Title 9 — Cities and Towns

A. Each person signing a petition for the annexation of territory to a city or town shall, at the time he signs, write upon the petition the date on which he signs the petition. B. A signature on a petition for annexation shall not be valid if the petition has not been filed or a…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, territory may be deannexed and severed from one city or town and annexed to another city or town under this section if the territory that is deannexed is contiguous to the city or town that annexes the territory. B. The governing body of a city o…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, territory may be deannexed, severed and returned to the county by a city or town if the territory is a county owned park, a park operated on public lands by a county as part of a management agreement or land owned by a flood control district. B. …

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article: 1. A city or town located in a county with a population of more than three hundred fifty thousand persons may annex any territory within an area that is surrounded by the city or town or that is bordered by the city or town …

All territory annexed to a city or town shall become a part of the district or districts of the city or town adjoining the territory so annexed.

A. The common councils of incorporated cities and towns may redistrict and subdivide their territory into districts. B. Each district shall contain a nearly equal number of inhabitants at the time of the redistricting and shall consist of contiguous territory in as compact form a…

A. When the owner of land, the whole or part of which is in an unincorporated area within three miles from the corporate limits of a city or town having an ordinance establishing minimum subdivision standards and controls, desires to subdivide the land into lots for the purpose o…

A. One copy of the plat or map shall be filed with the city or town and the other copy with the board of supervisors of the county in which the subdivision is situated, to which shall be attached the petition of the owner praying for the approval of the plat or map. B. The board …

If on the hearing it is determined by the board that corrections, additions or amendments in any respect shall be made to the plat or map then a plat or map shall be prepared by the owner in accordance with the amendments, corrections or additions, and the consent of the owner an…

A. Upon the plat or map shall be endorsed a name, title or designation of the subdivision and the acknowledgment by the owner or some person for him duly authorized thereunto by deed. B. No title, name or designation shall be given that is the same as that of a subdivision in a c…

No plat or map shall be accepted by the county recorder for filing unless it complies with the provisions of this article, but if an owner has given to a city or town written notice of intention to subdivide and the city or town has failed or refused within the time specified in …

A. No property shall be sold or described in a conveyance or other instrument by reference to any map or plat of a subdivision comprehended within the provisions of this article unless the map or plat has been prepared and filed under the provisions of this article. B. Every pers…

A. The governing body of each incorporated city or town shall cause an audit to be made by a certified public accountant who is currently certified by the Arizona state board of accountancy or who has a limited reciprocity privilege pursuant to section 32-725 and who is not an em…

The expense of the audit shall be paid by the city or town for which the audit is made. Contracts for the performance of such audits required by this article may be entered into without competitive bidding.

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Mobile food unit" means a food establishment that is licensed by this state, that is readily movable and that dispenses food or beverages for immediate service and consumption and other incidental retail items from any v…

A. In relation to a mobile food vendor or mobile food unit, a city or town by ordinance or resolution may: 1. Prohibit or restrict a mobile food vendor from operating at a public airport or public transit facility, in an area zoned for residential use or within two hundred fifty …

A city or town may not require a mobile food vendor to maintain an insurance policy that names the city or town as an additional insured unless the mobile food vendor is attending an event sponsored by that city or town or is operating on public property, including the right-of-w…

A. A city or town may maintain in its name a civil action to recover an unpaid license, business or occupation tax imposed by an ordinance of the city or town against a person liable for the payment thereof. B. It is not a defense to the action that a person otherwise liable for …

A city or town may not require a person to obtain an additional business license to do business within that city or town if the person is a real estate broker or salesperson licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 20, article 2 and licensed to do business in the city or town in wh…

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…

1. Demands payment of a tax, fee, penalty, fine or assessment. 2. Denies an application for a permit or license that is issued by the city or town. 3. Requests corrections, revisions or additional information or materials needed for approval of any application for a permit, licen…

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.

B. An animal control officer appointed pursuant to subsection A of this section shall: 1. Be unarmed during the course of duties except that a small caliber firearm may be available to be used in controlling vicious animals or in dispatching of a wounded animal. For the purposes …

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…

B. Life cycle costs as defined in section 34-454 shall be used to evaluate the design, equipment and materials that are considered pursuant to subsection A of this section. C. All outdoor light fixtures that are owned and operated by a city or town and that are subject to the req…

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…

B. A municipality that proposes to levy or assess a tax or fee shall: 1. Prepare a schedule of the proposed new or increased tax or fee that includes the amount of the tax or fee and a written report or data that supports the new or increased tax or fee. A copy of the report or d…

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 …

B. The governing body of a city or town may establish, by resolution or ordinance, a transportation safety zone, if the governing body finds that a transportation safety zone is necessary to preserve the public health, safety and general welfare. A resolution or ordinance adopted…

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…