Today, Mesa is the third largest city in Arizona, the 36^th largest in the nation and covers an area of approximately 138 square miles. More recently, Mesa has started growing and evolving from a large bedroom community to a vibrant and modern city.  The City of Mesa wants to responsibly manage this growth and achieve its goal of creating a high quality, recognizable city with a strong sense of place.

The City of Mesa created Quality Development Design Guidelines and implemented Zoning Ordinance text amendments that promote quality development. 

What are the Quality Development Design Guidelines?

The Quality Development Design Guidelines are a collection of aspirational documents that will establish policy, emphasize high quality development, create a common vision for quality development in Mesa and promote innovation and flexibility for development projects. 

Quality Development Design Guidelines: 

Introduction

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

For project related questions,

please email: designguidelinesinfo@mesaaz.gov