YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE
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GARAGE (PRIVATE) - An accessory building occupied primarily by the passenger motor vehicles of
the families residing on the same lot.
GARAGE (PUBLIC) - Any building, other than that defined as a private garage, used for the storage
or care of motor vehicles, or where any such vehicles are equipped for operation, repaired, or kept for
remuneration, hire or sale.
GRADE (adjacent natural ground elevation). - The lowest point of elevation of the natural surface of
the ground, within the area between the building and a line five feet (5’) from the building.
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT (GVW) – The sum total of the weight of a vehicle plus the vehicle’s
maximum load capacity as stated by the vehicle’s manufacturer.
GUEST HOME – One (1) secondary structure meeting the applicable Zoning District requirements as
to construction type not exceeding seven hundred fifty (750) square feet of livable building area or
twenty-five percent (25%) of the total square footage of livable building area under roof whichever is
larger of the primary residential structure and meeting primary structure setbacks of the pertinent zoning
district.
GUESTROOM – One (1) or more rooms intended for occupancy overnight (or longer) by other than
members of the family. If such contains cooking facilities it is deemed a dwelling unit.
HOME OCCUPATION - A use within a primary dwelling or in an attached or detached structure
carried on by residents thereof for gain, which use is merely incidental to the residential use and does
not change the character thereof by display or otherwise.
HOSPITAL - A place for the treatment or care of human ailments, and, unless otherwise specified, the
term shall include sanitarium, clinic, maternity home, rest home, convalescent home and similar.
HOTEL - A building other than a boarding house, which building contains more than five (5)
guestrooms and where entrance to the sleeping rooms or apartments is from a common entrance or lobby
used primarily for lodging on a daily or weekly basis. For Density Formula purposes, two (2) such
guestrooms may be counted as one (1) dwelling unit.
HOTEL (APARTMENT) - A building or group of buildings containing a number of independent suites
of rooms for dwelling purposes and in which at least one (1) common dining room is provided. For
Density Formula purposes, each two (2) guestrooms may be counted as one (1) dwelling unit.
INSPECTOR - See LAND USE SPECIALIST.
INTERIOR LOT - See LOT.
JUNK YARD - See YARD.
KEY LOT - See LOT.
KINDERGARTEN - Same as Nursery School except when operated in conjunction with a school of
general instruction and having accredited instruction.
LAND USE SPECIALIST (a.k.a. Zoning Inspector per State Statute) - Person or any deputy specialists
charged with investigation and enforcement of these and other related regulations in Yavapai County.
The Development Services Director as appointed by the Board of Supervisors assumes the title of Land
Use Specialist in accordance with A.R.S. §11-815A and may assign these duties to the Land Use Unit
or other designate.
LAUNDRY (SELF-HELP) - A building in which domestic type washing machines and/or dryers are
provided on a rental basis for use by individuals doing their own laundry.