Willcox City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

72 I-1 INDUSTRIAL ZONE

17.72.010 Objectives and characteristics of zone.

A. The I-1 industrial zone covers the portion of the city which is primarily suited for industrial development. The primary objectives in establishing this zone are to separate industrial uses from residential and related uses and to promote the economic well being of the people. In an effort to protect surrounding residential and commercial uses, certain types of industrial uses have been excluded, such as industries which are hazardous or which are offensive due to excessive odors, vibration, dust, or other emissions. Hotels, schools, churches, dance halls, liquor dispensing establishments and certain other uses have been excluded from the I-1 industrial zone because of the adverse effects upon such uses when they are allowed to commingle.

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 I-1 industrial zone.

(Prior code § 17.68.010)

17.72.020 Permitted uses.

The buildings, structures, and uses of land established in Table 17-72.A (Permitted Uses) shall be permitted upon compliance with the requirements set forth in this title:

Table 17-72.A: Permitted Uses
Use	Director	Board of Adjustment	Standard or Specific Use Regulation
All industrial, manufacturing, and processing establishments, and buildings and structures to accommodate the same	P		Except the following: animal by-products and manufacture of fertilizer from animal by-products; manufacture of explosives, acetylene, acid, alcohol, ammonia, celluloid, and other explosive products and hog farms
Assembly and the sale of farm equipment, mining machinery, vehicles and similar articles	P		Excluding junk yards and auto wrecking yards
Amusement enterprises	P
Billboards	P
Bowling alleys	P
Building materials storage yards	P
Bus stations	P
Cafes	P
Carting, express hauling and storage	P
Clinics	P
Clubs	P
Copying and blueprinting	P
Dwellings, bona fide 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, 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, hay, grain, and feed	P
Establishments, personal service	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, retail	P
Establishments, service (dyeing, cleaning, or laundry plants, printing plants, machine shops, blacksmith shops)	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 art studios	P
Food preparation plants	P		The operation of which is not obnoxious by reason of emission of odors, smoke, or noise
Garages, public	P
Gas storage and sales, oil and L.P.	P
Gasoline, wholesale and bulk	P
Interior decorating	P
Kennels, excluding outside runs	P
Launderette (self-service)	P
Locksmith	P
Metal sharpening	P
Milk distribution stations, creameries, bottling works and similar businesses	P
Museums	P
Newsstands	P
Office buildings, private and public	P
Other uses determined to be similar to uses specifically permitted in the zone (CC-1 Zone)		P
Parking lots, private and public	P
Pool halls	P
Plant nurseries	P
Printing and publishing	P
Radio and television stations	P
Restaurants	P
Retail, drive-in	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
Signs, non-accessory	P
Stone cutting and monument works	P
Storage of merchandise, materials, equipment, and junk either inside or outside of buildings			Junkyards shall be surrounded by a sight- obscuring fence or wall at least 8 feet in height. No material or junk shall be stored to a height exceeding the height of the enclosing fence.
Stores, poultry and meat	P		Not including slaughtering, eviscerating, plucking, or dressing
Telephone exchange	P
Theaters	P
Veterinary hospitals	P
Warehouses	P
Waste disposal sites when operated by a public agency in accordance with State Board of Health standards	P
Wholesale distributing houses	P
Solar energy uses		CUP
Legend: “P” = Permitted use “CUP” = Conditional use permit

(Prior code § 17.68.020; Ord. No. NS379, Exh. A, 2026)

17.72.030 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 I-1 zone.

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

(Prior code § 17.68.030)