CHANGE OF USE
Tucson Unified Development Code § 7A.9.2
in effect7A.9.2. CHANGE OF USE
A. Any nonconforming sign
Nonconforming Sign (7A)
A sign lawfully erected or altered in conformance with applicable regulations, including a sign lawfully existing in the county at the time of annexation, that no longer complies with the sign standards due to amendments to this sign code adopted subsequent to the approved permit for the sign or the annexation.
may continue to be utilized as long as the occupancy
Occupancy (7A)
The purpose for which a building or part thereof is used or intended to be used.
of the use within the structure
Structure
A physical element constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground or attached to another physical element having a fixed location at, below, or above grade. Structures include such elements as, but are not limited to, buildings, paved areas, walls, fences, posts, and patios.
remains the same. When a use changes from one occupancy
Occupancy (7A)
The purpose for which a building or part thereof is used or intended to be used.
category to another, all signs
Sign (7A)
Every advertising message, announcement, declaration, display, illustration, insignia, surface or space erected or maintained in a location outside any building and visible to the public for identification, advertising or promotion of the interest of any person, entity, product or service.
shall be brought into conformance
Conformance
To be in agreement with; to comply with.
with the provisions of this article.
B. Any use not mentioned specifically or about which there is any question shall be classified by the zoning administrator and included in the group which its use most nearly resembles.
C. Occupancy
Occupancy (7A)
The purpose for which a building or part thereof is used or intended to be used.
Categories
1. Assembly uses such as theaters, churches, stadiums, review stands and amusement park structures
Structure
A physical element constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground or attached to another physical element having a fixed location at, below, or above grade. Structures include such elements as, but are not limited to, buildings, paved areas, walls, fences, posts, and patios.
.
2. Educational uses such as nurseries, child-care and other educational purposes.
3. Institutional uses such as hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes, mental hospitals and sanitariums, jails, prisons and reformatories.
4. Manufacturing and industrial uses such as storage of materials, dry cleaning plants, paint shops, woodworking, printing plants, ice plants, power plants and creameries.
5. Service facilities such as repair garages, aircraft repair hangers, gasoline and service stations.
6. Wholesale uses.
7. Retail uses including personal services.
8. Office uses including medical offices and urgent care.
9. Restaurant, drinking and dining uses.
10. Government uses such as police and fire stations.
11. Multi-occupancy
Occupancy (7A)
The purpose for which a building or part thereof is used or intended to be used.
dwellings such as hotels, apartment houses, convents, monasteries and lodging houses.
12. Single-family
Family
Any number of individuals customarily living together as a single household and using common cooking facilities.
dwellings.
13. Parking facilities such as parking garages.
(Ord. 11508, 12/5/2017; Am. Ord. 11803, 12/8/2020)
Source: City of Tucson, Tucson Code (Charter and General Ordinances) and Unified Development Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/tucson/latest/tucson_az_udc/0-0-0-26329Fetched: 10/28/2026