Title 9, Cities and Towns

A city or town may not require a person to obtain a business license to conduct business with purchasers located in that city or town if the person is required to pay tax in this state only because the person's business exceeds the threshold provided in section 42-5043.

A. The governing body of a municipality may invest its sinking funds in United States, state, or county bonds or in bonds, debentures or other obligations issued by the federal land banks, the federal intermediate credit banks or the banks for cooperatives. B. In addition to the …

A. Cities and towns with a population of more than sixty thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census may appropriate annually from the general fund an amount not to exceed two-tenths of one per cent of the assessed valuation of the city or town an…

A. A city or town may establish and maintain public parks, and acquire, hold and improve real property for that purpose. B. In a city or town lying within a reclamation project in which a park has been set aside under an act of Congress, a tax of not more than four-tenths mills o…

A. In any written communication between a city or town and a person, the city or town shall provide the name, telephone number and email address of the employee who is authorized and able to provide information about the communication if the communication does any of the followin…

A. A city or town may expend public money in any area federally owned or controlled if it is determined by the governing body of the city or town that such expenditure is necessary for the health or safety of such city or town. B. Before entering upon any expenditure in the area …

Cities and towns may expend public funds to procure liability insurance covering their officers, agents, and employees while employed in governmental or proprietary capacities.

The governing body of an incorporated city or town, and the county board of supervisors of the county in which such city or town is located, may enter into an agreement whereby: 1. The county shall furnish part-time or full-time police protection to persons and property within th…

A. The governing body of a city or town, by ordinance, shall compel the owner, lessee or occupant of property to remove from the property and its contiguous sidewalks, streets and alleys any rubbish, trash, weeds or other accumulation of filth, debris or dilapidated buildings tha…

Charter cities and general law cities, whether incorporated as cities pursuant to section 9-101 or having assumed a city organization pursuant to section 9-271, shall be vested with all the powers of incorporated towns as set forth in this title, in addition to all powers vested …

A. The standard for construction of curbs on each side of any city or town street, or any connecting street or road for which curbs have been prescribed by the governing body of the city or town having jurisdiction thereover, shall be not less than two ramps per lineal block at t…

The governing body of an incorporated city or town may establish, maintain and operate medical clinics as defined in title 36, chapter 24, article 1.

A. Any city and town may by ordinance provide for the appointment of animal control officers who may commence an action or proceeding before a court for any violation of a state statute or local ordinance relating to rabies and animal control that occurs within the jurisdiction o…

A. The governing body of an incorporated city or town may regulate the maximum rate and charge for towing, transporting or impounding a motor vehicle from private property without the permission of the owner or operator of the vehicle by any private towing carriers doing business…

Monies received pursuant to sections 9-951 and 9-952 by a city or town or legally organized fire district which procures the services of a private fire company shall be deposited in the city or town general fund or, in the case of a fire district, in the fire fighters' relief and…

A. A city or town may establish a prisoner work, community restitution work and home detention program for eligible sentenced prisoners, which shall be treated the same as confinement in jail. The presiding judge of the city or town municipal court shall approve the program befor…

Notwithstanding section 28-6805, subsection C, a city or town may construct, operate and finance the construction of toll roads within the corporate limits of the city or town.

A. The municipal court shall appoint legal counsel to represent indigent defendants pursuant to the Arizona rules of criminal procedure. In addition to court appointed attorney reimbursement costs, the court may order an indigent administrative assessment fee in an amount not to …

A. The governing body of a city or town may designate an infill incentive district in an area in the city or town that meets at least three of the following requirements: 1. There is a large number of vacant older or dilapidated buildings or structures. 2. There is a large number…

A. A city or town with a population of fifty thousand or more persons shall provide for efficient and effective lighting systems for new construction and major renovations of municipal buildings, structures, facilities and areas as determined by an evaluation based on the illumin…

A person who is employed by a municipality of this state and who in the course of that employment engages in the practice of social work but who does not treat mental or emotional disorders and who does not assess, appraise, diagnose, evaluate or treat individuals, families or gr…

A. From and after December 31, 2008, notwithstanding the authority to regulate signs pursuant to section 9-462.01, and as a matter of statewide concern, all municipalities shall allow the posting, display and use of sign walkers. Except as provided by subsection B of this section…

A. The governing body of a city or town may designate a renewable energy incentive district in an area in the city or town if all of the following apply: 1. The proposed district consists of a vacant or underused parcel or parcels of property, or any other parcel or parcels of pr…

A. A municipality may not levy or assess any new taxes or fees or increase existing taxes or fees pursuant to statute on a business without complying with this section. B. A municipality that proposes to levy or assess a tax or fee shall: 1. Prepare a schedule of the proposed new…

A. The governing body of a city or town may establish an energy and water savings account that consists of a designated pool of capital investment monies to fund energy or water savings projects in public facilities. A city or town may deposit in the account monies generated from…

Except for a municipality that, before December 31, 2013, has adopted an ordinance requiring property owners to obtain fire prevention and control services and except as provided in this title and titles 35 and 42, a municipality may not levy or assess a municipality-wide tax or …

A. A city or town may adopt a resolution or ordinance establishing passenger convenience areas and vehicle for hire lanes within a transportation safety zone. The governing body of a city or town may adopt resolutions or ordinances establishing hours of operation and procedures f…

A. The governing body of a city or town may provide through ordinance or resolution a plan or plans for their employees which provide tax deferred annuity and deferred compensation plans as authorized pursuant to title 26, United States Code Annotated. B. Such plans shall be esta…

A. The governing body of a city or town may provide by ordinance that certain members of a fire department designated by such city or town are arson investigators. Such ordinance shall provide that the primary duty of arson investigators is the investigation, detection and appreh…

A. A city or town or its officers and employees, a private fire or ambulance company whose services are procured by a city or town or its officers and employees, a property owner or its officers or employees, a tenant or a licensed health care provider as defined in section 12-56…

A. A city or town may appoint park rangers. B. A park ranger may be empowered to issue citations for violations of ordinances and park rules and regulations. C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant park rangers other powers or benefits to which peace officers are e…

A. The governing body of a city or town in area A or area B as defined in section 49-541 shall: 1. If the city has a population exceeding fifty thousand persons according to the 1995 special census, adjust the work hours of at least eighty-five per cent of municipal employees eac…

A. A municipality, by resolution or ordinance, may enter into development agreements relating to property in the municipality and to property located outside the incorporated area of the municipality. If the development agreement relates to property located outside the incorporat…

A. A city or town shall not discriminate against hospitality industry businesses in the collection of fees. For the purposes of this subsection: 1. "Discriminate" means any increase of fees on hospitality industry businesses by any dollar amount without a corresponding equal doll…

A city or town shall provide its residents with an opportunity to engage in recycling and waste reduction.

A. The governing body of a city or town may designate an appropriate official to enforce all or a portion of title 45, chapter 1, article 12, relating to water conservation plumbing requirements. If a city or town designates an official pursuant to this subsection, it shall notif…

The governing body of a city or town with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more persons according to the 1990 United States decennial census may adopt a fair housing ordinance not later than January 1, 1995.

A. An escort or escort agency shall not advertise escort services unless the advertisement includes either: 1. The escort license number of the escort if the advertisement is for the services of a specific escort. 2. The business license number of the escort agency where the serv…

(L05, Ch. 105, sec. 2) A. In addition to any other powers granted to a city or town, the governing body of a city or town may appropriate and spend public monies for and in connection with economic development activities. B. To fund economic development activities under this sect…

(L05, Ch. 200, sec. 1) A. In addition to any other powers granted to a city or town, the governing body of a city or town may appropriate and spend public monies for and in connection with economic development activities. B. To fund economic development activities under this sect…

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a property owner may appeal the following actions relating to the owner's property by a city or town, or an administrative agency or official of a city or town, in the manner prescribed by this section: 1. The requirement by…

A city or town or an agency or instrumentality of a city or town shall comply with the United States supreme court cases of Dolan v. City of Tigard, _____ U.S. _____ (1994), Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987), Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, ___…

A. A city or town shall not spend or use its resources, including the use or expenditure of monies, accounts, credit, facilities, vehicles, postage, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, web pages, personnel, equipment, materials, buildings or any other thing of val…

By resolution, the governing body of a city or town, including a charter city, may voluntarily refer an advisory question relating to public transportation to a vote of the qualified electors of the city or town at a special or general election.

A. By December 31, 1998, a city or town that is located in area A as defined in section 49-541 shall adopt, implement and enforce an ordinance that complies with the clean burning fireplace standards adopted by the metropolitan planning organization that is responsible for air qu…

A. Pursuant to section 28-7677, a city or town may enter into agreements with the department of transportation for the acceleration of right-of-way acquisition, design or construction of an eligible highway project or an eligible transit capital project as defined in section 28-7…