The considerable amount of financial resources and time involved in real estate investment and development leaves no room for error. That is why so many real estate owners and professionals choose Earl & Curley for their zoning and development process needs. Our staff legal and planning professionals has extensive experience and knowledge in all land use matters, including zoning and development entitlements.
Our work includes processing the full spectrum of development projects from single family residential, multifamily, commercial, office, industrial, retail, regional shopping center and institutional projects, as well as large master-planned communities. We represent our clients at the required city staff meetings, neighborhood outreach efforts and public hearings before commissions, boards, hearing officers and city councils. We assist clients with processing applications for rezoning, use permits, variances, site plans, subdivisions, building permits, and Arizona state trust land leases and purchases.
Legal and Planning Professionals
Taylor C. Earl
Attorney, Managing Partner
Ricardo Toris
Principal Planner
Michael Buschbacher II
Principal Planner
Brian Vaccaro
Planner
Gary King
Planning Consultant
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Our Practice and Services
Zoning ordinances are notoriously complex; complicating the matter further is the fact that each city has its own set of zoning regulations, design review and building codes. Working with Earl & Curley eliminates this potential for confusion over differing and unique municipal and county codes and ordinances. We have experience with the zoning ordinances and development regulations for every major Arizona city. Property owners, developers, investors and lenders need to minimize their risks and costs, especially in the current real estate and economic climate. We help clients through the entire rezoning, use permit and variance, design review, and site plan and building plan review processes.
Obtaining zoning entitlements is a large part of our practice. Whether we are seeking higher entitlements to improve property values or increase development opportunities and flexibility, or working on zoning entitlements, we can get the job done efficiently and effectively.
Many clients retain our firm to research and prepare written zoning analysis and verification for properties in which they are interested or to protect their investments. We can manage the entire development review process, including design review, site plan review and permitting. Our legal and planning professionals also have significant experience with processing subdivision plats through cities and counties in Arizona.
Earl & Curley also negotiates development agreements with Arizona cities and counties on behalf of their development clients. Some notable projects with development agreements previously negotiated by our attorneys include the Scottsdale Fashion Square, Camelback Colonnade, Biltmore Fashion Park, Arizona Mills, Scottsdale Fiesta Power Center, Del Webb’s Sun City Grand, the Tartesso, Douglas Ranch and Verde Santa Fe master planned communities.
The firm has participated in the entitlement processing for the development of some of the largest and most strategic properties in Arizona.
