Blythe City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
DIVISION I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Chapter 17.02 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 17.04.010 - Access.
- 17.04.020 - Accessory building.
- 17.04.030 - Accessory use.
- 17.04.040 - Alley.
- 17.04.050 - Apartment.
- 17.04.060 - Apartment, bachelor.
- 17.04.070 - Apartment, efficiency.
- 17.04.080 - Apartment house.
- 17.04.090 - Apartment, one-bedroom.
- 17.04.100 - Apartment, two-or-more-bedroom.
- 17.04.110 - Architectural feature.
- 17.04.120 - Area, net.
- 17.04.130 - Assessor.
- 17.04.140 - Attach.
- 17.04.150 - Automobile impound yard.
- 17.04.160 - Automobile service station.
- 17.04.170 - Basement.
- 17.04.180 - Breezeway.
- 17.04.190 - Buildable area.
- 17.04.200 - Building.
- 17.04.210 - Building area.
- 17.04.220 - Building height.
- 17.04.230 - Building, main.
- 17.04.240 - Building setback line.
- 17.04.250 - Building site.
- 17.04.260 - Camper.
- 17.04.270 - Carport.
- 17.04.280 - Centerline.
- 17.04.290 - Compact car.
- 17.04.300 - Compatible use.
- 17.04.310 - Condominium.
- 17.04.320 - County.
- 17.04.330 - County recorder.
- 17.04.340 - Court.
- 17.04.350 - Coverage.
- 17.04.360 - Curbline.
- 17.04.365 - Design review committee.
- 17.04.370 - Double frontage lot.
- 17.04.380 - Drive-in business.
- 17.04.390 - Driveway.
- 17.04.400 - Dwelling.
- 17.04.410 - Dwelling unit.
- 17.04.420 - Easement.
- 17.04.425 - Emergency shelter.
- 17.04.430 - Enclosed building.
- 17.04.440 - Enclosed space.
- 17.04.450 - Family.
- 17.04.455 - Farmworker housing.
- 17.04.460 - Federal.
- 17.04.470 - Fence.
- 17.04.480 - Floor area.
- 17.04.490 - Front wall.
- 17.04.500 - Frontage.
- 17.04.510 - Garage.
- 17.04.520 - Grade.
- 17.04.530 - Guest.
- 17.04.540 - Hedge.
- 17.04.550 - Home occupation.
- 17.04.560 - Household pet.
- 17.04.565 - Intensification of use.
- 17.04.570 - Kennel.
- 17.04.580 - Kitchen.
- 17.04.590 - Landscaping.
- 17.04.600 - Legal lot or parcel of land.
- 17.04.610 - Loading space.
- 17.04.620 - Lot area.
- 17.04.630 - Lot, corner.
- 17.04.640 - Lot coverage.
- 17.04.650 - Lot depth.
- 17.04.660 - Lot, interior.
- 17.04.670 - Lot, key.
- 17.04.680 - Lot line.
- 17.04.690 - Lot line, front.
- 17.04.700 - Lot line, rear.
- 17.04.710 - Lot line, side.
- 17.04.720 - Lot of record.
- 17.04.730 - Lot, reversed corner.
- 17.04.740 - Lot slope.
- 17.04.750 - Lot, through.
- 17.04.760 - Lot width.
- 17.04.770 - Manufactured housing.
- 17.04.774 - Mobile home.
- 17.04.778 - Modular housing.
- 17.04.780 - Off-street parking facility.
- 17.04.790 - Open space.
- 17.04.800 - Parking space, automobile.
- 17.04.810 - Person.
- 17.04.815 - Plot plan.
- 17.04.820 - Rabbits, poultry and domestic fowl.
- 17.04.830 - Recreational vehicle.
- 17.04.840 - Recreation space.
- [17.04.842 - Service station.]
- 17.04.850 - Sign.
- 17.04.860 - Sign structure.
- 17.04.865 - Single-room occupancy (SRO).
- 17.04.870 - Story.
- 17.04.880 - Street.
- 17.04.890 - Street centerline.
- 17.04.900 - Street line.
- 17.04.910 - Street, side.
- 17.04.920 - Structure.
- 17.04.930 - Structural alterations.
- 17.04.935 - Supportive housing.
- 17.04.940 - Swimming pool.
- 17.04.950 - Transient.
- 17.04.955 - Transitional housing.
- 17.04.960 - Use.
- 17.04.970 - Used for.
- 17.04.975 - Viewshed.
- 17.04.980 - Visual obstruction.
- 17.04.990 - Wall.
DIVISION II
ZONES
Sections
- Chapter 17.06 - ZONES AND MAP
- 17.06.010 - Zones designated.
- 17.06.020 - Official zoning map adopted.
- 17.06.030 - Uncertainty as to boundaries.
- 17.06.040 - Filing of map.
- 17.06.050 - Amendments and changes to map.
- 17.06.060 - Redevelopment overlay zone.
- 17.06.061 - Purpose.
- 17.06.062 - Manner of development.
- 17.06.063 - Conditional use permit.
- 17.06.064 - Zoning map designation.
- Chapter 17.08 - PERMITTED USES[2]
- 17.08.010 - Uses permitted in each zone.
- 17.08.015 - Accessory dwelling unit.
- 17.08.020 - Administrative/professional services.
- 17.08.030 - Adult businesses.
- 17.08.040 - Airport.
- 17.08.050 - Animal boarding.
- 17.08.060 - Animal grooming.
- 17.08.070 - Animal health care.
- 17.08.080 - Animal keeping (light).
- 17.08.090 - Automobile dismantling yard.
- 17.08.095 - Automobile painting.
- 17.08.100 - Automobile parking.
- 17.08.110 - Automobile repair.
- 17.08.120 - Automobile sales/rentals.
- 17.08.130 - Automotive servicing.
- 17.08.140 - Automotive storage.
- 17.08.150 - Building material yards.
- 17.08.160 - Business support services.
- 17.08.170 - Cemeteries.
- 17.08.180 - Communication services.
- 17.08.190 - Construction sales and services.
- 17.08.200 - Convenience sales and services.
- 17.08.205 - Crematory.
- 17.08.210 - Cultural exhibits-museums, nonprofit.
- 17.08.220 - Custom manufacturing.
- 17.08.230 - Family daycare home.
- 17.08.240 - Eating/drinking establishments.
- 17.08.250 - Educational institutions/schools.
- 17.08.255 - Emergency shelter.
- 17.08.260 - Entertainment facilities.
- 17.08.270 - Farm equipment repair.
- 17.08.280 - Farm equipment sales/rentals.
- 17.08.290 - Farm/plant cultivation (heavy).
- 17.08.300 - Farm products processing.
- 17.08.310 - Farm supplies.
- 17.08.315 - Farmworker housing.
- 17.08.320 - Financial institutions.
- 17.08.330 - Food and beverage sales.
- 17.08.340 - Fraternal organization/lodge hall/club.
- 17.08.350 - Funeral services.
- 17.08.360 - General manufacturing.
- 17.08.370 - Group dwelling.
- 17.08.380 - Guest house.
- 17.08.390 - Heavy manufacturing.
- 17.08.400 - Hospitals.
- 17.08.410 - Instructional services.
- 17.08.420 - Jails.
- 17.08.425 - Junior accessory dwelling unit.
- 17.08.430 - Junk and salvage yard.
- 17.08.440 - Laundry services (heavy).
- 17.08.450 - Laundry services (light).
- 17.08.460 - Library services.
- 17.08.470 - Livestock/animal keeping (heavy).
- 17.08.480 - Livestock feeding/sales.
- 17.08.490 - Medical services.
- 17.08.500 - Mobile home park.
- 17.08.510 - Multiple-family dwelling.
- 17.08.520 - Plant cultivation (light).
- 17.08.530 - Postal services.
- 17.08.540 - Public administrative services.
- 17.08.550 - Public maintenance services.
- 17.08.560 - Public transportation facilities.
- 17.08.570 - Recreation services/facilities.
- 17.08.580 - Recreational/fitness facilities.
- 17.08.590 - Refuse processing/dumps.
- 17.08.600 - Religious assembly.
- 17.08.610 - Repair services.
- 17.08.620 - Research/testing services.
- 17.08.625 - Residential care facility, small.
- 17.08.628 - Residential care facility, large.
- 17.08.630 - Rest home.
- 17.08.640 - Retail sales (indoor).
- 17.08.650 - Retail sales (outdoor).
- 17.08.655 - RV parks/campgrounds.
- 17.08.660 - Salvage operations.
- 17.08.670 - Single-family dwelling.
- 17.08.675 - Single-room occupancy (SRO).
- 17.08.677 - Supportive housing.
- 17.08.680 - Two-family dwelling.
- 17.08.690 - Transient habitation.
- 17.08.695 - Transitional housing.
- 17.08.700 - Utility distribution facilities.
- 17.08.710 - Utility operations facilities.
- 17.08.720 - Warehousing/wholesaling.
- 17.08.730 - Uses similar to those listed.
- 17.08.740 - Location of commercial cannabis businesses—Dispensaries.
DIVISION III
DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Sections
- Chapter 17.10 - LOT AND BUILDING DIMENSIONS
- 17.10.010 - Lot area, width and depth.
- 17.10.015 - Residential lot coverage.
- 17.10.020 - Lot size exemptions.
- 17.10.030 - Dwelling unit floor area.
- 17.10.031 - Residential accessory structure size.
- 17.10.035 - Residential building width.
- 17.10.040 - Building height.
- 17.10.050 - Lot area per dwelling unit.
- 17.10.060 - Recreation space.
- 17.10.070 - Perimeter foundation.
- Chapter 17.12 - SETBACKS*
- Chapter 17.14 - FENCES, HEDGES AND WALLS
- 17.14.010 - Residential zones—Height.
- 17.14.020 - Residential zones—Materials.
- 17.14.030 - Commercial and industrial zones—Location.
- 17.14.040 - Commercial and industrial zones—Materials.
- 17.14.050 - Commercial and industrial zones—Height.
- 17.14.060 - Measurement of screening height.
- 17.14.070 - Other security-fencing requirements unaffected.
- 17.14.080 - Security fencing allowances.
- 17.14.090 - Maintenance and upkeep of fencing and screening.
- Chapter 17.16 - OFF-STREET PARKING
- 17.16.010 - Compliance required when.
- 17.16.020 - Enlargement, extension, intensification or addition requires conformity.
- 17.16.030 - Fractional number in calculations.
- 17.16.040 - Enclosure required for nonlocomotive vehicle.
- 17.16.050 - Commercial vehicles in residential zones.
- 17.16.055 - Vehicles in front yard setbacks.
- 17.16.060 - Number of spaces required—Residential.
- 17.16.070 - Number of spaces required—Nonresidential.
- 17.16.080 - Joint use of parking areas.
- 17.16.090 - Location—Residential.
- 17.16.100 - Location—Nonresidential.
- 17.16.110 - Design—Residential.
- 17.16.120 - Design—Nonresidential.
- 17.16.130 - Driveway requirements.
- 17.16.140 - Fee in lieu of required parking.
- Chapter 17.18 - LOADING
- Chapter 17.20 - TRASH, STORAGE AND UTILITY AREAS
- Chapter 17.22 - LANDSCAPING*
- Chapter 17.23 - STREET NAMING SYSTEM
- Chapter 17.24 - STREET IMPROVEMENTS—MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT—ACCESS*
- Chapter 17.26 - SIGNS[5]
- 17.26.010 - Findings.
- 17.26.020 - Purpose.
- 17.26.030 - Definitions.
- 17.26.040 - Applicability/general rules.
- 17.26.050 - General policies.
- 17.26.060 - Signs prohibited in all zones.
- 17.26.070 - Exempt signs.
- 17.26.080 - No sign permit required.
- 17.26.090 - How area and height are measured.
- 17.26.100 - Sign regulations applicable in all zones.
- 17.26.110 - Permanent signs in multiple-family residential zones.
- 17.26.120 - Permanent signs in agricultural, commercial, and industrial zones.
- 17.26.130 - Signs in downtown area.
- 17.26.140 - Billboards along interstate-10 freeway.
- 17.26.150 - Specific uses.
- 17.26.160 - Art murals on private property.
- 17.26.170 - Semipermanent signs.
- 17.26.180 - Temporary signs.
- 17.26.190 - Portable signs.
- 17.26.200 - Sign permit review procedures.
- 17.26.210 - Nonconforming signs.
- 17.26.220 - Enforcement, sign removal and abatement.
- 17.26.230 - Appeals.
- Chapter 17.27 - ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
- Chapter 17.28 - HAZARDS—NOISE—LIGHT AND GLARE—AIR POLLUTION
- Chapter 17.29 - FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
DIVISION IV
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Chapter 17.30 - HOME-BASED BUSINESSES*
- Chapter 17.32 - CONDOMINIUMS AND COMMUNITY APARTMENTS
- Chapter 17.33 - ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS/JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
- Chapter 17.33A - TWO-UNIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 17.34 - NONCONFORMING LOTS, USES AND STRUCTURES
- 17.34.010 - Intent.
- 17.34.020 - Definitions.
- 17.34.030 - Nonconforming use of land.
- 17.34.040 - Nonconforming use of structures and premises.
- 17.34.041 - Reconstruction of damaged buildings.
- 17.34.050 - Repairs and maintenance.
- 17.34.055 - Nonconforming areas—Landscaping, garbage screening and street improvements.
- 17.34.060 - Signs.
- Chapter 17.36 - SPECIFIC PLANS AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONES
- 17.36.010 - Applicable regulations.
- 17.36.020 - Fee.
- 17.36.030 - Specific plan—Adoption provisions—Hearing.
- 17.36.040 - Specific plan—Intent.
- 17.36.050 - Specific plan—Right to request consideration.
- 17.36.060 - Specific plan—Environmental Quality Act compliance.
- 17.36.070 - Specific plan—Application generally.
- 17.36.080 - Specific plan—Application supplements for commercial or industrial uses.
- 17.36.090 - Planned development—Intent.
- 17.36.100 - Planned development—Application.
- 17.36.110 - Planned development—Uses permitted.
- Chapter 17.38 - MOBILE HOMES OR MANUFACTURED HOUSING ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS
- 17.38.010 - Purpose.
- 17.38.020 - Single-family requirements enforcement.
- 17.38.030 - Tax status.
- 17.38.040 - Approval of planning director required.
- 17.38.050 - Eligibility of mobile home, or manufactured housing.
- 17.38.060 - Use and installation requirements.
- 17.38.070 - Modification of requirements.
- 17.38.080 - Building permit.
- 17.38.090 - Certificate of occupancy—Surrender of license plate and registration.
- Chapter 17.40 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARKS
- 17.40.010 - Conditional use permit required—Applicable zone regulations.
- 17.40.020 - Minimum standards compliance.
- 17.40.030 - Area.
- 17.40.040 - Setbacks.
- 17.40.050 - Plot plan.
- 17.40.060 - Improvements standards.
- 17.40.070 - Paved parking space.
- 17.40.080 - Streets.
- 17.40.090 - Slab, porch or deck.
- 17.40.100 - Off-street visitor parking.
- 17.40.110 - Highway and street access.
- 17.40.120 - Paving specifications.
- 17.40.130 - Lighting.
- 17.40.140 - Sanitary and water systems.
- 17.40.150 - Laundry facilities.
- 17.40.160 - Rubbish and garbage disposal.
- 17.40.170 - Recreation areas.
- 17.40.180 - Walls or fences.
- 17.40.190 - Public address system.
- 17.40.200 - Utility services.
- 17.40.210 - Landscaping.
- 17.40.220 - Accessory storage.
- 17.40.230 - Skirting.
- 17.40.240 - Illumination.
- 17.40.250 - Fire hydrants.
- 17.40.260 - Recommended facilities.
- 17.40.270 - Distance between structures.
- 17.40.280 - Condominium development or conversion.
- 17.40.290 - Temporary use as living quarters.
- Chapter 17.42 - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS
- 17.42.040 - Minimum standards compliance.
- 17.42.050 - Area—Density.
- 17.42.055 - Dimensions, separations and setbacks.
- 17.42.060 - Height regulations.
- 17.42.070 - Streets.
- 17.42.080 - Off-street parking.
- 17.42.090 - Illumination.
- 17.42.100 - Storm drainage.
- 17.42.110 - Recreational areas.
- 17.42.120 - Utilities—Fire hydrants.
- 17.42.130 - Sanitary facilities.
- 17.42.140 - Dump stations.
- 17.42.150 - Landscaping and screening.
- 17.42.160 - Conformance of spaces rented, leased or sold.
- Chapter 17.44 - MOBILE HOMES AND OFFICE UNITS
- Chapter 17.46 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND SERVICES
- Chapter 17.47 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
- 17.47.010 - Purpose.
- 17.47.020 - Applicability.
- 17.47.030 - Definitions.
- 17.47.040 - General requirements.
- 17.47.050 - Supplementary application materials.
- 17.47.060 - Permitted zones.
- 17.47.070 - Levels of review.
- 17.47.080 - Residential zone development standards.
- 17.47.090 - Non-residential zone development standards.
- 17.47.100 - Operational plan.
- 17.47.110 - Construction time.
- 17.47.120 - Decommissioning.
- 17.47.130 - Abandonment.
- 17.47.140 - Removal by city.
- 17.47.150 - Technological advancement.
- 17.47.160 - Application of standards to existing projects.
- 17.47.170 - Installation of wireless communication facilities on sites with nonconforming conditions.
- Chapter 17.49 - SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
- 17.49.010 - Purpose and findings.
- 17.49.020 - Definitions.
- 17.49.030 - Classification.
- 17.49.040 - License required.
- 17.49.050 - Issuance of license.
- 17.49.060 - Fees.
- 17.49.070 - Inspection.
- 17.49.080 - Expiration of license.
- 17.49.090 - Suspension.
- 17.49.100 - Revocation.
- 17.49.110 - Transfer of license.
- 17.49.120 - Location of sexually oriented businesses.
- 17.49.130 - Additional regulations for adult motels.
- 17.49.140 - Regulations pertaining to exhibition of sexually explicit films, videos or live entertainment in viewing rooms.
- 17.49.150 - Additional regulations for escort agencies.
- 17.49.160 - Additional regulations for nude model studios.
- 17.49.170 - Additional regulations concerning public nudity.
- 17.49.180 - Prohibition against children in a sexually oriented business.
- 17.49.190 - Hours of operation.
- 17.49.200 - Exemptions.
- 17.49.210 - Injunction.
- Chapter 17.50 - AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATIONS
- 17.50.010 - Applicability.
- 17.50.020 - Lot area.
- 17.50.030 - Lot width.
- 17.50.040 - Setbacks.
- 17.50.050 - Access.
- 17.50.060 - Parking.
- 17.50.070 - Landscaping.
- 17.50.080 - Signs.
- 17.50.090 - Outside lighting.
- 17.50.100 - Screening.
- 17.50.110 - Displays.
- 17.50.120 - Hours.
- 17.50.130 - Alcoholic beverages.
- 17.50.140 - Underground utilities.
- Chapter 17.52 - FUEL DISPENSING AND STORAGE
- Chapter 17.54 - ANIMALS, POULTRY AND FOWL
- Chapter 17.56 - SOLAR ACCESS AND SHADING
- Chapter 17.58 - GARAGE AND YARD SALES
- Chapter 17.60 - MINIWAREHOUSING
- Chapter 17.62 - COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING OVERLAY ZONE
- Chapter 17.63 - FARMWORKER HOUSING[6]
- Chapter 17.63A - EMERGENCY SHELTER[7]
- Chapter 17.63B - SINGLE-ROOM OCCUPANCY (SRO)[8]
- Chapter 17.63C - SUPPORTIVE HOUSING[9]
- Chapter 17.63D - TRANSITIONAL HOUSING[10]
- Chapter 17.63E - COMMERCIAL CANNABIS RELATED USES AND ACTIVITY[11]
- 17.63E.010 - Purpose.
- 17.63E.020 - Definitions.
- 17.63E.030 - Location of commercial cannabis businesses—Dispensaries.
- 17.63E.040 - Location of commercial cannabis businesses—All types other than dispensaries—Cultivation, manufacturing, testing facilities and distributors.
- 17.63E.050 - Distances measured; applicable properties.
- 17.63E.060 - Certification from the planner or designee.
- 17.63E.070 - Medical dispensaries, cultivation of medical marijuana and all commercial medical marijuana uses in the city.
DIVISION V
ADMINISTRATION, PERMITS AND VARIANCES
Sections
- Chapter 17.64 - ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS AND DUTIES
- 17.64.010 - City council responsibilities.
- 17.64.020 - Planning director responsibilities generally.
- 17.64.030 - Application and action recordkeeping.
- 17.64.040 - Notice to affected property owners.
- 17.64.050 - Enforcement responsibility.
- 17.64.060 - Design review committee.
- 17.64.061 - Purpose.
- 17.64.062 - Composition of design review committee.
- 17.64.063 - Public meetings of design review committee.
- 17.64.064 - Scope of committee review.
- 17.64.065 - Review and action of the design review committee.
- 17.64.066 - Appeal to the redevelopment agency.
- Chapter 17.66 - AMENDMENTS—REZONES
- Chapter 17.68 - CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
- 17.68.010 - Purpose—Uses requiring CUP.
- 17.68.020 - Who may initiate.
- 17.68.025 - Residences in nonresidential zones.
- 17.68.030 - Application.
- 17.68.040 - Fee.
- 17.68.050 - Review and recommendations of director.
- 17.68.060 - Hearing before council.
- 17.68.070 - City council findings and action.
- 17.68.080 - Reapplication after denial.
- 17.68.090 - Continuation of existing conditional use.
- 17.68.100 - Permit runs with land.
- 17.68.110 - Lapse from disuse.
- 17.68.120 - Suspension and revocation.
- Chapter 17.69 - NON-DISCRETIONARY PERMIT FOR LARGE FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES
- Chapter 17.70 - VARIANCES
- 17.70.010 - Findings required to grant.
- 17.70.020 - Who may initiate—Procedures.
- 17.70.030 - Application by property owner or agent.
- 17.70.040 - Fee.
- 17.70.050 - Determination of major or minor nature.
- 17.70.060 - Minor variance—Notice.
- 17.70.070 - Minor variance—Granting.
- 17.70.080 - Minor variance—Request for hearing—Processing as major.
- 17.70.090 - Major variance—Findings and recommendations of director.
- 17.70.100 - Major variance—Hearing before council.
- 17.70.110 - Major variance—Grant or denial.
- 17.70.120 - Reapplication after denial or revocation.
- 17.70.130 - Variances run with land.
- 17.70.140 - Lapse for lack of action.
- 17.70.150 - Suspension and revocation.
- Chapter 17.72 - TEMPORARY USE PERMITS
- Chapter 17.74 - NOTICES—SUSPENSIONS AND REVOCATIONS
- Chapter 17.76 - INTERPRETATION OF PROVISIONS
- Chapter 17.80 - BUILDING PERMITS—CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY
- Chapter 17.82 - VIOLATIONS
- Chapter 17.84 - REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION PROCEDURE