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About Tatum Ranch
The small town of Cave Creek, Arizona is just six miles to the north. The Ranch is within the City of Phoenix and the Cave Creek Unified School District. The mailing addresses are in Cave Creek Postal system however. The Ranch is five miles north of the 101 Freeway, and 35 miles north of Phoenix' Sky Harbor airport. The Carefree Highway, the quickest approach to Interstate 17, is 3 miles north. The Ranch was created and developed by SunCor Development Company beginning in 1988. Homes in 30 neighborhoods were built by a wide range of well known builders. Three neighborhoods are gated. All the lots in Tatum Ranch were built out as of December 2001. The community benefits from the 410-foot wide Cave Creek Road scenic highway corridor that keeps the roadsides in natural desert plants and shrubs. The arterial streets within the Ranch have desert landscaping in their median strips. Land immediately to the north, east, and south of the Ranch is occupied with residential lots one acre or more. Land to the west of the Ranch is State Trust Land, with a portion dedicated as Sonoran Preserve. SunCor created the Tatum Ranch Community Association to own, maintain, and insure the common areas, preserve the community's appearance and theme, and establish a sense of community. All Tatum Ranch homeowners are members of the Association. Inside the Ranch is the new Desert Willows Elementary School (older Ranch students are bussed to Cave Creek schools) and three commercial areas (Safeway, Walgreen's, Ace Hardware, a medical and dental clinic, restaurants, and retail stores). A new Phoenix Fire Station is one mile south of the Ranch. The nearest hospital is the Mayo Clinic Hospital, 6-7 miles south.
Restrictions Any exterior modification to a home or landscaping must have prior approval from the Architectural Committee, and trees and shrubs must be selected from an approved plant list. Dogs must be kept on a leash except when within houses or backyards. There are no resale restrictions, except for restrictions on signs. Vehicles of all homeowners and residents should be parked within the garages or the driveways in front of the garage. Temporary parking on the streets is permitted for private or public social events provided that the parked vehicles do not obstruct the passage of emergency vehicles. If a business is operated in a home, the business may not create a nuisance, or increase traffic or street parking. Commercial vehicles are prohibited. There are no age restrictions. Governance A Board of Directors, and an Architectural Committee govern the Association. Three neighborhoods are also governed by sub-associations that own, maintain, and insure additional amenities unique to these neighborhoods. Governing documents, including CC&R's and Guidelines For Community Living are given to all prospective homeowners. Current members who have lost or misplaced their copies can purchase another set for $5 at the Association's office. The Association publishes a newsletter on an every other month basis, maintains this Web site, and has an Annual Meeting during the fourth quarter of every year. Have a question or comments? Send an E-mail to: Board of Directors - board@tatumranch.org Community Manager - manager@tatumranch.org Office - trca@tatumranch.org The Office Manager is Patty LaBrie |
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Tatum Ranch is a master-planned community of 3,400 homes and five commercial sites in the northeast corner of Phoenix, where North Tatum Boulevard and Cave Creek Road meet. The Ranch is within the Upland Sonoran Desert life zone, with seven washes or arroyos, trending northeast to southwest. It is home to some of the most beautiful native Sonoran Desert vegetation and wildlife in the entire Southwest. Residents enjoy the quiet beauty and serenity of the Desert. Elevation is about 1,800 feet. Because of its distance from the center of the metropolitan area (22 air miles) and its proximity to the New River Mountains to the north, the summer temperatures are usually 5 to 10 degrees cooler than recorded at Sky Harbor, and the night sky is dark.
