YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE
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3. Self-Service Storage Facility Signs:
Signage shall be limited to one (1) sign for each property line abutting or adjoining a
street right-of-way. Signs identifying the nature of the residential storage facility shall
not exceed fifteen feet (15’) feet in height or forty (40) square feet in area. No additional
advertising signs will be permitted within the Self-Storage Complex.
D. OFF-PREMISE SIGNS: Off-premise signs may be permitted subject to the following conditions,
and restrictions:
1. Off-Premise signs other than directional signs described in Subsection C.1.b. above shall
be permitted only in the C3, M1, and M2 Zoning Districts.
2. No new, relocated, or reconstructed off-premise sign shall be permitted within two
hundred feet (200’) of a residential zone.
3. No new, relocated, or reconstructed off-premise sign shall be permitted within one
thousand five hundred feet (1,500’) of an existing off-premise sign.
4. Off-premise signs shall be constructed on no more than three (3) supports.
5. Off-premise signs shall be located at least one thousand feet (1,000’) from the property
to which it refers or advertises.
6. In addition to the general provisions of this Sign Code, all off-premise signs shall
conform to the following development standards:
a. Maximum height: twenty feet ( 20’).
b. Maximum area: one hundred sixty (160) square feet.
c. Shall not be located closer to a street than any existing building within one
hundred feet (100’) thereof, but in no case closer to the street right-of-way than
twenty feet (20’).
d. Lighting shall be either internal or by indirect source (shielded and either directed
downward with reference to the horizontal plane of the ground surface or fitted
with an approved glare reduction device to prevent the upward escape of light).
8. Off-Premise signs consisting of banners or other temporary means of advertising annual
special community events, festivals, and similar public gatherings of a "not-for-profit
nature" shall be permitted in C2, C3, M1, and M2 Zoning Districts. Such signs shall
obtain Temporary Sign Permits, on a no-fee basis, prior to their erection. Permits for
such signs shall be for a specific period, after which such signs shall be removed. Such
signs shall otherwise comply with the general provisions, and the provisions of the
Zoning District in which they are to be placed, except that with proper authorization, such
signs may be placed within or across the right-of-way of a public street or road. The
number of such signs shall be limited to one (1) per entrance to the community by a
County or state arterial highway.
9. If any off-premise sign contains copy advertising a use, business or product no longer in
existence or available; or is left blank or damaged so as to be largely illegible; or is
maintained without copy or without "space available" advertising for a period exceeding
one hundred eighty (180) days or six (6) months, such sign shall be deemed abandoned
and such sign shall be removed within thirty (30) days of written notification.
E. SIGN REGULATIONS Specific to the Residential Districts: R1L (Single Family Limited),
RMM (Multi-Sectional Manufactured Homes), R1 (Single Family), R2 (Multi Family), OS