
Plan. Existing or planned parks which have a common property line with the new development
should be expanded in the new development when a larger park is appropriate.
C. Planned or existing streets which provide direct access to residential lots shall not be used as a
collector street for new development.
D. The creation of double frontage lots between two (2) local access roads shall be avoided.
Constructing a new collector or local access street at the rear of existing lots is discouraged.
Fronting new lots onto an existing local access street, rather than backing lots to it, is strongly
encouraged.
E. Use of a hierarchy of streets and open space networks in which collector streets and open space
links connect small coherent neighborhoods is strongly encouraged.
(Ord. No. 1051, § I, 7-29-97)
Ch. II, Pg. 159