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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 18.53
CI-2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE
18.53.010   Purpose.
18.53.020   Performance standards.
18.53.030   Permitted uses.
18.53.040   Development standards—General.
18.53.050   Development standards—Detached accessory buildings.
18.53.010   Purpose.
   Reserved.
18.53.020   Performance standards.
   A.   The following performance standards shall apply to all uses in this zone:
      1.   Noise.
         a.   At no point on the boundary of property having zoning other than CI-2 shall the sound pressure level of any individual operation or plant, excluding operation of motor vehicles or other transportation facilities, exceed the decibel levels in the designated octave bands, as follows:
1) Octave Band (Cycles Per Second)
2) Maximum Sound Pressure Level in Decibels (0.02 Dynes Per CM 2
1) Octave Band (Cycles Per Second)
2) Maximum Sound Pressure Level in Decibels (0.02 Dynes Per CM 2
0 to 75
72
76 to 150
67
151 to 300
59
301 to 600
52
601 to 1200
46
1201 to 2400
40
2401 to 4800
34
Above 4800
32
 
         b.   Sound levels shall be measured with a sound level meter and associated octave band filter manufactured according to standards prescribed in the American Standards Association. Measurements shall be made using the flat network of the sound level meter.
         c.   Impulsive type noises shall be subject to the performance standards prescribed, provided that such noises shall be capable of being accurately measured with such equipment;
            1)   Noises capable of being so measured, for the purpose of this section, shall be those noises which cause rapid fluctuations of the needle of the sound level meter with a variation of no more than plus or minus two decibels.
            2)   Noises incapable of being so measured, such as those of an irregular or intermittent nature, shall be controlled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.
      2.   Smoke.
         a.   No emission of smoke from any source shall be permitted to exceed a greater density than that density described as No. 1 on the Ringlemann Chart;
         b.   However, smoke may be emitted, which is equal to but not darker than No. 2 on the Ringlemann Chart, for not more than four minutes in any thirty-minute period.
         c.   For the purpose of grading the density of smoke, the Ringlemann Chart, as published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, shall be the standard.
      3.   Glare or Heat. Any activity producing intense glare or heat shall be performed in such manner as not to create a nuisance or hazard along lot lines.
      4.   Odors. No emission of odorous gases or other odorous matter shall be permitted in such quantities as to be offensive in such a manner as to create a nuisance or hazard beyond the property line.
      5.   Vibration. No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible beyond the lot line to the human sense of feeling for:
         a.   Three minutes or more duration in any one hour of the day between the hours of seven a.m. and seven p.m.; or
         b.   Thirty seconds or more duration in any one hour during the hours seven p.m. to seven a.m.
      6.   Fly Ash, Dust, Fumes, Vapors, Gases and Other Forms of Air Pollution. No emission shall be permitted which can cause any damage to health, to animals or vegetation, or other forms of property, or which can cause any excessive soiling;
      7.   Liquids and Solid Waste. No wastes shall be discharged in the streets, drainageways or any property which is dangerous to the public health and safety, and no waste shall be discharged in the public sewage system which endangers the normal operation of the public sewage system.
   B.   Certifications. The zoning inspector shall not issue a permit for any use until the applicant has provided the required number of plans showing the certificates of the department of transportation and flood control district, traffic engineer and health department director, certifying that said use complies with all laws and regulations under their jurisdiction, and the zoning inspector has determined that the use complies with this chapter.
   C.   All uses of Section 18.53.030D shall be situated at least five hundred feet from any residence or business district boundary line: however, this five-hundred-foot area may be used for:
      1.   Off-street parking;
      2.   Landscaping; or
      3.   Recreational space for employees.
(Ord. 1985-82 (part), 1985)
18.53.030   Permitted uses.
   A.   Any use permitted in Section 18.45.030B and C (CB-2 General Business Zone), and 18.51.030B, C (1-9) and E (CI-1 Light Industrial/Warehousing Zone), within or without a building or enclosure and not subject to any limitation in said subsections.
   B.   Any other industrial use susceptible of meeting the performance standards established in Section 18.53.020A, except those listed in Section 18.53.030D and 18.55.030B (CI-3 Heavy Industrial Zone).
   C.   Additional uses:
      1.   Service station;
      2.   Automobile repair;
      3.   Restaurant;
      4.   Doctor's office or clinic;
      5.   General store;
      6.   Sale of products manufactured on the site.
      7.   Animal Rescue and Sanctuary Facility for cats, dogs and small household pets, subject to the enclosure requirements of 18.51.030(C) and the eligibility requirements of Sections 18.09.020(N)(3) and 18.09.020(N)(5).
   D.   The following uses, as restricted in Section 18.53.020C:
      1.   Boiler shop or works;
      2.   Commercial cattle sales, auction yard or cattle rest;
      3.   Dirt, soil, clay, sand, rock, stone, or gravel pit or yard;
      4.   Fat rendering, reduction of offal;
      5.   Manufacture of: Acid, ammonia, asphalt or products, asbestos, brick, tile or terra cotta, babbitt metal, bleaching powder, carbon, lamp black or graphite, cement, celluloid, chlorine gas, coal tar or products, illuminating gas, gelatin, glucose, glue or size, gypsum, insulating material (such as rock wool and similar products), lime or products, phenol, pickles, plaster of paris, potash, rubber, strawboard or cardboard by reclamation, sauerkraut, soap except by cold process, tar or asphalt roofing, turpentine, vinegar;
      6.   Meat packing plant or slaughter house;
      7.   Petroleum products storage above ground: Except in quantities of less than one thousand barrels;
      8.   Racetrack or sports stadium: Except for contests between human beings only;
      9.   Rifle range, including pistol range: If not within an enclosed building;
      10.   Rolling mill: In enclosed building only;
      11.   Salt works;
      12.   Sandblasting plant: In enclosed building only;
      13.   Sewage disposal: Not operated under the control of the board of supervisors, a municipality, or a sanitary district;
      14.   Wood or bone distillation;
      15.   Wool pulling or scouring plant.
   E.   Accessory building or use: When located on the same building site.
   F.   Airport facilities: In accordance with Chapter 18.57.
   G.   Hotel, motel, lodge or inn: In accordance with Section 18.51.030H (CI-1 Light Industrial/Warehousing Zone).
   H.   Junk, salvage, auto wrecking, impoundment storage or used materials yards: Subject to the following requirements:
      1.   Minimum area: One acre (forty-three thousand five hundred sixty square feet);
      2.   Maximum area: Two acres, except that an additional two acres may be permitted by the board of adjustment when it is determined by the board that this additional area is necessary to the reasonable expansion of the operation of the business, but not for additional storage of car hulks or scrap materials;
      3.   Minimum setback:
         a.   From public streets: Fifty feet,
         b.   From a proposed right-of-way line on a major street: Fifty feet,
         c.   From a residential zone: Fifty feet;
      4.   Screening:
         a.   An opaque fence or wall shall be properly installed and maintained along any major thoroughfare and along any properly maintained street and where such a use is adjacent to a residential zone,
         b.   Maximum height of fence: Twelve feet,
         c.   A chain link or cyclone fence may be used in conjunction with a properly maintained planting screen along the entire length of such fence,
         d.   No car bodies or salvage materials not ordinarily used for fencing may be used for this purpose;
      5.   Stacking shall not be permitted above the height of the fence or the wall;
      6.   No advertising shall be permitted on a fence or wall other than the name of business on the premises. Signs shall not exceed one hundred square feet on any one side of such fence or wall;
      7.   No exterior display or storage of material or salvage parts or wrecked vehicles;
      8.   Storage of used tires provided the tires are stored in a roofed bin, constructed for that purpose;
      9.   Maximum number of car hulks permitted to be stored at one time: Two hundred per gross acre;
      10.   Existing yards:
         a.   Existing yards shall conform to Sections 18.53.030H3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 within twelve months of July 6, 1965;
         b.   The zoning inspector may, upon presentation of proof of hardship, extend this term for an additional period of six months;
         c.   The permit may be extended for an additional six months by the planning and zoning commission upon presentation of sufficient proof of hardship.
(Ord. 2007-81 § 12, 2007; Ord. 1986-188 § 1 (part), 1986; Ord. 1985-152 § 1 (part), 1985; Ord. 1985-82 (part), 1985)
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