The following Zoning Districts are re-established or established:

1. RU-36, Rural District
2. RU-18, Rural District
3. RU-10, Rural District
4. RU-4, Rural District
5. RU-2, Rural District
6. R-36, Residential District
7. R-18, Residential District
8. R-9, Residential District
9. SM-36 Acres, Single-Household/Manufactured Home Residential District
10. SM-18 Acres, Single-Household/Manufactured Home Residential District
11. SM-10 Acres, Single-Household/Manufactured Home Residential District
12. SM-174 (4 acres), Single-Household/Manufactured Home Residential District
13. SM-87 (2 acres), Single-Household/Manufactured Home Residential District
14. SM-36, Single-Household/Manufactured Home Residential District
15. SM-18, Single-Household/Manufactured Home Residential District
16. SM-9, Single-Household/Manufactured Home Residential District
17. SR-36 Acres, Single-Household Residential District
18. SR-18 Acres, Single-Household Residential District
19. SR-10 Acres, Single-Household Residential District
20. SR-174 (4 acres), Single-Household Residential District
21. SR-87 (2 acres), Single-Household Residential District
22. SR-43, Single-Household Residential District
23. SR-22, Single-Household Residential District
24. SR-12, Single-Household Residential District
25. SR-8, Single-Household Residential District
26. MR-1, Multiple-Household Residential District
27. MR-2, Multiple-Household Residential District
28. NB, Neighborhood Business District
29. GB, General Business District
30. LI, Light Industry District
31. HI, Heavy Industry District
32. PD, Planned Development District
33. MT, Major Thoroughfare District (Overlay District)
34. Sierra Vista Sub-watershed Water Conservation Overlay District
    

The boundaries of the Zoning Districts established by these Zoning Regulations shall be those shown on the maps entitled “Official Cochise County Zoning District Map” (adopted January 1, 1975, and as thereafter amended).

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any Zoning District, as shown on the Zoning District Maps, the following rules shall apply:

1. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways, or alleys shall be construed as following the center lines.
2. Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
3. Boundaries indicated as approximately following city limits shall be construed as following city limits.
4. Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between the main tracks.
5. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streams, rivers, lakes, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such center lines.
6. Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in Subsections 1 through 5 above shall be so construed.
7. Distances not specifically indicated on the Zoning District Maps shall be determined by the scale of the map;
8. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Zoning District Maps or any other uncertainty exists as to the boundary of any Zoning District, the Board of Adjustment shall interpret the district boundaries.
   

1. The Official Cochise County Zoning District Map, together with all digital explanatory matter hereon, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be an official record and a part of these Zoning Regulations.
2. Whenever amendments or changes are made in Zoning District boundaries, such amendments or changes shall be made promptly on the Official Zoning District Map.
3. No changes of any kind shall be made in the Official Zoning District Map except in conformance with the procedures set forth in these Zoning Regulations. Any unauthorized change of whatever kind by any person or persons shall be considered a violation of these Zoning Regulations and punishable as provided in Article 2.66.
4. Regardless of the existence of purported copies of the Official Zoning District Map which may from time to time be made or published, the Official Zoning District Map shall be a digital map in the custody of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. Said digital map shall be the final authority as to the current Zoning status of all lands in the area of jurisdiction.
   

Whenever any streets, alley, or other public way is abandoned by the Board of Supervisors, the Zoning District(s) of the parcel(s) to which the right-of-way becomes attached shall apply to all areas included in the vacation, which shall thereafter be subject to all appropriate regulations of the extended district or districts.

Lands which for any reason come under the authority of Cochise County after these Zoning Regulations become effective shall be subject to the regulations of that Zoning District designated for such lands previously by Cochise County on the Official Zoning District Map.

Lands under the authority of Cochise County at or after the time these Zoning Regulations become effective which have not been previously zoned by Cochise County shall be subject to the regulations of an RU-10 (Rural) Zoning District if in a Category D (Rural) plan designation, or RU-2 if within another plan designation until such time that the Zoning of such lands is amended in accordance with these Zoning Regulations.

For the purposes of the application of building codes, qualifying land for the Rural Residential Owner-Builder Amendment shall include all lands in any Growth Area Category and lying within a Zoning District in which the minimum lot size is four-acres, and the parcel is a minimum of four-acres. Certain lands within the above Areas, as specified in the ordinance establishing building codes or that specified exemptions for Rural Residential Owner-Builder Amendment structures, as currently adopted or as may hereafter be amended, may be exempted from the Cochise County Building Safety Code by the Board pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes. Property owners whose structures were damaged or destroyed by catastrophic events that the Board of Supervisors declares an emergency and who wish to repair or rebuild properties of less than four acres may qualify for the Rural Residential Owner-Builder Amendment.