This title will be cited as the zoning ordinance for the city of Bullhead City, Mohave County, state of Arizona.

(Prior code § 13.1.2)

This title is adopted for the purpose of achieving adequate light, air and safety from fire and other dangers; conserving and protecting land and building values in the city; preserving the aesthetic beauty of the community; reducing and avoiding congestion in public rights-of-way; and promoting the public health, safety, comfort, morals and welfare of the city.

(Prior code § 13.1.1)

This title shall apply as of the date of adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter from which it derives.

(Ord. 97-887 § 1: prior code § 13.4.1)

A.

If, at the time of enactment of the ordinance codified in this title or of any amendment thereto or of any amendment thereof, resulting from annexation of territory to the incorporated area of Bullhead City, any lot, structure, or building was being used in an otherwise lawful manner that does not conform to the use provisions of this title, or if any structure or building is located or erected in an otherwise lawful manner that does not conform to the yard, lot coverage, height limit, or parking and loading provisions of this title, such use or such location or erection shall be deemed to be a nonconforming use and may continue in the manner and to the extent that it existed or was being used at the time of such enactment. However, the right to continue or begin such nonconforming use shall terminate:

1.

Upon any change from such nonconforming use to any other use; or

2.

With the abandonment or discontinuance of such nonconforming use for a period of one year or more, so long as the cessation of use is not caused by circumstances beyond the land owner or occupier's control to the limit described below; or

3.

Upon damage by fire or other casualty to the extent of fifty percent of its replacement cost at the time of such loss.

B.

Nonconforming buildings or structures or parcels of land, except residential, shall hereafter not be enlarged, extended, or otherwise expanded.

(Ord. 97-876 § 1: prior code § 13.4.2)