Willcox City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

60 CC-1 CENTRAL COMMERCIAL ZONE

17.60.010 Objectives and characteristics of zone.

A. This zone covers the central commercial and financial part of the city and is primarily suited for retail and service establishments. The regulations have been made with a view to preserving and encouraging the use of land for retail establishments, plus certain other uses of an allied nature. Fabrication and processing activities in connection with, and incidental to, the primary function of retailing are also permitted along with motels, and other tourist accommodations. Since the area within this zone comprises the principal retailing and financial center of all of Sulphur Springs Valley, certain restrictions have been placed upon the use of land. Storage of merchandise, products, or materials must be enclosed within buildings or a sight obscuring fence. No dust, smoke, odor, or vibration shall be emitted which is discernible beyond the zone boundary. Dwellings and other uses which tend to thwart the use of land for the primary function of retailing, personal service, tourist accommodations, and business establishments, have also been excluded.

B. 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 CC-1 central commercial zone.

(Prior code § 17.60.010) (Ord. NS364, Exhibit A, 2023)

17.60.020 Permitted uses.

The buildings, structures, and uses of land established in Table 17-60.A (Permitted Uses) shall be permitted in the CC-1 central commercial zone upon compliance with the requirements set forth in this title:

Table 17-60.A: Permitted Uses
Use	Director	Board of Adjustment	Standard or Specific Use Regulation
Amusement enterprises	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
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
Fine arts studios	P
Hotels and motels	P
Interior decorating	P
Launderette (self-service)	P
Locksmith	P
Metal sharpening	P
Museums	P
Newsstands	P
Night clubs	P
Office buildings, private and public	P
Other uses determined to be similar to uses specifically permitted in the zone		P
Parking lots	P
Pool halls	P
Printing and publishing	P
Public dance halls	P
Radio and television stations	P
Restaurants	P
Retail, drive-in	P
Schools, parochial	P
Schools, public	P
Shops, cleaning and pressing	P		Using nonflammable cleaning agents only
Shops, optical	P
Shops, radio, television, and electrical appliance repair	P
Shops, shoe repair	P
Signs, accessory	P
Stores, egg, poultry, and meat	P		Not including slaughtering, eviscerating, plucking, or dressing
Telephone exchange	P
Theaters	P
Legend: “P” = Permitted use “CUP” = Conditional use permit

(Prior code § 17.60.020) (Ord. NS364, Exhibit A, 2023; Ord. No. NS379, Exh. A, 2026)

17.60.030 Other requirements.

A. Requirements and restrictions pertaining to area and width of lots, 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 hereinafter set forth in section 17.84.010 of this title pertaining to the CC-1 zone.

See also supplementary requirements and procedures applicable within zones.

(Prior code § 17.60.030)