Tucson's Community Corridors Tool (CCT) is an optional zoning overlay. It allows more flexible development along arterial and collector streets. In Miramonte, it covers all four boundary streets: Speedway, Country Club, Alvernon, and Fifth Street.
The CCT aims to encourage infill development, pedestrian- and bike-friendly design, transit use, green features, and affordable housing. MNA supports those goals. But the board is concerned that, without safeguards, the CCT could bring more on-street parking and more non-resident traffic onto interior streets. It could also make the existing litter and illegal-activity problems around bus shelters worse.
What the board asked for
In formal feedback to the Planning Commission, MNA asked the City to consider:
- Protecting against parking overflow by letting residents join the Residential Parking Permit program at a reduced or free rate, and by including bike-friendly infrastructure.
- Limiting added traffic through measures like exit-only streets or dead ends.
- Fixing problems at bus shelters to reduce debris and illegal activity.
- Measuring results. The CCT should include a method and a timeframe for evaluating its effectiveness and its impact on neighborhoods, and the results should be shared with the public.
- Notifying neighbors. Nearby property owners should be notified when a development using the CCT is proposed.
Follow the City's process at corridors.tucsonaz.gov.