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	Land Use Intensity Legend

Revised June 2003

Preface:

The following land use intensity categories are designated on the Pima County Comprehensive Plan Update, adopted by the Pima County Board of Supervisors on December 18, 2001.

Designation of land use intensities on the Land Use Plan and incorporation of the legend into the Zoning Code (Section 18.89.060) provides a mechanism to assure that rezoning approvals are consistent with the long-range land use plan. Rezonings and specific plans (Sections 18.91.040C and 18.90.030H, respectively) must comply with the Land Use Plan. To be in compliance, applications for rezoning must select from the zoning districts listed as permitted and comply with the gross density limitation for the land use intensity category in which the property is located. An amendment to the Land Use Plan must be processed for rezoning or specific plan applications that do not comply with the Land Use Plan. Amendments to the Land Use Plan are processed on an annual schedule with applications accepted only during the period from the first regular working day of February to the last regular working day of April (Section 18.89.040B).

Land Use Intensity Categories
A. Urban Intensity Categories: The following intensity categories shall be applied to designate planned land use within urban areas only:
1. Regional Activity Center	REAC
2. Community Activity Center	CAC
3. Neighborhood Activity Center	NAC
4. Multifunctional Corridor	MFC
5. High Intensity Urban	F
6. Medium/High Intensity Urban	E
7. Medium Intensity Urban	D
8. Low Intensity Urban	C-3.0, C-1.2, C-0.5, C-0.2
B. Rural Intensity Categories: The following land use categories shall be applied to designate rural development intensities on the land use plan.
1. Rural Activity Center	RUAC
2. Rural Crossroads	RX
3. Rural Forest Village	RFV
4. Medium Intensity Rural	B
5. Low Intensity Rural	A
C. Urban and Rural Intensity Categories: The following land use categories shall be applied to designate urban and rural development intensities on the land use plan.
1. Urban Industrial	I
2. Heavy Industrial	HI
3. Military Airport	MA
4. Resource Transition	RT
5. Resource Conservation	RC
6. Resource Productive	RP
7. Resource Extraction	RE
D. MAJOR RESORT COMMUNITY: Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 18.89.060A, B, or C, the following zoning districts shall be deemed in conformance with the land use plan provided such projects conform with the residential gross density, zoning district, and special development standards set forth herein.
Major Resort Community	MR

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Land Use Intensity Legend