8903 E Emerald Rd, Portal, AZ 85632

Rural District

RU (Rural) Zoning Districts are established to achieve the following purposes: To preserve the character of areas designated as Rural in the Cochise County Comprehensive Plan.; To encourage those types of non-residential and non-agricultural activities which serve local needs or provide a service and are compatible with rural living.; To preserve the agricultural character of those portions of the County capable of resource production.; To provide space for people, minimize traffic congestion, and preserve the existing rural environment of unincorporated areas of the County situated outside of existing communities.; To provide recreational support services that are compatible with rural living.; To protect the quality of the natural environment as it relates to safeguarding the health, safety, and welfare of the people in Cochise County; and To allow consideration of some more intense non-residential uses as Special Uses that are inappropriate in more densely populated urban/suburban areas that may under some circumstances be appropriate in rural areas if designed to be sensitive to the general character of rural districts and natural environment and harmonious and in scale with existing development near the proposed site and in conformance with this Section.