YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE
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PETS (HOUSEHOLD) – Dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, etc. (and other small animals under one hundred
(100) pounds), for family use only (noncommercial) with cages, pens, etc.
PORCH (OPEN) - A porch in which any portion extending into a front or side yard shall have no
enclosure by walls, screens, lattice or other material higher than fifty-four inches (54”) above the natural
grade line adjacent thereto; which porch is to be used solely for ingress and egress and not for occupancy
as a sleeping porch or wash room.
POWER GENERATING UTILITY (for purposes of generating power - electrical or otherwise) –
Any facility designed to generate power that transfers power off-site for sale. With the exception of
NET METERING as adopted by the Arizona Corporation Commission.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING - See BUILDING.
PRIVATE GARAGE - See GARAGE.
PRIVATE USE - See USE.
PROFESSIONAL USE - See USE.
PUBLIC GARAGE - See GARAGE.
PUBLIC USE - See USE.
RESIDENTIAL USE - See USE.
RESTAURANT - An establishment (other than a boarding house) where meals that may be procured
by the public are prepared.
REST HOME - Same as HOSPITAL.
ROOMING HOUSE - A dwelling, otherwise permitted in the District in which it is situated, containing
five (5) or fewer guestrooms and in which food may or may not be served to the occupants thereof. Any
dwelling in which more than five (5) rooms are occupied as guestrooms shall be deemed to be a hotel.
SALES OFFICE, TEMPORARY - Real estate sales facility for on-site sales only within an approved
subdivision.
SCHOOL (NURSERY) - An institution intended primarily for the daytime care of children of pre-
school age. Even though some instruction may be offered in connection with such care, the institution
shall not be considered a "School" within the meaning of this Ordinance.
SEATS – Where parking spaces are based on numbers of seats in a facility, each thirty inches (30”) of
width for bench seating shall be deemed one (1) seat. In the case of fixed seating, each chair shall
constitute one (1) seat.
SECONDARY MEDICAL DWELLING - A park trailer, recreational vehicle (excluding campers and
tent trailers), travel trailer or manufactured home with kitchen facilities, used exclusively by an ill,
handicapped or elderly person in need of special care or supervision, or a care provider for such a person,
if the ill, handicapped or elderly person is the owner or resident of the main dwelling or a relative of the
owner or resident of the main dwelling.
SELF-HELP LAUNDRY - See LAUNDRY.
SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES - Any multi-unit facility designated or used for the
purpose of providing individual, compartmentalized and controlled access stalls or lockers for the dead
storage of customers' goods and wares as specified in Section 573 (Standards for Self-Storage Facilities).