San Manuel, AZ

Pinal County permits standard fence materials, wood, block, wrought iron, pipe rail, subject to the front-yard open-fencing rule (open fencing to five feet, or six-foot…

In unincorporated Pinal County, retaining walls over four feet in height measured from the bottom of the footing require a building permit and plans prepared by an Arizona Registered…

Unincorporated Pinal County caps corner-lot fences at 24 inches inside the sight visibility triangle, but lets front-yard fencing run 5 to 6 feet if it is open style, pipe rail or…

In unincorporated Pinal County, fences and wall-type fences six feet or less in side/rear setbacks do not require a permit. A building permit is required for walls or fences over seven…

Unincorporated Pinal County caps vehicle noise measured at 50 feet: 82-90 dBA for heavy trucks, 76-82 dBA for cars, and 82-86 dBA for motorcycles depending on the street. All vehicles…

In unincorporated Pinal County, near homes construction generally runs 6am-7pm (Apr 15-Oct 15) or 7am-7pm (Oct 16-Apr 14), and only 7am-7pm on weekends and holidays. Concrete pours may…

Pinal County's noise ordinance sets nighttime sound limits by zoning district under Sec. 10-24, applying only in unincorporated areas. Residential and rural properties get stricter…

Unincorporated Pinal County bans any radio, phonograph, musical instrument or other sound-producing mechanism from being audible more than 125 feet from the property line or vehicle…

Unincorporated Pinal County caps ambient sound at the property line under a four-tier table tied to zoning, set out in County Code Section 10-24. Residential districts such as CR-1…

Unincorporated Pinal County's noise ordinance does not reach aircraft. County Code Section 10-27(12) exempts any aircraft operated in conformity with federal law, federal air…

Pinal County exempts landscape-maintenance equipment (including leaf blowers) from the noise ordinance as long as it is properly muffled and operated per the manufacturer's specs…

In unincorporated Pinal County, RVs and boats (both count as recreational vehicles) may be stored on residential lots but the outdoor unit must sit on a dustproof surface in a side or…

Oversized vehicles in unincorporated Pinal County are governed by county zoning. Heavy trucks (19,500 lbs GVWR or more) are banned in residential districts and limited in rural ones…

Pinal County lets residents park operable, registered vehicles on their own residential lot, but vehicles must not block access to sidewalks or the driveways and entrances of any other…

Any warehouse, retail store, hotel, hospital, laundry, or similar commercial use in unincorporated Pinal County must provide at least one off-street loading space, sized ten feet wide…

Pinal County bans parking on county streets, paved or unpaved, wherever it would block a driveway, traffic lane, crosswalk, or sit within 30 feet of a stop sign or 15 feet of a fire…

On county streets in residential areas denser than two dwelling units per acre, Pinal County caps how long an RV, boat, trailer, bus, heavy truck, or inoperable vehicle can sit: 48…

Unincorporated Pinal County allows a home occupation in most residential and rural zones only if it stays secondary to the home: no more than one-fourth of one story (or a 400-sq-ft…

A home occupation in unincorporated Pinal County cannot display any sign advertising the business, with one exception: a single temporary commercial sign on the property during…

In unincorporated Pinal County's rural residential zoning districts, home-based child care for up to five children for compensation is a permitted use needing no special approval…

Home occupations in unincorporated Pinal County can serve no more than five clients per day and no more than two on the property at any one time, under Development Services Code…

Unincorporated Pinal County treats brush, grass, or weeds that reach two feet in height and have stood for more than 60 days as a fire hazard and a public nuisance under County Code…

Pinal County requires no general tree-removal permit for common yard trees, but two triggers matter: a state permit, tag, and seal to move a saguaro over four feet, and a county…

In the GR General Rural zone, a detached shed or accessory building can cover no more than one-third of your rear and side yards, tops out at 20 feet, and must sit at least seven feet…

Unincorporated Pinal County allows one attached and one detached ADU on lots under an acre, plus a second detached unit on lots an acre or larger. Community Development caps the size…

Building a residential pool in unincorporated Pinal County requires a permit under the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, 2018 Edition, which the Board of Supervisors adopted as…

A spa or hot tub in Pinal County may skip the 5-foot pool barrier only if it is no wider than 8 feet and uses an approved, lockable safety cover that supports 100 pounds and blocks a…

In the CR-1 Single Residence zone, Pinal County allows any number of poultry, rabbits and similar small animals outright, but caps cattle, horses, sheep and goats over six months old…

In unincorporated Pinal County's RU rural zoning districts, RU-10 down through RU-C, and in the R-43 district, a pet grooming facility cannot open by right. Development Services Code §…

Pinal County lists apiaries as a permitted commercial agricultural use, not a separately licensed activity. In the GR General Rural zone, aviaries and apiaries sit on the same…

A veterinary hospital or kennel is a conditional permitted use, not a by-right use, across Pinal County's rural zones. In the SR Suburban Ranch zone, the site must be at least five…

Pinal County requires a kennel permit for any residence housing five or more dogs. A Class I Non-Commercial permit allows up to seven dogs; a Class II permit allows up to twelve on…

A backyard fire for cooking, warmth, or ceremony is a permit-exempt recreational fire in Pinal County only if the fuel area is 3 feet or less in diameter and 2 feet or less high…

Under Pinal County's sign code, political signs may go on private property or in county-controlled rights-of-way if erected no more than 90 days before a primary election and removed…

A freestanding sign in unincorporated Pinal County's CB-1, C-1 or O-1 zoning districts is capped at 12 feet, but PCDSC 2.145.080(A)(4) lets it rise to 30 feet if the parcel sits at an…

Electronic message signs and digital billboards are banned throughout unincorporated Pinal County except for time-and-temperature displays. Development Services Code Section…

Signs placed inside a building, including window signs meant to be seen from the street, are exempt from Pinal County's sign permit requirements under Development Services Code Section…

Pinal County's sign code exempts small signs from permits, but requires a sign permit before erecting any nonexempt sign larger than six square feet or higher than eight feet above…

Detached accessory buildings in Pinal County's CR-2 Single Residence zone cannot cover more than one-third of the combined rear and side yard area, per Development Services Code §…

In unincorporated Pinal County's residential and rural zones, the maximum height of any structure is 30 feet. Detached accessory buildings are limited to 20 feet, and one-story sheds…

Setbacks in unincorporated Pinal County depend on the zoning district. In the common GR General Rural zone, minimum yards are 40 ft front, 20 ft each side, and 40 ft rear. Smaller-lot…

Pinal County treats a building or structure as a public nuisance when fire, storm, decay, or faulty construction leaves it structurally unsound, unfit for habitation, or a fire or…

In the urbanized unincorporated county, it is illegal to introduce anything but stormwater into the county's MS4 or storm drains. Pinal County's stormwater management title bans…

Unincorporated Pinal County requires a stormwater site plan and department approval before disturbing an acre or more of land. The plan must define best management practices that keep…

Unincorporated Pinal County requires new construction and substantial improvements inside a regulatory floodplain to have their lowest floor built to or above the Regulatory Flood…

Anyone building, placing a manufactured home, filling, or putting up a wall or fence inside a regulatory floodplain or erosion hazard zone in unincorporated Pinal County must first get…

In unincorporated Pinal County, no one may build a driveway, sidewalk, curb, gutter or pavement, or install pipelines, cables or signs in a county road right-of-way without a permit…

In the GR zone's cluster subdivision option, Pinal County requires developers to identify and protect "primary conservation features" on the site, a defined term that expressly names…

Unincorporated Pinal County's zoning title cannot restrict railroad, mining, metallurgical, grazing or general agriculture use on a tract of five or more contiguous commercial acres…

Unincorporated Pinal County requires a Development Services application, site plan and electrical diagrams before a solar panel permit is issued. Chapter 2.210 PCDSC sets siting…

Unincorporated Pinal County confines adult oriented businesses to CI-1, CI-2, I-2 and I-3 industrial zoning districts and imposes strict spacing: 1,000 feet from any other adult…

Unincorporated Pinal County has no license requirement for home auto repair, but County Code Section 10-24(2)(b) bans repairing, rebuilding or testing any motor vehicle in a…

Illuminated signs and billboards in unincorporated Pinal County may only be lit during business hours or until 11:00 p.m., whichever is later, and the light source itself cannot be…

Pinal County requires a 1,500-foot buffer between a marijuana dispensary or establishment and schools, childcare centers, libraries, public parks, churches, and drug or alcohol…

Unincorporated Pinal County has not opted out of marijuana businesses but confines them to C-3 general commercial, I-1 industrial buffer, I-2 light industrial, and I-3 industrial…

Pinal County cannot require a fire sprinkler system in an accessory dwelling unit or force it onto a commercial building code, even though the ADU rules leave every other building…

Electrical work in unincorporated Pinal County must comply with the National Electric Code, 2017 Edition, adopted by the Board of Supervisors as part of the county building code. The…

Plumbing installations in unincorporated Pinal County must follow the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, adopted by the Board of Supervisors as part of the county building code…

Pinal County requires a building permit for construction of buildings and appurtenant structures in the unincorporated area, under the county building code adopting the 2018…

Pinal County's park rules make it unlawful to publicly urinate or defecate anywhere in a county park under Sec. 16-22(3). The same section also bans disorderly or intoxicated conduct…

In unincorporated Pinal County it is unlawful to smoke marijuana in any public place or open space, and marijuana possession, use, sale, cultivation, manufacture, production or…

Once a county road's outside edge is striped or marked as a bike lane, parking there is prohibited under Pinal County's Development Services Code, matching the state rule at A.R.S. §…

Reserving a Pinal County park for anything beyond normal drop-in use, from a nonprofit group activity to a paid concession, requires a park use permit under Code of Ordinances Sec…

Any parade, concert, race, rodeo, or fireworks exhibition in unincorporated Pinal County counts as a "special event" under the county's Development Services Code and needs a special…

Pinal County parks open at dawn and close at 10:00 p.m. under Sec. 16-20(b) of the county code, unless a park posts different hours or the Open Space and Trails Department issues a…

Pinal County bans flying drones, and any other aircraft, inside county parks under Sec. 16-20(k). The rule also outlaws parachuting and hang gliding on park land. Drones may only…

Pinal County's residential woodburning restrictions do not touch backyard smokers or grills: the ordinance expressly exempts fire pits, barbecue grills, and other outdoor fireplaces…

Unincorporated Pinal County exempts properly functioning heating and cooling equipment from its noise ordinance, but the exemption in County Code Section 10-27(1) only holds as long as…

Unincorporated Pinal County does not exempt bars, inns, restaurants or resorts from its noise ordinance. County Code Section 10-27(3) exempts non-amplified crowd noise from schools…