A.

District Types. For the purposes of these Zoning Regulations, the following types of zoning districts are hereby established:

1.

SFR - Single-Family Residence

2.

MFR - Multi-Family Residence

3.

MHR - Mobile Home Residence

4.

NC - Neighborhood Convenience

5.

LC - Limited Commercial

6.

OP - Office Professional

7.

GC - General Commercial

8.

IP - Industrial Park

9.

LI - Light Industrial

10.

HI - Heavy Industrial

11.

AA - Airport Airspace Overlay Zone

12.

H-P - Historic Preservation Overlay Zone

13.

DR - Design Review Overlay Zone

14.

MUI - Mixed Use/Infill Development Overlay Zone

15.

IC-R - Innovative Community-Residential Overlay Zone

16.

IC-C - Innovative Community-Commercial Overlay Zone

17.

IC-MU - Innovative Community-Mixed-Use Overlay Zone

B.

Conformity to Regulations. The regulations set forth in this Ordinance for each zoning district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of land or structure, except as hereinafter provided:

1.

No building, structure, or land shall hereinafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered unless in conformity with all of the regulations hereinafter specified for the district in which it is located.

C.

Classification of Annexed Areas. All territory which may hereafter be annexed to the City of Douglas shall occur in a manner consistent with A.R.S. §§ 9-471 and 9-462.04, or as otherwise required by statute as amended from time to time.

D.

Classification of Vacated Streets. Whenever a public street or alley is vacated by official action of the City Council, the Zoning districts adjoining each side of such street or alley shall automatically be extended to the center-line thereof, and all land area thus vacated shall then and henceforth be subject to all regulations of the extended districts.

(Ord. No. 23-1166, § 2, 7-12-2023)

A.

Establishment. The areas and boundaries of zoning districts are hereby established as shown on the Official Zoning Districts Map which together with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this Ordinance.

B.

Identification. The Official Zoning Districts Map shall be identified by the most recent Ordinance adopted and bear the seal of the City of Douglas.

C.

Changes. If, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance changes are made in district boundaries or in other matters portrayed on the Official Zoning Districts Map, such changes shall be made to said map promptly 30 days after the amendment has been approved by the City Council. No amendment to this Ordinance which involves matter portrayed on the Official Zoning Districts Map shall become effective until after such change and entry have been made on said map. No changes of any nature shall be made on the Official Zoning Districts Map of matter shown thereon except in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance. Any unauthorized change of whatever kind by any person or persons shall be considered a violation of this Ordinance and punishable as hereinafter provided in Article 17.

D.

Replacement. In the event that the Official Zoning Districts Map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of changes and additions, the City Council may, by resolution, adopt a new Official Zoning Districts Map which shall supersede the prior map. The new Official Zoning Districts Map may correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior map, but no such correction shall have the effect of amending the original zoning ordinance or any subsequent amendment thereof.

E.

Interpretation. Where, due to scale, lack of detail, or illegibility of the Official Zoning Districts Map there is an uncertainty, contradiction, or conflict as to the intended location of any district boundary shown thereon, the exact location of such boundary shall be determined by the City Planner. The City Planner, in reaching a determination, shall apply the following standards:

1.

Zoning district boundary lines are intended to follow lot lines, or be parallel or perpendicular thereto, or along the center lines of streets, alleys or rights-of-way, unless otherwise fixed by dimensions shown on the Official Zoning Districts Map;

2.

In subdivided property, or where a zoning district boundary divides a lot, the exact location of such boundary, unless same is indicated by dimensions shown on the Official Zoning Districts Map, shall be determined by use of the map scale shown thereon; and

3.

If, after application of foregoing rules, uncertainty still exists as to the exact location of a zoning district boundary, by appeal in a public hearing, the Board of Adjustment shall determine and fix the location of said line in accordance with the purpose and intent of this Ordinance as provided for in Article 17.

(Ord. No. 23-1166, § 2, 7-12-2023)