YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE
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Pre-existing Addressing System: An addressing system for an area, in use prior to adoption of
this Section, which remains the official addressing system for that area as determined by the
Addressing Official.
Private Driveway: An unnamed roadway not located on publicly owned land, or land under
public jurisdiction, providing access to one or more buildings, including private easement,
street, or road.
Street Name: The official name of a roadway including a name and a suffix designation.
Suffix Designation: a descriptive qualifier at the end of a street name. See subsection G.1.f.
Thousand Grids: Grid numbers in multiples of one thousand (1,000) located primarily on
section lines.
Unit Number: A number affixed to an address number indicating a separate unit (apartment,
suite, etc.) within a building or complex that is assigned a single address.
F. GENERAL PROVISIONS:
1. Authority:
a. Only the Board of Supervisors, or the Addressing Official, may assign, approve,
or change an address.
b. The Addressing Official shall be responsible for the administration of these
standards and the maintenance of all maps and data related to addressing.
c. The county Engineer may, when available, provide the Addressing Official with
maps and legal descriptions pertinent to any action or proposed action which may
affect addressing and street naming including re-alignments, abandonments, and
right-of-way planning and acquisition.
d. The Addressing Official shall process applications for address assignments,
address changes, street naming applications, and street name change applications.
The Addressing Official will not assign any temporary addresses to any properties
within the unincorporated areas of Yavapai County.
2. Enforcement:
a. The Addressing Official may cite persons in violation of this Section.
b. In the event that the owner or occupant or person in charge of any house or
building refuses to comply with the terms of this Section by failing to affix the
number assigned within sixty (60) days, to remove any old numbers affixed to
such house, house entrance, or elsewhere, they shall be subject to civil penalty.
Each day the property does not comply with this Section is a separate violation.
c. In the event that the street name applicant refuses to comply with the terms of this
Section by failing to install street name signage within sixty (60) days and
removing any inaccurate street name signage along the roadway, the applicant
shall be subject to civil penalty. Each day the applicant does not comply with the
Ordinance is a separate violation. result in a civil penalty being assessed and
d. All violations of this Section shall result in a civil penalty being assessed and
shall fall under the jurisdiction of a County Hearing Officer appointed for
this purpose pursuant to A.R.S. §11-815 (E.). All rules for procedure for