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Planning -
Incentive and Substantial Conformance
Improvement Permits
 The Mesa City Council recently adopted a new
mechanism for reviewing projects on so-called “by-passed”
properties, known as a
Development Incentive Permit (DIP)
(.pdf 2 pages). The Council adopted this new
process in response to concerns that the recently adopted revisions
to the Design Guidelines and Site Development Standards (Chapters 14
and 15 of the Zoning Ordinance) would make smaller properties
economically non-viable. Many of the boundaries of these smaller
properties were created at a time when smaller dimensional
requirements were in place. Creating this new process allowed
by-passed parcels affected by the revised standards to be
individually assessed as to how the standards affect the property.
 The Mesa City Council has adopted a new mechanism for
reviewing projects that add floor area to existing development or
significantly change the land use of a project. The City Council
created this new process to address concerns that the adopted
revisions to the Design Guidelines and Site Development Standards
(Chapters 14 and 15 of the Zoning Ordinance) would create
non-conforming site conditions for most non-single residence
properties in the City. The Site Development Standards, in
particular, substantially increased the dimensions for such items as
building setbacks, perimeter landscape areas and building
separations. Under Sections 11-1-3 and 11-13-2 of the Mesa Zoning
Ordinance, projects that fall under this category may be reviewed
for a Substantial
Conformance Improvement Permit, or SCIP (.pdf 2 pages). SCIP applicants are
required to show the end condition of the new project will result in
an overall development that “substantially complies” with the
revised development standards.
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