Title 36 — Public Health and Safety

An obligee of a city, town or county, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on him, and subject only to contractual restrictions binding on that person, may: 1. By mandamus, or an action or proceeding at law or in equity, compel the public housing authority, city…

A public housing authority, city, town or county may by resolution, trust indenture, lease or other contract confer on any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right, in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred on the …

A. All real property owned or held by a public housing authority, city, town or county for the purposes of this article are exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against it nor shall any judgment against a publ…

A. When a housing project is owned and administered by a housing authority under this article, the housing authority and the city, town or county in which the project is located may agree upon payments to be made in lieu of taxes. B. Taxing authorities are authorized and directed…

A. In addition to the powers conferred on a political subdivision of this state by other provisions of this article, a public housing authority, city, town or county may borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for or …

A. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in planning, undertaking, constructing or operating housing projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body, with or without consideration and upon such terms as it determines, may: 1. Dedicate,…

Two or more cities, towns or counties, acting directly, or pursuant to this article through their public housing authorities, may join or cooperate in the exercise, jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers under this article for the purpose of financing, planning, owni…

All items of construction and all purchases of furnishings and equipment made under this article shall be by contract after call for bids.

The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.

Insofar as the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this article shall be controlling.

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Area of operation" means the area within the territorial boundaries of the municipality. 2. "Blighted area" means an area, other than a slum area, where sound municipal growth and the provision of housing accommodations …

It is declared: 1. That there exist in municipalities of the state slum or blighted areas which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious and inimical to the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state. 2. That the existence of these areas con…

A. A municipality shall not exercise any of the powers conferred on municipalities by this article until its local governing body adopts a resolution by a two-thirds vote finding both of the following: 1. One or more slum or blighted areas exist in the municipality. 2. The redeve…

A. Every municipality shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article, including the following powers in addition to others granted by this article: 1. To prepare or cause to be prepared redevelopment plans…

In undertaking redevelopment projects under this article, every municipality, by resolution of its governing body, may delegate to the slum clearance and redevelopment commission of the municipality, if any, created by it pursuant to section 36-1476, as an agent of the municipali…

A. In addition to the other powers conferred by this article a municipality by resolution of its governing body may create a slum clearance and redevelopment commission, which shall be an agent of the municipality for the exercise of powers of the municipality under this article.…

A. A public official of a municipality, commissioner or employee of a housing authority or slum clearance and redevelopment commission to which the powers of a municipality have been delegated pursuant to this article shall not voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect…

A. A municipality may acquire by condemnation any interest in real property, including a fee simple title to that real property, that it deems necessary for or in connection with a redevelopment project under this article, after the adoption by the local governing body of a resol…

A. A municipality shall not prepare a redevelopment plan for a redevelopment project area unless the local governing body, by resolution, has declared the area to be a slum or blighted area in need of redevelopment. The local governing body shall not consider a redevelopment plan…

A. A municipality may sell, lease, exchange or otherwise transfer real property or any interest in the property in a redevelopment project area to any redeveloper for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial or other uses or for public use in accordance with the redevelo…

A. A municipality may issue bonds in its discretion to finance the undertaking of any redevelopment project under this article, including the payment of principal and interest upon any advances for surveys and plans for redevelopment projects, and may also issue refunding bonds f…

A. In connection with the issuance of bonds pursuant to section 36-1481, or the incurring of obligations under leases, and in order to secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, a municipality, in addition to its other powers, may: 1. Prescribe the procedure, if any, by whi…

This article, without reference to other statutes of the state, shall constitute full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds under section 36-1481. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, bonds authorized under section 36-1481 shall not be subject to the pro…

A. Any bonds to be issued under section 36-1481 may be submitted to the attorney general of the state after all proceedings for issuance of the bonds have been taken. Upon submission of the proceedings to the attorney general, he shall examine into and pass upon the validity of t…

An obligee of a municipality exercising its powers under this article may, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee: 1. By mandamus, or an action or proceeding at law or in equit…

All property of a municipality, including funds, owned or held by it for the purposes of this article shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against it nor shall judgment against a municipality be a cha…

A. For the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking or carrying out of a redevelopment project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it determines: 1. Dedicate, sell, convey or lease…

Every municipality may use its funds for the purposes of aiding in the planning, undertaking or carrying out of a redevelopment project in its area of operation. To obtain funds for this purpose, every municipality may, in addition to other powers set forth in this article, levy …

Any instrument executed by a municipality and purporting to convey any right, title or interest in any property under this article shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this article insofar as title or other interest of any bona…

The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.

Insofar as the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this article shall be controlling.

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "APA 87-1" means the American pyrotechnics association standard 87-1, standard for construction and approval for transportation of fireworks, novelties and theatrical pyrotechnics, December 1, 2001 version. 2. "Consumer f…

A. Except as otherwise provided by this article, it is unlawful to sell, offer or expose for sale, use, explode or possess any fireworks. B. This section shall not be construed to prohibit or restrict the manufacture or possession, by a qualified pyrotechnic expert, of aerial set…

A. Each governing body may adopt reasonable rules and regulations for granting permits for supervised public displays of fireworks within its jurisdiction, by municipalities, fair associations, amusement parks and other organizations and groups. B. Application for a permit shall …

The governing body shall require each permittee to give a satisfactory bond in a principal amount not less than five hundred dollars, conditioned upon payment of all damages which may be caused to persons or property by reason of the display.

A. This article does not prohibit: 1. The sale at wholesale by a resident wholesaler, dealer or jobber of fireworks that are not prohibited by this article. 2. The sale of fireworks to bona fide wholesalers, dealers or jobbers that are to be and are shipped directly out of the st…

A. The sale and use of permissible consumer fireworks are of statewide concern. The regulation of permissible consumer fireworks pursuant to this article and their sale or use is not subject to further regulation by a governing body, except as follows: 1. In a county with a popul…

A. The Arizona highway patrol or any sheriff or other peace officer shall seize, remove or cause to be removed, at the expense of the owner, all fireworks or combustibles offered or exposed for sale, stored or possessed in violation of this article. B. In addition to the persons …

A. A person violating a provision of this article is subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars. B. A person who uses fireworks or permissible consumer fireworks on preservation lands owned by a city or town that has purchased more than fifteen thousand acres of land for …

A. The office of the state fire marshal shall adopt rules pursuant to title 41, chapter 6 to carry out this article, including a rule that adopts the national fire protection association code for the manufacture, transportation, storage and retail sales of fireworks and pyrotechn…

A. The office of the state fire marshal may impose a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for each incident of prohibited use of fireworks on state land in violation of this article. B. The assistant director of the office of the state fire marshal shall deposit, pursuant to sec…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Cylinder" means a portable container that is constructed to United States department of transportation specifications that has less than two hundred thirty-nine pounds of water capacity and that is capable of storing liq…

Any gas appliances installed or placed in tourist courts, camps, hotels and lodging houses after June 26, 1952 shall bear the seal of approval of the American gas association and shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations applicable to the appliance.

A. Gas appliances designed for space heating or water heating installed or placed in tourist courts, camps, hotels and lodging houses after June 26, 1952 shall be connected to an effective vent or flue leading to the outside air not less in size than the vent collar on the applia…

All gas appliances and vents and flues with which they are connected shall be maintained in good repair by the owner of the premises unless there is a specific agreement to the contrary between the owner and the occupant, and the gas distributor as such shall not be responsible f…

A. A person, other than the owner of a liquefied petroleum gas container or a person authorized in writing by the owner, shall not: 1. Fill or refill a liquefied petroleum gas container with liquefied petroleum gas or any other gas or compound. 2. Evacuate a liquefied petroleum g…

Nothing in this article shall be construed to supersede or reduce the requirements of an ordinance or code of an incorporated city or town on the same subject.

A person failing to comply with the requirements of this article or violating any of its provisions is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Hazardous locations" means those structural elements, glazed or to be glazed, in buildings used as dwellings for one or more families or persons, commercial buildings, industrial buildings and public buildings, known as …

A. Each light of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported, fabricated or sold for use in a hazardous location, or installed in such a location, within the state of Arizona shall be permanently labeled by such means as etching, sandblasting, firing of ceramic ma…