YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE
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Commercial light installations that are removed or relocated during a building remodel
will be required to meet the then current Ordinance requirements.
A. TITLE AND PURPOSE:
1. This Section provides for the uniform assignment of property numbers the naming of new
streets and renaming of old streets with conflicting or duplicate names in order to provide
for efficient emergency services and the safety of the residents of Yavapai County as
authorized by A.R.S. §11-811 et seq. and §11-251.05.
B. APPLICABILITY:
This Section shall apply to all lands within the unincorporated area of Yavapai County and any
incorporated areas included through intergovernmental agreement.
C. SEVERABILITY:
Should any article, section or regulation of this section be judicially declared unconstitutional or
invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole, or any portion
thereof other than the article, section or regulation so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
D. REPEALS:
This Section repeals and rescinds all addressing and street naming standards approved in
Resolutions #458 (adopted by B.O.S. 3-9-81), #700 (Adopted by B.O.S. 10-14-86) and #800
(adopted by B.O.S. 8-7-89).
E. DEFINITIONS:
For the purposes of this Section, the following terms are defined as follows:
Address: A property location identification including the following elements: Number,
Directional Prefix, Street Name, Suffix, Post Directional and Unit Number, if applicable.
Addressing Official: The Development Services Director and/or designee charged with the
administration of these standards.
Baseline: A north-south or east-west line used as a zero-starting point for address numbers in a
grid system.
Dedicated Street: A named or unnamed roadway located on land that is publicly owned and
reserved for public access (a.k.a. public dedicated right-of-way).
Directional Prefix: A prefix assigned to a street based on its overall direction and its location
within a grid system. The directional prefix is not part of the street name but is for addressing
and 9-1-1 purposes.
Frontage: The direction a building faces, or the point at which a private driveway meets a
named roadway.
Grid System: Addressing system whereby address numbers are assigned based on distance
from a baseline.
Hundred Block: An incremental breakdown (one-tenth) of a thousand grid.
Origin: The point at which the north-south and east-west baselines meet in a grid system.
SECTION 604 STREET NAMING AND ADDRESSING