The following zoning districts are established to carry out the purposes set forth in section 13-01-010 and for the purposes set forth in this section:

   A.   RU (residential; single family rural) zone. The purpose of the RU zone is to provide a zoning classification for all areas of the Town not presently characterized by urban uses.

   B.   RL (residential; single family limited) zone. The purpose of the RL zone is to establish and preserve quiet, conventional single family home neighborhoods.

   C.   RM (residential; single family mixed housing) zone. The purpose of the RM zone is to establish and preserve quiet neighborhoods where a mix of residential housing types is permitted, along with attached dwellings.

   D.   MH (residential; single family manufactured homes) zone. The MH zone is intended to provide sites for manufactured homes as single-family dwellings in an appropriate, safe, sanitary, and attractive environment.

   E.   MF (residential; multi-family dwelling units) zone. The purpose of the MF zone is to provide for development of multi-family residences in areas where a higher density of housing is desirable.

   F.   RS (residential and services) zone. The purpose of the RS zone is to provide for orderly and compatible development in transitional areas between residential and non-residential zoning districts and to establish and preserve areas for those commercial facilities which are especially useful near residential areas, while minimizing the undesirable impact of those uses on the neighborhoods they serve.

   G.   PK (parking) zone. The PK zone is intended to establish and preserve motor vehicle parking areas near land uses requiring substantial amounts of vehicle parking, and to assure that parking in those areas is located and screened to avoid incompatibility with uses in adjoining residential zoning districts.

   H.   CN (commercial; neighborhood sales and services) zone. The purpose of the CN zone is to provide for convenience shopping in a residential neighborhood, to preserve and protect neighborhood commercial areas, located near residential areas, and to provide for retail and service establishments which supply commodities or perform services to meet the daily needs of the neighborhood.

   I.   CG (commercial; general sales and services) zone. The purpose of the CG zone is to accommodate retail and service establishments along major streets and highways to serve a market area that extends beyond the immediate residential neighborhoods.

   J.   CI (commercial; minor industrial) zone. The purpose of the CI zone is to establish and preserve areas for commercial activities, including warehousing, wholesaling, and light manufacturing, and related uses, that are adequately buffered from residential areas and compatible with industrial uses, and situated so that highway frontage does not present a poor image of the community.

   K.   PM (performance manufacturing) zone. The purpose of the PM zone is to provide locations for businesses, light manufacturing, warehouses, and research and development industries operated in such a restricted and limited manner that nearby residential land uses are protected and fostered by limitations on the types of structures and uses, control on height and density, prohibitions against open land facilities, omission of fumes, odors, noise, glare, vibration, and similar nuisances, and landscaping requirements.

   L.   IG (industrial; general limited) zone. The IG zone is intended to provide locations for manufacturing development, wholesale, and commercial uses with heaviest impacts, which, while not necessarily attractive in operational appearances, are installed and operated in compliance with all government standards and in a way that does not cause inconvenience to other uses in the zoning district or to adjacent zoning districts.

   M.   IH (industrial; heavy) zone. The purpose of the IH zone is to provide locations for heavy industrial development and uses sited and operated in compliance with all government standards and where any potential hazards to health or property are appropriately mitigated and adequate controls are provided to avoid air, surface water and groundwater pollution and latent radiation, fire and explosion danger.

   N.   PL (public lands) zone. The purpose of the PL zone is to set aside public or quasi-public lands for parks, public open space, governmental buildings and facilities, schools and school grounds, quasi-public buildings and facilities, towers, antennas, and wireless telecommunications facilities, and related uses.

   O.   AG (agricultural) zone. The purpose of the AG zone is to designate land which is one or more of the following:

      1.   Ten or more acres of permanent crops

      2.   Grazing land with a minimum carrying capacity of 40 animal units

      3.   Land devoted to high density production of primary agricultural product

      4.   Land devoted to processing cotton for marketing

      5.   Land devoted to processing wine grapes for marketing

   P.   PD (planned area development) zone. The PD zone is intended to accommodate residential, business, or industrial development that takes a creative approach that results in a more efficient, esthetic, and desirable use of open space while maintaining the same overall population density and lot coverage permitted in a comparable or underlying zoning district, and permits flexibility in types of dwellings, placement of buildings, circulation facilities, off-street parking areas, and use of open space as described in an approved PD preliminary development plan adopted under section 13-14-060 (rezoning procedure).

(Rewritten and re-codified by Ordinance No 2024-947, 12/11/2024. Previously codified at sections 13-05-010, 13-06-010, 13-07-010, 13-08-010, 13-09-010, 13-10-010, 13-11-010, 13-12-010, 13-13-010, 13-14-010, 13-15-010, 13-16-010, 13-17-010, 13-18-010, 13-19-010, 13-19a-010, and 13-19b-010. Prior history: Enacted by Ordinance No. 9, 06/28/1979; reenacted and amended by Ordinance No. 37, 09/04/1980; repealed and reenacted by Ordinance No. 178, 05/26/1988; amended by Ordinance No. 282, 10/22/1992; amended by Ordinance No. 349, 12/01/1994; amended by Ordinance No. 399, 10/10/1996; amended by Ordinance No. 638, 10/13/2005)

Zone boundaries are hereby established as shown on the zoning map. The zoning map, along with all the notations, references and other information shown on it, is incorporated by reference into this Chapter and has the same force and effect as if it were set forth in full here.

(Rewritten and re-codified by Ordinance No 2024-947, 12/11/2024. Previously codified at section 13-05-020. Prior history: Enacted by Ordinance No. 9, 06/28/1979; reenacted and amended by Ordinance No. 37, 09/04/1980; repealed and reenacted by Ordinance No. 178, 05/26/1988)

Where uncertainty exists with respect to any zone boundary as shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

   A.   Unless shown otherwise, the zone boundaries follow lot lines, the center lines of streets, alleys, roads, or such lines extended, and the corporate limits of the Town of Prescott Valley.

   B.   Where a zone boundary approximately follows the line of any stream, irrigation canal or other waterway, or railroad right-of-way, the center of the stream, canal, or waterway, or of the railroad right-of-way shall be the zone boundary.

   C.   Where a zone boundary approximately follows the boundary line of public land, the boundary line of the public land shall be the zone boundary.

   D.   Where there is any uncertainty, contradiction, or conflict as to the intended location of any zone boundary due to the scale, lack of detail or illegibility of the zoning map, interpretation concerning the exact location of zone boundary shall be determined pursuant to the process for appeals set forth in section 13-13-020 (board of adjustment).

(Rewritten and re-codified by Ordinance No 2024-947, 12/11/2024. Previously codified at section 13-05-030. Prior history: Enacted by Ordinance No. 9, 06/28/1979; reenacted and amended by Ordinance No. 37, 09/04/1980, 13-05-020; repealed and reenacted by Ordinance No. 178, 05/26/1988)

Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of the Council, the zoning designation of the abutting property shall be extended to the centerline of the vacated public way.

(Rewritten and re-codified by Ordinance No 2024-947, 12/11/2024. Previously codified at section 13-05-050. Prior history: Enacted by Ordinance No. 9, 06/28/1979; renumbered by Ordinance No. 37, 09/04/1980, 13-05-040; repealed and reenacted by Ordinance No. 178, 05/26/1988)

In interpreting and applying the regulations of this Chapter:

   A.   These regulations shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare. This Chapter is not intended to interfere with, abrogate, or annul:

      1.   Ordinances, rules, regulations, or permits previously adopted or issued, and not in conflict with any of the regulations of this Chapter, or which shall be adopted or issued pursuant to law relating to the use of buildings or premises and likewise not in conflict with this Chapter; of

      2.   Easements, covenants, or other agreements between parties, except that if this Chapter imposes a greater restriction, this Chapter shall regulate.

   B.   No uses shall be made of property in a zoning district except those permitted pursuant to this Chapter.

   C.   The Zoning Administrator may administratively approve, in writing, non-listed uses as being either Permitted Uses or Conditional Uses where such uses are clearly and closely related to those already listed.

   D.   The Board of Adjustment may determine if non-listed uses are similar enough to listed uses as to have been intended for particular zoning districts, pursuant to subsection 13-13-020 M. 3.

   E.   In determining the similarity of a proposed use, the Zoning Administrator and the Board of Adjustment shall be guided by any uses which are specifically listed as prohibited in a zoning district.

(Rewritten and re-codified by Ordinance No 2024-947, 12/11/2024. Previously codified at section 13-05-070. Prior history: Enacted by Ordinance No. 37, 09/04/1980; repealed and reenacted by Ordinance No. 178, 05/26/1988; amended by Ordinance No. 341, 11/03/1994; amended by Ordinance No. 638, 10/13/2005)