A. Purpose. This zone is intended to encourage orderly growth in rural and semirural areas as well as to provide opportunities for semirural residential uses. In addition, this zone is intended to allow commercial development only where appropriate and necessary to serve the needs of the rural area.
(Ord. 1985-187 § 1 (part), 1985)
A. Uses permitted:
1. Single detached dwelling;
2. Manufactured or mobile home or trailer;
3. Guest dwelling: In accordance with Section 18.09.020(G) (General Residential and Rural Zoning Provisions) [proposed];
4. Accessory structures;
5. Plant nursery used only for the purpose of propagation and cultivation and not for retail sales;
6. Reserved;
7. The raising and grazing of livestock and ratites, provided there is no more than one animal per ten thousand square feet;
8. The raising of hogs, provided:
a. There is no more than one hog over six months of age per acre, and
b. All other requirements of Section 18.12.020(A)(9) (IR Institutional Reserve Zone) are met;
9. Hog or livestock raising projects, which exceed the permitted number of animals, sponsored by the 4-H Club, Future Farmers of America or other similar nonprofit organizations: In accordance with Section 18.12.020(A)(11) (IR Institutional Reserve Zone);
10. The raising of poultry or other small animals, provided there are no more than forty animals per acre;
11. Private stable;
12. Commercial stable: In accordance with Section 18.13.020(A)(12) (RH Rural Homestead Zone);
13. Community stable: In accordance with Section 18.13.020(A)(13) (RH Rural Homestead Zone);
14. Farm products stand, provided:
a. The stand does not exceed three hundred square feet, and
b. All other requirements of Section 18.12.020(A)(15) (IR Institutional Reserve Zone) are met;
15. Animal hospital: In accordance with Section 18.13.020(A)(15) (RH Rural Homestead Zone);
16. Governmental uses;
17. Public park;
18. Public school;
19. Church, provided there is a minimum forty-foot setback from any property line;
20. Child care center;
21. Group foster home: In accordance with Section 18.09.020(E) (General Residential and Rural Zoning Provisions);
22. Health clinic, provided:
a. There is a minimum site area of two acres,
b. There is a minimum fifty-foot setback from any property line, and
c. Access is from a paved public road with "collector" classification or higher;
23. Home occupation;
24. Temporary real estate office: In accordance with Section 18.17.020(A)(8) (SR Suburban Ranch Zone).
(Ord. 2017-36 § 11, 2017; Ord. 1999-34 § 4, 1999; Ord. 1997-20 § 4 (part), 1997; Ord. 1994-146 § 3, 1994; Ord. 1986-150 (part), 1986; Ord. 1986-125 § 1 (part), 1986; Ord. 1985-187 § 1 (part), 1985)
A. Procedures: In accordance with Chapter 18.97 (Conditional Use Permits).
B. Uses conditionally permitted:
1. Feed store;
a. Type II procedure,
b. Access be onto a paved public road with "collector" classification or higher,
c. Notification area: Six hundred feet;
2. Grocery store or convenience store:
a. Type II procedure,
b. Maximum floor area: Ten thousand square feet;
3. Neighborhood market:
a. Type I procedure,
b. Maximum floor area: Fifteen thousand square feet;
4. Gasoline service station:
a. Type II procedure,
b. Access be onto a paved public road with "collector" classification or higher;
5. Automobile repair or parts store: In accordance with Section 18.13.030(B)(9) (RH Rural Homestead Zone);
6. Retail or repair shop:
a. Type II procedure,
b. Maximum floor area: Ten thousand square feet;
7. Personal services, including hair salon, barber shop, catering service or interior decorating:
a. Type II procedure,
b. Maximum floor area: Five thousand square feet;
8. Professional and semiprofessional services:
a. Type I procedure,
b. Maximum floor area: Ten thousand square feet;
9. Restaurant:
a. Type II procedure,
b. Maximum floor area: Ten thousand square feet;
10. Tavern: In accordance with Section 18.13.030(B)(13) (RH Rural Homestead Zone);
11. Sanatorium or rest home: Type I procedure;
12. Cemetery or crematorium: In accordance with Section 18.13.030(B)(22) (RH Rural Homestead Zone);
13. Contractor's yard: In accordance with Section 18.13.030(B)(21) (RH Rural Homestead Zone);
14. Bank, (except non-chartered financial institutions): In accordance with Section 18.13.030(B)(24) (RH Rural Homestead Zone);
15. Commercial kennel:
a. Minimum site area: Five acres,
b. All other requirements of Section 18.13.030(B)(28) (RH Rural Homestead Zone);
16. Telephone or telegraph distribution installation or electrical receiving or distribution station (with or without a building): In accordance with Section 18.12.030(B)(19) (IR Institutional Reserve Zone);
17. Outside amplification for livestock or equestrian events: Type I procedure;
18. Artists or artisans workshop or studio:
a. Type II procedure,
b. Maximum floor area: Five thousand square feet;
19. Nursery with restricted retail sales:
a. Type II procedure.
b. Minimum site area: One hundred forty-four thousand square feet.
c. Minimum setback for nursery buildings and the storage of related materials: 100 feet.
d. The principal nursery use is the on-site propagation and cultivation of plant stock which may include desert plants salvaged from off-site locations.
e. A minimum of sixty percent of the nursery site must be allocated to the principal use.
f. Retail sales shall be primarily of on-site cultivated or off-site salvaged nursery stock. Sales of nursery products cultivated or produced off-site shall be a minor portion of retail sales. Retail sales shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the total sales for the nursery use.
g. Retail sales areas, including customer parking areas and display areas may not exceed one and a half acres.
h. Retail sales shall not include power tools and equipment, including farm equipment.
i. Access to the site shall only be from a major street as designated on the major streets and scenic routes plan. Access from the site to any abutting street that is not designated a major street is prohibited.
j. Landscaping and screening must meet the requirements of Chapter 18.73. A bufferyard type "D" is required. If possible, the bufferyard requirement shall be satisfied with plants in cultivation (in-ground) or natural desert.
k. Any outdoor lighting shall be in accordance with the county outdoor lighting code (Title 15).
l. The use of amplifiers or public address systems is prohibited.
m. All access lanes and parking areas within the nursery site shall be of a paved or concrete surface.
n. A development plan is required pursuant to Chapter 18.71.
20. Manufactured home park:
a. Type I procedure;
21. Off-road vehicle facility for personal use only:
a. Type I procedure.
b. Subject to the standards of 18.07.030(M).
22. Animal Rescue and Sanctuary Facility:
a. Type I procedure.
b. Subject to Section 18.09.020(N).
23. Medical marijuana designated caregiver cultivation location:
a. Type 1 procedure.
1) All conditions and restrictions for medical marijuana dispensary offsite cultivation location as provided for in Section 18.45.040E5 except that the Type 1 procedure as provided for in Section 18.97.030D2 is applied and the designated caregiver cultivation location area is limited to two hundred fifty square feet.
2) More than one designated caregiver may co-locate cultivation locations as long as the total cultivation area does not exceed two hundred fifty square feet.
24. Community food pantry:
a. Type I procedure.
b. All driveways and parking areas shall be maintained with a dust-proof material which shall be approved by the department of transportation.
25. Trail-Oriented Development:
a. Type I procedure.
b. In accordance with Section 18.07.030(V) (Land use regulations).
26. Other conditional uses: All uses which are similar in type, scale, and intensity to other uses which are specifically listed as requiring either Type 1, Type 2 or Type 3 conditional use procedures and which are, in the opinion of the zoning inspector, not otherwise unlawful, injurious to the general health or welfare or specifically excluded. (Ord. 2020-24, § 3, 2020; Ord. 2019-26 § 2, 2019: Ord. 2019-5 § 4, 2019; Ord. 2018-33 § 2, 2018; Ord. 2018-29 § 3, 2018; Ord. 2011-2 § 7, 2011; Ord. 2009-59 § 2 (part), 2009; Ord. 2007-81 § 5, 2007; Ord. 2005-105 § 3, 2005; Ord. 2005-85 § 4, 2005; Ord. 1998-37 § 3 (part), 1998; Ord. 1998-36 § 5, 1998; Ord. 1997-20 § 4 (part), 1997; Ord. 1986-188 § 1 (part), 1986; Ord. 1986-150 (part), 1986; Ord. 1985-187 § 1 (part), 1985)
a. Minimum site area: Thirty-six thousand square feet.
b. Minimum site area per dwelling unit: Thirty-six thousand square feet.
C. Minimum setback requirements:
1. Front: Thirty feet;
2. Side: Ten feet;
3. Rear: Forty feet.
D. Height limitations:
1. Maximum height: Thirty-four feet;
2. Maximum stories: Two.
E. Minimum distance between main buildings: Twenty feet.
F. Maintenance of stock-tight fences: A stock-tight fence and necessary cattle guards shall be erected along the boundaries of any property on which livestock is pastured, herded or cared for and which either abuts a public-maintained road or abuts the boundary of any zone other than IR. This provision shall not apply to open range as determined under Arizona Revised Statutes.
(Ord. 1987-67 § 1 (part), 1987; Ord. 1985-187 § 1 (part), 1985)
All manufactured home parks shall comply with the following development requirements:
A. Minimum site area: One hundred forty-four thousand square feet.
B. Minimum area per dwelling unit: Thirty-six thousand square feet.
C. Minimum site width: Sixty feet.
D. Minimum site setbacks:
1. Front: Thirty feet.
2. Side: Fifteen feet.
3. Rear: Forty feet.
E. Minimum distance between units: Fourteen feet.
F. Off-street parking: Per Section 18.75 (Off-street Parking and Loading Standards.)
G. Bufferyard "C" shall be placed around the perimeter of the manufactured home park unless more intensive bufferyards are required per Chapter 18.73 (Landscaping, Buffering, and Screening Standards).
H. Detached accessory buildings:
1. Maximum site coverage: Twenty-five percent of the rear yard setback area for the site.
2. Maximum height: Twenty-four feet.
3. Minimum distances required:
a. To dwelling units or other buildings: Seven feet.
b. To front site setback: Thirty feet for an entryway building used to control access, and for all other buildings.
c. To side site setback line: Ten feet.
d. To rear site setback line: Fifteen feet.
I. Storage area:
A manufactured home park may include a detached, accessory open storage area for the storage of a travel trailer, boat, automobile recreational vehicle, noncommercial truck, motorcycle, or similar vehicle owned by residents of the park.
1. Only residents of the park may use or have access to the open storage area.
2. All vehicles must be operable. Storage of junk or inoperable vehicles is not permitted.
3. A minimum five-foot wide buffer shall be provided around and abutting the entire storage area, except at the point of access. The buffer shall at a minimum include all of the following:
a. A minimum six-foot high opaque screen wall or fence.
b. A fifteen-gallon canopy tree for each twenty linear feet of buffer length.
c. A five-gallon desert shrub for each twenty linear feet of buffer length.
d. Two one-gallon accents, flowers or vines for each twenty linear feet of buffer length.
e. Decomposed granite or other acceptable groundcover over the entire buffer surface.
f. Plant materials within the buffer shall be selected from the official regulatory plant list, Section 18.73.030(A) (Landscape Design Manual).
J. Paving: All driveways and parking areas shall be surfaced with a durable asphalt, concrete, stone, tile or brick surface consistent with pavement design standards and principles and engineered according to soil conditions and anticipated wheel loads.
K. Exception: The requirements of this section do not apply to a manufactured home park which was permitted prior to May 26, 1998. Such a manufactured home park must comply with the zoning standards in place at the time the manufactured home park was permitted.
(Ord. 1998-37 § 3 (part), 1998)
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