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MOHAVE COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2000-02
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9, DEFINITIONS, AND SECTIONS 13, 13.1, 15, 19,
20, 21, 21.1, 22, 22.1, 23, 24, AND 27.H OF THE MOHAVE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE
FOR THE ADDITION OF FENCING AND BUFFERS IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
ZONES.
Amend the Mohave County Zoning Ordinance as follows (added language is bolded; deleted language
is struck):
Section 9 DEFINITIONS - Add the following definitions:
Between Automobile Wrecking and Boarding House:
(ir•F Barrier: Anything that prevents passage or approach, an obstruction, as a fence, wall, etc.
Between Barrier and Boundary, Zone:
Berm: An earthen mound usually man made and in excess of two (2) feet in height used to shield
or buffer properties from adjoining uses, noise or highway visibility.
Between Boundary, Zone and Building:
Buffer: A wall, fence, or barrier used to lessen the visual impact of stored materials or
incompatible land uses.
Between Commission and Contractor's Yard:
Containment: Confining or being confined; limitation, restriction or restraint.
Between Easement, Roadway and Exception:
Enclosure: An enclosing or being enclosed; something that encloses, as a fence, wall, etc.,
something enclosed; an enclosed place or area.
Between Feedlots and Final Plat:
Fence: A sticture usuallybuilt-to rate two (2) parcels of laud or separate a parcel into different use
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Fence: A barrier, as a wooden fence or metal posts, rails, wire mesh, etc., used as a boundary or
means of protection or confinement.
Between Veterinary Clinic and Wall:
View-Obscuring: Shall mean any structure or device forming a physical barrier which is so
constructed that fifty percent (50%) or more of the vertical surface is closed and prevents the
passage of light, air and vision through said surface.
Between Wall and Warehousing:
Wall: Shall mean any structure or device forming a physical barrier which is so constructed that fifty
percent (50%) or more of the vertical surface is closed and prevents the passage of light, air and vision
Wall: An upright structure of wood, stone, brick, frame stucco, serving to enclose, divide,
support, protect or obscure the view; a continuous structure serving to enclose an area.
Section 13 REGULATIONS FOR GENERAL OR"A"ZONE.
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A. Special Provisions.
3. A view-obscuring device, as per section 27.H.4, will be placed on all property lines
abutting against Agricultural, Residential properties or incompatible uses if the
property is used for General Commercial uses.
Section 13.1 REGULATIONS FOR AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT OR"A-D"ZONE
B. Special Provisions.
g. A view-obscuring device, as per section 27.11.4, will be placed on all property
lines abutting against Agricultural, Residential properties or uses, or
incompatible uses.
Section 15 REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL-RECREATIONAL ZONES
A. Special Provisions.
3. A view-obscuring device, as per Section 27.11.4, will be placed on all property lines
abutting against Agricultural, Residential properties or incompatible if the property
is used for General Commercial uses.
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Section 19 REGULATIONS FOR SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT OR"SD"ZONES
A. Special Provisions.
4. A view-obscuring device, as per Section 27.H.4, will be placed on all property lines
abutting against Agricultural, Residential properties or incompatible uses if the
property is used for General Commercial uses.
Section 20 REGULATIONS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL OR"C-1"ZONE
A. Special Provisions.
5. A view-obscuring device, as per Section 27.11.4, will be placed on all property lines
abutting against Agricultural, Residential properties or incompatible uses.
Section 21 REGULATIONS FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL OR"C-2"ZONE
A. Special Provisions.
5. A view-obscuringdevice, asper Section 27.H.4, will beplaced on all property lines
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abutting against Agricultural,Residential properties or incompatible uses.
Section 21.1 REGULATIONS FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY FRONTAGE OR "C-
2H"ZONE
A. Special Provisions.
10. A view-obscuring device, as per Section 27.11.4, will be placed on all property lines
abutting against Agricultural, Residential properties or incompatible uses.
Section 22 REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL-MANFACTURING OR"C-M"ZONE
A. Special Provisions.
1. All applicable provisions of Sections 25, 26, 27, and 31 shall apply to this zone.
2. A view-obscuring device, as per Section 27.11.4, will be placed on all property lines
abutting against Agricultural, Residential properties or incompatible uses.
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Section 22.1 REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL-MANUFACTURING/OPEN LOT STORAGE
OR"C-MO"ZONE
A. Special Provisions.
1. All applicable provisions of Sections 25, 26, 27, and 31 shall apply to this zone.
2. A view-obscuring device, as per Section 27.H.4, will be placed on all property lines
abutting against Agricultural, Residential properties or incompatible uses.
Section 23 REGULATIONS FOR GENERAL MANUFACTURING OR"M"ZONE
E. Development and Performance Standards.
5. A view-obscuring device, as per Section 27.11.4, will be placed on all property lines
abutting against Agricultural, Residential properties or incompatible uses.
Section 24 REGULATIONS FOR HEAVY MANUFACTURING OR"M-X"ZONE
(kir F. Development and Performance Standards.
3. A view-obscuring device as per Section 27.H.4 will be placed on all property lines
abutting against Agricultural,Residential properties or incompatible uses.
Section 27. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 27.H.4 Fences, Hedges, and Similar Structures.
4. ^,,y u e or open lot storage, including the storage of vehicles, equipment, materials, if
and when any nonresidential use is installed or extended if not located within a
completely enclosed building shall be completely enclosed by a view obscuring fence
which extends two (2) feet above the highest item to be stored, with a minimum of six (6)
feet and a maximum of eight (8) feet in height. Such a fence shall display no advertising
except for a permitted sign.
4. Standard for Commercial and Industrial Districts and Uses:
a. General provisions:
1) All Commercial or Industrial Zones and uses will comply with "view-
obscuring" as defined in the following performance standards.
2) The height of the view-obscuring device shall be measured from the
highest finished adjacent grade of the element to be obscured.
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3) All lots/parcels shall comply with this section in fencing, enclosure,
enclosing, or containing of materials stored outside of any structure
and for any work conducted outside of a building.
4) When adjacent to residential uses, the entire perimeter view-
obscuring device along interior property lines shall be installed in the
first phase of development or construction.
5) View-obscuring structures will be required where any incompatible
uses are abutting or adjacent to each other.
6) The view-obscuring devices shall be of masonry construction, wood,
stone,brick, frame stucco, chain link, earthen berms or live vegetation
materials equivalent in effect to that required in the definitions of
view-obscuring and shall not be reflective.
7) All lots/parcels shall view-obscure from public rights-of-way, ingress
and egress easements, or public access.
8) Enclosure/containment fencing may be used to separate and view-
obscure materials storage areas outside of buildings so fencing the
perimeter would not be required.
9) Manmade earthen berms will only be allowed on lots or parcels
greater than two and one-half(2%) net acres and a minimum setback
of five (5) feet. Natural-occurring berms can be used on lessor
acreage.
b. Performance standards:
1) All view-screening will be constructed of materials normally defined
as fencing materials. View-screening materials shall be slating or
other material normally considered for fencing not to include plastic
sheeting.
2) All view-screening will be a minimum of six (6) feet, unless otherwise
required by the Board of Supervisors.
3) View-obscuring devices shall be installed and maintained for the
duration of the uses requiring the screening to be in place.
4) No advertising will be allowed on any of the screening devices.
5) All earthen berms will require grading permits.
6) All berms require a five (5) foot setback to the toe of the slope and
maximum design slope is 1% to 1.
The above enclosure requirement shall not apply to plant nurseries, or to the display for
sale of new and used cars, trucks, trailers, mobile homes, or the use and sale of farm and
construction equipment in operational condition.
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BOS RESOLUTION NO. 2000-420 Page 2
WHEREAS, the notice of hearing was published in The Standard, a newspaper of general
circulation in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, September 27, 2000, and posted on September 29,
2000, as required by Arizona Revised Statutes and the Mohave County Zoning Regulations.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors, at their special
meeting on Monday, October 16, 2000, APPROVED the attached Mohave County Ordinance No. 2000-
02, an amendment to Section 9, Definitions, and Sections 13, 13.1, 15, 19, 20, 21, 21.1, 22, 22.1, 23, 24,
and 27.H of the Mohave County Zoning Ordinance for the addition of fencing and buffers in
commercial and industrial zones, as recommended by the Mohave County Planning and Zoning
Commission and outlined herein.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2000-420
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH THE ADOPTION OF MOHAVE COUNTY ORDINANCE
NO. 2000-02, AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 9, DEFINITIONS, AND SECTIONS 13, 13.1, 15,
19, 20, 21, 21.1, 22, 22.1, 23, 24, AND 27.H OF THE MOHAVE COUNTY ZONING
ORDINANCE FOR THE ADDITION OF FENCING AND BUFFERS IN COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL ZONES.
WHEREAS, at the special meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors held on
October 16, 2000, a public hearing was conducted to determine whether an Amendment to Section 9,
Definitions, and Sections 13, 13.1, 15, 19, 20, 21, 21.1, 22, 22.1, 23, 24, and 27.H of the Mohave
County Zoning Ordinance for the addition of fencing and buffers in commercial and industrial zones
should be approved, and
WHEREAS, fencing and buffers and standards for commercial and industrial zones have not
been reviewed for several years, and
WHEREAS, fencing and buffers in the unincorporated areas of Mohave County requires
regulations in order to protect and preserve property values and means that would protect the integrity of
residential neighborhoods, and
WHEREAS, the requirements for establishment of guidelines for the layout and construction of
fences and buffers has evolved since Section 27 was adopted, and Mohave County needs to be sensitive
to these changes, and
WHEREAS, this amendment will clearly set the guidelines for the layout and construction of
fences and buffers, the type of permitting required, the zones it will be allowed in, and the conditions to
be met, and
WHEREAS, at the public hearing before the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission
on September 13, 2000, the Commission recommended APPROVAL of the attached Mohave County
Ordinance No. 2000-02, an Amendment to Section 9, Definitions, and Sections 13, 13.1, 15, 19, 20, 21,
21.1, 22, 22.1, 23, 24, and 27.H of the Mohave County Zoning Ordinance for the addition of fencing and
buffers in commercial and industrial zones, and