11-801. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Aggregate" means cinder, crushed rock or stone, decomposed granite, gravel, pumice, pumicite and sand.
2. "Area of jurisdiction" means that part of the county outside the corporate limits of any municipality.
3. "Board" means the board of supervisors.
4. "Commission" means the county planning and zoning commission.
5. "Indian reservation" means all lands that are held in trust by the United States for the exclusive use and occupancy of Indian tribes by treaty, law or executive order and that are currently recognized as Indian reservations by the United States department of the interior.
6. "Inspector" means the county zoning inspector.
7. "Newspaper of general circulation in the county seat" means a daily or weekly newspaper if any is published in the county seat.
8. "Rezoning" means a change in the zoning ordinance changing the zoning district boundaries within an area previously zoned.
9. "Zoning district" means any portion of a county in which the same set of zoning regulations applies.
10. "Zoning ordinance" means an ordinance that is adopted by the board of supervisors and that contains zoning regulations together with a map setting forth the precise boundaries of zoning districts within which the various zoning regulations are effective.
11. "Zoning regulations" means provisions that govern the use of land or buildings, or both, the height and location of buildings, the size of yards, courts and open spaces, the establishment of setback lines and such other matters as may otherwise be authorized under this chapter and that the board deems suitable and proper.
12. "Zoning regulations amendment" means a change in the zoning ordinance that modifies, adds to, transfers or repeals one or more zoning regulations or that adds one or more zoning regulations.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1959–2021 · leading case:
Rotter v. Coconino Cnty., 818 P.2d 704 (Ariz. 1991).
Rotter v. Coconino Cnty., 818 P.2d 704 (Ariz. 1991).
· cites it 6× “In Arizona, the provisions of A.R.S. §§ 11-801 through 11-832 grant counties authority to adopt planning and zoning regulations, affirmatively requiring each county zoning commission to formulate and adopt a comprehensive long-term plan for development of the area within its…”
McIntyre v. Mohave Cnty., 620 P.2d 696 (Ariz. 1980).
· cites it 4× “The Miner was a "newspaper of general circulation in the county seat" pursuant to A.R.S. § 11-801(5). At the same time, the Mohave Valley News was a weekly paper published in Bullhead City and served the Mohave Valley.”
Hart v. Bayless Inv. & Trading Co., 346 P.2d 1101 (Ariz. 1959).
· cites it 3× “2 (now A.R.S. § 11-801, subd. 5). “A newspaper of general circulation” in Maricopa County, for purposes of the Zoning Act, necessarily means either the Arizona Republic or the Phoenix Gazette, since these are the only daily newspapers published in the county seat.”
Rotter v. Coconino Cnty., 805 P.2d 1019 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990).
· cites it 4× “Legislation providing for zoning of real property located within a county is found in A.R.S. § 11-801 et seq. Within the zoning statutes, the county is given broad authority to initiate and enforce planning and zoning controls.”
Davis v. Hidden, 606 P.2d 36 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1979).
· cites it 2× “It may do so apart from its statutory authority to establish zoning and building codes and land subdivision rules pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 11-801 through 11-867. On the other hand, the county is given broad direction in the areas of planning and zoning by reason of A.”
Minor v. Cochise Cnty., 608 P.2d 313 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1979).
· cites it 2× “§ 11-807 defines the powers of a county board of adjustment, appeals to such board and judicial review of the board’s action.”
Davidson v. All State Materials Co., 419 P.2d 732 (Ariz. 1966).
· cites it 2× “Defendant All State did not answer Davidson’s complaint on the merits but filed a motion to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the zoning ordinance which was purportedly violated was a nullity for failure to comply with the enabling legislation, A.R.S. §§ 11-801 through…”
Comm. for Neighborhood Pres. v. Graham, 484 P.2d 226 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1971).
· cites it 2× “After the ordinance was declared to have been duly passed a suit was filed seeking to declare the ordinance to be invalid for two reasons: First, only four persons qualified to vote were present at the hearing and; second, the vote on 7 October was not a roll call vote.”
Babbitt v. Asta, 545 P.2d 58 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1976).
“As the Attorney General argues, however, §§ 11-801 (Supp.1975) and 11-802 (Supp.1975) provide a clue.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 11-801(5) — 1 case
McIntyre v. Mohave Cnty., 620 P.2d 696 (Ariz. 1980).
“The Miner was a "newspaper of general circulation in the county seat" pursuant to A.R.S. § 11-801(5). At the same time, the Mohave Valley News was a weekly paper published in Bullhead City and served the Mohave Valley.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 11-801(6) — 1 case
Rotter v. Coconino Cnty., 818 P.2d 704 (Ariz. 1991).
“In Arizona, the provisions of A.R.S. §§ 11-801 through 11-832 grant counties authority to adopt planning and zoning regulations, affirmatively requiring each county zoning commission to formulate and adopt a comprehensive long-term plan for development of the area within its…”
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