Title 9 — Cities and Towns

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Code" means a published compilation of rules or regulations prepared by a technical trade association and includes any building code, electrical wiring code, health or sanitation code, fire prevention code, wildland-urba…

A municipality may enact the provisions of a code or public record theretofore in existence without setting forth the provisions, but the adopting ordinance shall be published in full. Exhibits are not required to be published as long as the words "exhibits on file at" and the lo…

No penalty clause shall be enacted by reference thereto. A penalty clause contained in a code or public record adopted by reference shall be set forth in full in the adopting ordinance.

The enactment of any municipality which has adopted a code or public record by reference thereto prior to March 29, 1951 is ratified and declared effective upon the filing of three copies of the code or public record with the clerk of the municipality.

Beginning June 30, 2009 through June 30, 2011, any new or modified residential or commercial building code or other related code that is adopted by a municipality does not apply to a residential or commercial building that received a final site plan or subdivision plat, planned a…

A. A city or town may adopt a current wildland-urban interface code. The code may be adapted from a model code adopted by a national or international organization or association for mitigating the hazard to life and property. B. A city or town must follow written public procedure…

A. A municipality shall not adopt a code or ordinance or part of a uniform code or ordinance that prohibits a person or entity from choosing to install or equip or not install or equip fire sprinklers in a single family detached residence or any residential building that contains…

A. A municipality may not adopt any, or part of any, fire code, ordinance, stipulation or other legal requirement for an approved fire apparatus access road or a fire apparatus access road extension, or both, or an approved route or a route extension, or both, that directly or in…

A. From and after December 31, 2014, a code or ordinance or part of a uniform code or ordinance that is adopted by a city or town applies to locking devices for pool barrier gates used for means of ingress or egress for semipublic swimming pools. Any new construction or major ren…

B. Any code, ordinance, land use regulation or general or specific plan provision or part of a code, ordinance, land use regulation or general or specific plan provision adopted by a municipality may not prohibit or have the effect of restricting a person's or entity's ability to…

[Repealed or reserved.]

The minutes of the proceedings of the governing body of an incorporated city or town, or an abstract of the minutes, may be published as the council or board by resolution entered upon their minutes may direct.

A. Notices of election, invitations for bids, notices of letting contracts, laws and ordinances, and other notices of a public character issued by authority of the governing body of any city or town, shall be published in one of the following: 1. A newspaper that is printed and p…

Every ordinance imposing a penalty, fine, forfeiture or other punishment, in addition to the provisions of section 9-812, shall be published after its enactment by posting at city or town hall or in one public place, within the city or town, on the city's or town's website and an…

The manner of conducting and voting at elections of a city or town, of keeping the poll lists, counting and canvassing the votes, certifying the returns, declaring the results and notifying the persons elected, contesting the election, and all acts relating to the election, shall…

A. Arizona courts have recognized that the Constitution of Arizona requires the legislature's involvement in issues relating to elections conducted by charter cities, including initiative and referendum elections, the method of elections other than by ballot, laws relating to pri…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a person is not entitled to vote at an election in a city or town if the person has not been a qualified elector as defined in section 16-121 in the city or town for at least twenty-nine days preceding the election. B. Any pe…

A. A city or town by ordinance or resolution in writing may provide for and require a registration of the voters of the city or town. The registration may be required every two years, and shall begin within sixty days before, and shall be closed ten days before, the regular city …

In elections where the question of issuing bonds of the municipal corporation is submitted to the qualified electors, the governing body by resolution may require a registration of all persons to vote at the elections, who possess such qualifications. The resolution shall be pass…

At least ten days before an election held in a city or town not exceeding two thousand in population, according to the last official census thereof, the governing body shall appoint, from the qualified electors thereof, one inspector, two judges and two clerks, who shall constitu…

A. The legislature finds and determines that for the purposes of increasing voter knowledge and government transparency it is a matter of statewide concern that all municipalities fully inform voters of the effects of any vote to approve a bond, sales tax or property tax measure …

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Fire and life safety inspection" means an inspection of a regulated person or facility conducted to ensure fire safety compliance. 2. "Food and swimming pool inspection" means an inspection of a regulated person or facil…

To ensure fair and open regulation by municipalities, a person: 1. Is eligible for reimbursement of fees and other expenses if the person prevails by adjudication on the merits against a municipality in a court proceeding regarding a municipality decision as provided in section 1…

A. A municipal inspector or regulator who enters any premises of a regulated person for the purpose of conducting an inspection shall: 1. Present photo identification on entry of the premises. 2. On initiation of the inspection, state the purpose of the inspection and the legal a…

A. A municipality shall not base a licensing decision in whole or in part on a licensing requirement or condition that is not specifically authorized by statute, rule, ordinance or code. A general grant of authority does not constitute a basis for imposing a licensing requirement…

A. For any new ordinance or code requiring a license, a municipality shall have in place an overall time frame during which the municipality will either grant or deny each type of license that it issues. The overall time frame for each type of license shall state separately the a…

A. A municipality that issues licenses shall provide the following information to an applicant at the time the applicant obtains an application for a license: 1. A list of all of the steps the applicant is required to take in order to obtain the license. 2. The applicable licensi…

The municipality shall publish, or prominently place on the municipal website, at least annually a directory summarizing the subject matter of all currently applicable ordinances, codes and substantive policy statements. The municipality shall keep copies of this directory and al…

The governing body may receive complaints concerning ordinances, codes, substantive policy statements or municipality practices alleged to violate this article. The governing body may review any ordinance, code, substantive policy statement or municipal practice alleged to violat…

A. An applicant for a license subject to this article may request a municipality to clarify its interpretation or application of a statute, ordinance, code or authorized substantive policy statement affecting the procurement of that license by providing the municipality with a wr…

1. An ordinance, code, regulation or substantive policy statement that relates only to the internal management of a municipality and that does not directly and substantially affect the procedural or substantive rights or duties of any segment of the public. 2. An ordinance, code,…

A. Unless authorized by federal, state or local law a city or town may not take any action that materially increases the regulatory burdens on a business unless there is a threat to the health, safety and welfare of the public that has not been addressed by legislation or industr…

A. A city or town may not impose an occupational licensing requirement on any occupation, trade or profession unless the new occupational licensing requirement is necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of the public. B. Beginning August 3, 2018, a city or town may not…

B. A municipality shall approve or deny application submittals for the activities prescribed in subsection A of this section within sixty days after a submittal is deemed administratively complete pursuant to section 9-835 unless another time frame is specified by a municipal ord…