By Melissa Fittro | Scottsdale Independent
Officials at City Hall have gained city council’s blessing to implement Old Town development criteria ultimately being injected into the Scottsdale General Plan, which will help to serve as a guideline to how the area will evolve into the 21st Century.
The decision was unanimous on July 2 to adopt the Old Town Character Area Plan Non-Major General Plan Amendment minus a policy regarding an artist in residence program.
Changes in the plan included introducing new types of development — type 2.5 and type 3 — to identify existing areas where the highest scale development can occur in Old Town. The new types of development will allow developers an opportunity to ask for heights up to 150 feet, city officials say.
