Agriculture, General

The land use of animal husbandry (limited to farm animals), farming, cultivation of crops, dairying, pasturage, floriculture, horticulture, viticulture, aquaculture, hydroponics, together with necessary accompanying accessory uses, buildings, or structures for housing, packing, treating, or storing said products. This definition includes the keeping of farm animals for family food production, education or recreation. This use may include incidental sales by the producer of products raised on the farm. This use excludes marijuana cultivation, slaughterhouses, commercial feedlots, or stockyards, fat rendering, meatpacking, tanning, cutting, curing, cleaning or storing of green hides or skins, and slaughtering or meatpacking of farm animals.

Agriculture, Urban

The raising, keeping or production of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other crops, chickens, and bees; composting; and the processing of those agricultural products. This use may include vineyards; the incidental sales of produce, plants, or products raised on the premises; preparing, treating, and storing agricultural products; and equipment and machinery. This use excludes marijuana cultivation, slaughterhouses, commercial feedlots, or stockyards, fat rendering, meatpacking, tanning, cutting, curing, cleaning or storing of green hides or skins, slaughtering or meatpacking of farm animals, and the keeping or raising of animals other than chickens and bees.

Accessory Building

A subordinate building, either attached or detached, located on the same lot as the principal building, the use of which is incidental to the principal building or use of the lot. For single-family residential uses, any building area lacking an internal connection to the primary structure is considered an accessory building.

Guest Quarters

A structure attached or unattached to a principal dwelling, used to house guests of the occupants of the principal dwelling, and held in ownership by the owner of the principal dwelling.

Home Occupation

Any uses of a vocational or professional nature which are customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling or an accessory building; are clearly incidental, secondary and in addition to the use of the structure for dwelling purposes; and are managed in such a way that does not change the character of the dwelling or adversely affect surrounding properties. This does not include a family of unrelated persons with disabilities residing in a group home licensed by the state of Arizona, including staff persons, as defined by this Code.

Outside Sales and Display

The outdoor sale and display area of retail goods, produce, plants, handcrafts, and the like conducted on the same lot or parcel as the principal business with which such activities are associated. This use does not include mobile food vending.

Outdoor Storage, Accessory

The incidental keeping of goods, materials, equipment, or personal property of any nature that are not kept in a structure having at least four walls and a roof. New or used motor vehicle sales and rental display and parking shall not be defined as outside storage. [Ord. 2020-04 § 1, 9-8-20 (Res. 2020-16)].