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Publisher's Introduction
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 INDIGENT HEALTH CARE
Title 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Title 10 TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAYS
Title 11 PIMA COUNTY PROCUREMENT CODE
Title 12 (RESERVED)
Title 13 PUBLIC SERVICES
Title 14 RENEWABLE ENERGY INCENTIVE DISTRICT (REID)
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Title 16 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
Title 17 AIR QUALITY CONTROL
Title 18 ZONING
Chapter 18.01 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 18.03 GENERAL DEFINITIONS
Chapter 18.05 ZONES, MAPS AND BOUNDARIES
Chapter 18.07 GENERAL REGULATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
Chapter 18.09 GENERAL RESIDENTIAL AND RURAL ZONING PROVISIONS
Chapter 18.11 TH TRAILER HOMESITE ZONE
Chapter 18.12 IR INSTITUTIONAL RESERVE ZONE
Chapter 18.13 RH RURAL HOMESTEAD ZONE [1]
Chapter 18.14 GR-1 RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE
Chapter 18.15 ML MOUNT LEMMON ZONE
Chapter 18.17 SR SUBURBAN RANCH ZONE*
Chapter 18.18 SR-2 SUBURBAN RANCH ESTATE ZONE
Chapter 18.19 SH SUBURBAN HOMESTEAD ZONE
Chapter 18.21 CR-1 SINGLE RESIDENCE ZONE
Chapter 18.23 CR-2 SINGLE RESIDENCE ZONE
Chapter 18.25 CR-3 SINGLE RESIDENCE ZONE
Chapter 18.27 CR-4 MIXED-DWELLING TYPE ZONE
Chapter 18.29 CR-5 MULTIPLE RESIDENCE ZONE
Chapter 18.31 TR TRANSITIONAL ZONE
Chapter 18.33 CMH-1 COUNTY MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOME - 1 ZONE
Chapter 18.35 CMH-2 COUNTY MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOME - 2 ZONE
Chapter 18.37 MU MULTIPLE USE ZONE
Chapter 18.39 GENERAL COMMERCIAL STANDARDS
Chapter 18.40 MR MAJOR RESORT ZONE
Chapter 18.41 RVC RURAL VILLAGE CENTER ZONE
Chapter 18.43 CB-1 LOCAL BUSINESS ZONE
Chapter 18.45 CB-2 GENERAL BUSINESS ZONE
Chapter 18.47 INDUSTRIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS
Chapter 18.49 CPI CAMPUS PARK INDUSTRIAL ZONE
Chapter 18.51 CI-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL/WAREHOUSING ZONE
Chapter 18.53 CI-2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE
Chapter 18.55 CI-3 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONE*
Chapter 18.57 AIRPORT ENVIRONS AND FACILITIES*
Chapter 18.58 HELIPORTS AND HELISTOPS
Chapter 18.59 GC GOLF COURSE ZONE
Chapter 18.61 HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY ZONE*
Chapter 18.63 HISTORIC ZONE
Chapter 18.65 (RESERVED)
Chapter 18.67 BUFFER OVERLAY ZONE
Chapter 18.68 INFILL OVERLAY ZONE
Chapter 18.69 SUBDIVISION STANDARDS
Chapter 18.70 MINOR LANDS DIVISION
Chapter 18.71 DEVELOPMENT PLAN STANDARDS*
Chapter 18.72 NATIVE PLANT PRESERVATION
Chapter 18.73 LANDSCAPING, BUFFERING AND SCREENING STANDARDS*
Chapter 18.75 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS
Chapter 18.77 ROADWAY FRONTAGE STANDARDS
Chapter 18.78 GATEWAY OVERLAY ZONE
Chapter 18.79 SIGN STANDARDS*
Chapter 18.81 GRADING STANDARDS
Chapter 18.83 ADDRESS STANDARDS
Chapter 18.85 (RESERVED)
Chapter 18.87 (RESERVED)
Chapter 18.89 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN [2]
Chapter 18.90 SPECIFIC PLANS
Chapter 18.91 REZONING PROCEDURES
Chapter 18.92 TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
Chapter 18.93 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIANCES, TEMPORARY USE PERMITS AND INTERPRETATIONS*
Chapter 18.95 COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT*
Chapter 18.97 CONDITIONAL USE PROCEDURES
Chapter 18.99 REVIEW COMMITTEES
Chapter 18.101 ADMINISTRATORS
Title 19 ROADWAY DEVELOPMENT FEE
Title 20 THE SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION PROGRAM
Title 21 PUBLIC LANDS AND FACILITIES
STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR ARIZONA COUNTIES
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
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18.33.050   Development standards—Accessory buildings and accessory structures.
   A.   Permitted coverage: Five percent of the lot area.
   B.   Maximum height: Twenty-four feet.
   C.   Minimum distance standards:
      1.   To front lot line: Sixty feet;
      2.   To side lot lines: Four feet;
      3.   To rear lot line: Four feet;
      4.   Accessory structures used to shelter chickens shall be a minimum of twenty feet from any dwelling on adjoining properties.
(Ord. 2017-36 § 5 (part), 2017; Ord. 2004-59 § 17, 2004; Ord. 1985-82 (part), 1985)
18.33.055   Development standards—Manufactured home park.
   All manufactured home parks shall comply with the following development requirements:
   A.   Minimum site area: Thirty-two thousand square feet.
   B.   Minimum area per dwelling unit: Eight thousand square feet.
   C.   Minimum site width: Sixty feet.
   D.   Minimum site setbacks:
      1.   Front: Twenty feet.
      2.   Side: Eight feet.
      3.   Rear: Twenty-five feet.
   E.   Minimum distance between units: Fourteen feet.
   F.   Off-street parking: Per Chapter 18.75 (Off-street Parking and Loading Standards).
   G.   Landscaping: Per Chapter 18.73 (Landscaping, Buffering, and Screening Standards), provided, however, that the minimum bufferyard along the perimeter of a manufactured home park is bufferyard "C".
   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 lot line: Twenty feet for an entryway building used to control access, and thirty feet for all other buildings;
         c.   To side lot line: Ten feet;
         d.   To rear lot 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, two one-gallon accents, flowers or vines for each twenty linear feet of buffer length; and
         d.   decomposed granite of other acceptable groundcover over the entire buffer surface.
      4.   Plant materials within the buffer shall be selected from the official regulatory plant list, Section 18.73.030.A (Landscape Design Manual).
   J.   Common areas. For parks with more than five dwelling units, a minimum of five percent of the gross site area, excluding streets and other rights-of-way shall be devoted to recreational facilities or common functionally usable open space as defined in Section 18.09.040.B.5.
   K.   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.
(Ord. 1998-37 § 5 (part), 1998; Ord. 1997-1 § 2, 1997)
18.33.060   Cluster development option.
   A.   This option shall be permitted only for subdivided residential lots as allowed in this chapter, and their associated open space, in accordance with Section 18.09.040 (General Residential and Rural Zoning Provisions).
(Ord. 1985-111 § 1 (part), 1985; Ord. 1985-82 (part), 1985)