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Navajo County board adopts comprehensive zoning overhaul including renewable-energy rules
Summary
The Navajo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a comprehensive update to the county zoning ordinance that reorganizes use tables, streamlines administrative procedures and adds a consolidated renewable-energy chapter covering wind and solar project standards, outreach and decommissioning requirements.
Navajo County supervisors on Thursday voted to adopt a comprehensive rewrite of the county zoning ordinance, including new, uniform standards for wind and solar projects and streamlined procedures for residents and developers.
The update condenses and reorganizes the county code so users can find allowed uses and development standards in single sections rather than searching multiple cross-referenced articles, county planning staff said. The board approved Resolution No. 17-2025 to finalize the update.
The change matters because it alters how property uses are listed, clarifies the county's code-enforcement and permit-review processes, and creates a single renewable-energy development article that adds uniform expectations for fire review, road-use agreements, site studies and bonding for decommissioning.
Planning and Development Services staff told the board the rewrite reduced duplicative text and reorganized rural zoning sections so that uses are presented in one place while differences between RU-20, RU-10, RU-5 and RU-1 are shown in a…
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