Willcox City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

56 H-1 HIGHWAY SERVICE ZONE

17.56.010 Objectives and characteristics of zone.

A. The H-1 highway service zone covers the portion of the city which is primarily suited for commercial and service uses to serve the traveling public. The objectives in establishing this zone are to promote the economic well being of the people of Willcox through increased employment in retail services, to increase the tax base, and to provide service to travelers and truckers who use the freeway, as well as to residents of the area.

B. This zone is characterized by restful surroundings in which the buildings and structures are situated among lawns, trees, and other plantings, and where the traveling public can find rest, comfort, and necessary services.

C. In order to accomplish the objectives and purposes of this title and to stabilize and protect the essential characteristics of this zone, the following regulations in this chapter shall apply in the H-1 highway service zone.

(Prior code § 17.56.010)

17.56.020 Use requirements.

The buildings, structures, and uses of land established in Table 17-56.A (Permitted Uses) shall be permitted in the H-1 highway service zone upon compliance with requirements as set forth in this title:

Table 17-56.A: Permitted Uses
Use	Director	Board of Adjustment	Planning Commission	Standard or Specific Use Regulation
Amusement enterprises	P
Automobile filling stations	P
Billboards	P
Bowling alleys	P
Bus stations	P
Cafes	P
Churches	P
Clinics	P
Clubs	P
Copying and blueprinting	P
Day care nurseries	P			Must comply with State Board of Health requirements
Drive-ins, food service and retail	P
Dwellings, caretakers’	P
Dwellings, when located above the ground floor, provided the ground floor is designed and used exclusively for a commercial purpose permitted in the zone	P
Establishments, alcoholic and beer dispensing	P
Establishments, financial	P			No storage of merchandise, materials, equipment, or junk outside of enclosing buildings, or enclosing fences, except automobiles, trucks, and other vehicles in running order
Establishments, personal service	P
Establishments, retail	P
Establishments, tailor, millinery, and dressmaking	P
Fabrication or processing of goods done in connection with, and incidental to, the sale of goods on the premises	P			Provided such activities do not give rise to dust, odor, noise, smoke, vibration, or intermittent light or glare discernible beyond the zone boundary lines and do not involve the storage of merchandise, materials, products, equipment, or junk outside of enclosed buildings except automobiles, trucks, and other vehicles in running order
Fences and walls	P
Fine arts studios	P
Garages	P
Hotels and motels	P
Interior decorating	P
Hospitals	P
Launderette (self-service)	P
Locksmith	P
Metal sharpening	P
Museums, private and public	P
Newsstands	P
Night clubs	P
Offices, dental and medical	P
Office buildings, private and public	P
Other uses determined to be similar to uses specifically permitted in the zone		P
Parking lots, private and public	P
Parks and playgrounds, public	P
Pool halls	P
Printing and publishing	P
Public dance halls	P
Radio and television stations	P
Reservoirs and dams	P
Restaurants	P
Retail, drive-in	P
Schools, parochial	P
Schools, public	P
Shops, art	P
Shops, cleaning and pressing	P			Using nonflammable cleaning agents only
Shops, curio	P
Shops, optical	P
Shops, radio, television, and electrical appliance repair	P
Shops, shoe repair	P
Signs, accessory and bulletin boards	P
Stores, egg, poultry, and meat	P			Not including slaughtering, eviscerating, plucking, or dressing
Telephone exchange	P
Theaters	P
Travel trailer courts		P		Subject to regulations and conditions set forth in Sections 17.88.010 through 17.88.020 of this title
Wells, gas	P
Wells, oil	P
Wells, water	P
Legend: “P” = Permitted use “CUP” = Conditional use permit

(Prior code § 17.56.020; Ord. No. NS379, Exh. A, 2026)

17.56.030 Other requirements.

A. Requirements and restrictions pertaining to area and width of lots, and the location of buildings and structures, the size of yards and open space, the height and size of buildings, and the percentage of the lot that may be occupied shall be as set forth in section 17.84.010 of this title pertaining to the H-1 zone.

B. See also supplementary requirements and procedures applicable within zones.

(Prior code § 17.56.030)