Glendale, AZ Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Downtown Design Guide (2026)

1008 creates the Glendale Centerline Overlay District as an alternate, opt-in set of development standards for the area bounded by Myrtle Avenue on the north, 43rd Avenue on the east, Ocotillo Road on the south, and 67th Avenue on the west. At a pre-application meeting with the City's Development Review Team, a property owner chooses to develop under the property's existing zoning or under the Overlay District's standards; the two cannot be combined on the same project. 207. The Overlay divides downtown into four character areas, each with its own permitted-use table: Midtown (43rd to 51st Avenues), Beet Sugar (51st to 55th Avenues), Historic Downtown (55th to 59th Avenues), and Market (59th to 67th Avenues).

The permitted-use table bars certain uses outright regardless of area, including tattoo parlors, halfway houses and hookah lounges, marked prohibited in all four districts, while other uses such as bed and breakfast establishments are permitted in three of the four areas but excluded from Midtown. Uses such as hotels with conference facilities need a Conditional Use Permit if located within 500 feet of residentially zoned property. The stated intent of the Overlay is to facilitate private investment, job creation, and shopping and recreational development in the Centerline corridor while balancing new development against protection of existing neighborhoods, recognizing that the four character areas may carry unique development standards even though they sit within the same overlay boundary.