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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
Chapter 18.37
MU MULTIPLE USE ZONE
18.37.010   Permitted uses.
18.37.020   MU special uses.
18.37.030   Development standards—Residential.
18.37.040   Development standards—Nonresidential.
18.37.050   Development standards—Accessory buildings and accessory structures.
18.37.060   Mobile home subdivision option.
18.37.065   Development standards—Manufactured home park.
18.37.070   Lot development option.
18.37.010   Permitted uses.
   A.   Uses permitted:
      1.   All uses as permitted in Section 18.09.020(A) (General Residential and Rural Zoning Provisions);
      2.   Duplex dwelling;
      3.   Multiple dwelling;
      4.   Dwelling group;
      5.   Manufactured or mobile home;
      6.   Manufactured home park in accordance with Section 18.37.065;
      7.   Trailer or trailer court;
      8.   Boarding/rooming house;
      9.   Private stable: In accordance with Section 18.21.010(A)(3) (CR-1 Single Residence Zone);
      10.   Motel;
      11.   Private and parochial school in accordance with Section 18.09.020(A)(1)(g);
      12.   College or governmental structure;
      13.   Community service agency;
      14.   Library or museum;
      15.   Playground or athletic field;
      16.   Public or private utility and facilities;
      17.   Hospital or sanatorium, provided:
         a.   The building site of any hospital is not less than four commercial acres, and
         b.   The buildings of any hospital or sanatorium occupy not more than thirty percent of the building site and are located at least fifty feet from any lot line;
      18.   Clinic;
      19.   Club;
      20.   Club (private, athletic, sport or recreation);
      21.   Keeping chickens in accordance with the restrictions in Section 18.09.020(T)(1) (General Residential and Rural Zoning Provisions);
      22.   Trail-Oriented Development: In accordance with Section 18.07.030(V) (Land use regulations).
(Ord. 2020-24, § 5, 2020; Ord. 2017-36 § 7 (part), 2017; Ord. 2011-2 § 9, 2011; Ord. 1998-37 § 7 (part), 1998; Ord. 1998-36 § 14, 1998; Ord. 1985-153 § 1 (part), 1985; Ord. 1985-82 (part), 1985)
18.37.020   MU special uses.
   A.   Any of the uses of Section 18.37.020(B); provided, that:
      1.   The applicant for an MU special use permit submits plans to the zoning inspector for the proposed use; and
      2.   When the zoning inspector finds that the use will create no foreseeable flood, traffic or health hazards or nuisances as defined by the standards adopted by the board of supervisors, the inspector shall then give notice by mail to all property owners of record within three hundred feet of the proposed site of the intention to grant an MU special use permit for the use, and giving any interested person thirty days in which to appeal to the board of adjustment from the inspector's interpretation of the application of the standards in connection with the proposed use; and
      3.   If no appeal is received within thirty days from the date the notices are mailed, the permit shall be issued and become final;
      4.   All uses are subject to Pima County Code Section 18.71 Development Plan Standards; and
      5.   All uses must comply with Section 18.53.020(A) (CI-2 General Industrial Zone).
   B.   Uses conditionally permitted:
      1.   Cemetery or crematory;
      2.   Storage building or warehouse (except if operated in conjunction with a permitted manufacturing or home occupation use, in which case no separate permit shall be required);
      3.   Building material, contractor's or well driller's equipment yard;
      4.   Lumber or commercial feed yard;
      5.   Business: Any use permitted in Section 18.43.030(B) (CB-1 Local Business Zone) and in Section 18.45.030(B) and (C) (CB-2 General Business Zone), except massage establishment, reducing salon or gymnasium, which is expressly prohibited under this chapter;
      6.   Manufacture, processing, assembly or repairing which the board of adjustment determines not objectionable due to odors, smoke, noise, vibration or similar cause. Permitted are the following:
         a.   The manufacture, assembly and repair of advertising displays,
         b.   The processing, assembly and repair of light sheet-metal products, miscellaneous small parts, novelties, toys and merchandise from previously prepared materials such as cellophane, nylon, canvas, cloth, felt, leather, paper, plastics and similar materials;
      7.   The primary assembly of electrical appliances, radios, phonographs, and similar assembly businesses;
      8.   The processing of food products except: meat, fish, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast, pickles, and the refining of fats and oils, and canneries;
      9.   Beverage bottling plant;
      10.   Laundry, cleaning or dyeing works;
      11.   Auto body or fender repair: If operated in conjunction with a general garage or gasoline service station business;
      12.   Experimental laboratory;
      13.   Radio or television tower or station;
      14.   Veterinary hospital;
      15.   Kennels;
      16.   Commercial stable: In accordance with Section 18.17.030(C)(1) (SR Suburban Ranch Zone);
      17.   Animal Rescue and Sanctuary Facility for cats, dogs, and small household pets, provided that no such building or structure is within one hundred feet of the boundary of an adjacent rural or residentially-zoned property, unless such building or structure is used as a caretaker's residence.
         a.   Owners and operators of such facilities must meet the eligibility requirements of Sections 18.09.020(N)(3) and 18.09.020(N)(5).
      18.   Fair, carnival, circus or tent show: For not more than fifteen days;
      19.   Community food pantry.
(Ord. 2019-5 § 7, 2019; Ord. 2009-59 § 3, 2009; Ord. 2007-81 § 10, 2007; Ord. 1986-125 § 1 (part), 1986; Ord. 1985-82 (part), 1985)
18.37.030   Development standards—Residential.
   A.   Minimum lot area: Seven thousand square feet.
   B.   Minimum lot area per dwelling unit: Three thousand five hundred square feet.
   C.   Minimum lot width: Sixty feet.
   D.   Minimum yard requirements:
      1.   Front: Twenty feet, which may be used to meet off-street parking requirements, or as part of an off-street parking lot;
      2.   Side: Seven feet each;
      3.   Rear: Twenty-five feet.
   E.   Building height limitations:
      1.   Maximum height:
         a.   Thirty-four feet, or,
         b.   Eighty feet for all buildings located outside of the following Approach-Departure Corridors defined in Chapter 18.57:
            i.   ADC-1
            ii.   ADC-2 and greater than 2,500 feet from the ADC-2 boundary,
            iii.   ADC-3.
            Provided that the building is setback a minimum distance equal to double the total building height from any abutting existing permitted single family detached residence. The distance shall be measured from the closest point of the existing residence to the proposed building.
   F.   Minimum distance between main buildings: Fourteen feet.
(Ord. 2019-10 (part), 2019; Ord. 1985-82 (part), 1985)
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