Chandler, AZ

Construction within 500 feet of a residential property in Chandler may only run 5:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. on weekdays and 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. on weekends and holidays, per City Code §…

Chandler City Code § 11-10.1 bans playing a radio, phonograph or other musical device loud enough to disturb a reasonable person outside the source, and separately curfews…

Chandler's Airport Impact Overlay District splits land near Chandler Municipal Airport and Stellar Airpark into three noise zones, ANO-1 (55-60 Ldn), ANO-2 (60-70 Ldn) and ANO-3 (70+…

Chandler has no fixed overnight quiet-hours clock; instead City Code § 11-10 bars any 'disturbing or unreasonably loud noise' at any time. Section 11-10.1 lists illustrative examples…

Chandler names dog noise directly in its disturbing-the-peace ordinance: City Code § 11-10.1(B)(5) makes it unlawful to keep or harbor a dog that barks, howls, or makes noise, day or…

Chandler City Code § 30-20(M) doesn't set leaf-blower hours, but bars running one over surfaces that haven't been stabilized and prohibits blowing landscape debris onto any highway…

Chandler Zoning Code §§ 35-3000–35-3003 create an Airport Impact Overlay District around Chandler Municipal Airport and Stellar Airpark that forces sound-attenuated construction, up to…

Maricopa County bans motor vehicles without a working muffler and prohibits cut-out, bypass, or muffler-elimination devices that amplify engine or exhaust noise, enforced in…

Chandler City Code § 31-5G makes it unlawful in any city park or facility to take, kill, wound, disturb or mistreat any bird or animal, wild or domesticated, unless the Community…

Chandler bars keeping any animal or fowl, livestock included, within 200 feet of a neighboring residence unless that neighbor signs a written consent allowing it. Sec. 14-3 exempts…

Chandler makes it a violation for a dog to be at large on any public street, park or property. A dog is not considered at large if it's on a leash, chain, rope or cord no longer than…

Chandler's zoning table allows a veterinarian hospital or clinic by right only in the C-2 and C-3 commercial districts: it's not a listed use in C-1 or either industrial district. The…

Chandler has no citywide law requiring pet owners to spay or neuter their animals. The only spay/neuter mandate in the Code arises after a City Magistrate formally declares a specific…

Chandler makes it unlawful to keep any poisonous reptile or poisonous snake anywhere in the city, with no permit path in the animal chapter. The same chapter separately bans keeping…

Chandler makes animal hoarding a crime: owning, keeping or harboring animals in numbers or conditions injurious to their health or welfare is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Courts can order…

Chandler impounds stray cats the same as stray dogs and holds them at the pound at least 72 hours before disposal. Owners can reclaim an impounded cat by proving ownership and paying…

Chandler has no breed-specific ban; instead it uses a behavior-based hearing process. Anyone, including a County Animal Control Officer, can petition a City Magistrate to declare an…

Pet groomers and pet shops in unincorporated Maricopa County are Non-Food Environmental Health Operating Permit holders under Chapter I of the county's Environmental Health Code. A…

Arizona requires every beekeeper to register apiaries with the State Department of Agriculture, regardless of city rules, and follows uniform statewide pest and disease management…

Arizona makes it unlawful to intentionally feed or attract wildlife, except birds and tree squirrels, in Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal counties under A.R.S. 13-2927. The offense is a petty…

Once the Chandler City Council declares a Stage Four Drought, City Code § 52-40 cuts lawn, tree and shrub watering to once a week on days set by the City Manager and confines all…

Chandler's refuse code normally requires solid waste to be bagged and containerized before collection, but § 44-2.3 carves out an exception: vegetative waste kept on the property for…

Chandler requires the owner or lessor of any developed site to keep installed landscaping watered, fertilized, weeded, mowed and pruned so the property stays clean and attractive, and…

Chandler bars owners and occupants from letting grass or weeds go 'uncontrolled, unmaintained or overgrown' on any property fronting a street, alleyway or public place, including the…

Chandler property owners must keep tree limbs at least 15 feet above any public street or alleyway and at least 8 feet above any public sidewalk, and must not let trees, shrubs or…

Chandler promotes native and drought-tolerant plants through xeriscape rebate programs. Plants must be from the Phoenix AMA Low-Water-Use list to qualify for city rebates, with 50%…

Chandler allows artificial turf on private property but excludes it from the residential xeriscape rebate program. Large landscape conversions may include artificial turf on a…

Chandler bans parking in alleys citywide except while actively loading or unloading merchandise, passengers or repair equipment, and treats any vehicle left unattended in an alley for…

Chandler prohibits parking any vehicle over 14,500 pounds gross weight, or any vehicle or trailer customized for business use with a crane, racks or frames, on a street, alley, vacant…

Chandler's zoning design standards require electric vehicle charging (EVC) spaces, charging equipment and any related transformers to sit on-site without displacing required parking or…

Chandler bars parking a recreational vehicle, bus, boat, utility trailer, portable camping trailer, off-road/highway vehicle or hauler on a residential street except while actively…

Chandler bars parking any vehicle on a street so that less than 10 feet of roadway width remains for traffic under City Code § 12-4.4, and separately bans commercial trucks and…

Chandler City Code § 30-19 bars leaving an abandoned or inoperable vehicle on any public street, alleyway, parking lot or City property, and limits how long one can sit visibly on…

Chandler City Code § 30-19(G) confines residential front- and side-yard parking to the driveway or a zoning-approved surface, and § 30-19(I) requires larger residential parking areas…

Chandler bars storing a vehicle on any street, road or public thoroughfare for more than 48 consecutive hours without moving it at least 300 feet, under City Code § 12-4.3. Vehicles…

Arizona sets no statewide cap on what a private towing company can charge to remove a vehicle from private property: A.R.S. § 9-499.05(A) only lets an incorporated city or town…

Chandler's Zoning Code sets no blanket fence permit trigger, but a nonresidential wall or fence over six feet built with fence block must have its reinforcement approved by the City of…

Chandler bars wood as the primary fencing material along a new residential lot's street or alley frontage and prohibits wood fencing entirely in nonresidential districts except where…

Chandler caps residential front-yard fences at three feet and side/rear fences at seven feet, and bans any obstruction over two feet tall inside a thirty-foot corner-lot visibility…

Chandler's Property Maintenance Ordinance treats retaining walls the same as fences and screen walls: they must stay safe and structurally sound and can't be left leaning, damaged…

Arizona is an open-range state. Under A.R.S. 3-1427, a landowner cannot recover for damage caused by a neighbor's trespassing livestock unless the property is enclosed within a 'lawful…

Chandler does not impose a maximum number of rental nights per year on short-term rentals. Arizona state law (A.R.S. § 9-500.39, originating in 2016 SB 1350) preempts cities from…

Chandler tracks short-term rental violations by property: three verified violations within twelve months, not counting minor aesthetic, trash or parking issues, trigger a license…

Chandler STR operators pay Transaction Privilege Tax under the transient lodging classification. A state TPT license from ADOR is required. Platforms like Airbnb auto-collect Arizona…

Chandler requires all short-term rental properties to obtain a license as of August 2023. Arizona law ARS §9-500.39 preempts cities from banning STRs but allows regulation. SB 1168…

Chandler short-term rentals must post a notice banning 'any use that disturbs the peace and enjoyment of neighboring properties' under City Code § 22-4.6(10), on top of the citywide…

Chandler short-term rentals can't be advertised or used for occupancy beyond what Chapter 29's adopted building code allows, per City Code § 22-4.3, and owners must post the property's…

Chandler requires every short-term rental to meet the same off-street parking standards as any other home in its zoning district: City Code § 22-4.5 folds the Zoning Code's residential…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, an accessory dwelling unit used with a short-term rental means the property owner must live on-site, unless the ADU's certificate of occupancy…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, an owner renting out a short-term rental with an accessory dwelling unit must live on the property, unless the ADU's certificate of occupancy…

Maricopa County does not impose specific insurance requirements on STR operators in unincorporated areas. Arizona state law does not mandate STR-specific insurance either. Operators…

Chandler's Fire Code adds a local rule for existing R-3 and R-4 group homes: every smoke detector in the unit must be interconnected so one alarm triggers all of them, loud enough to…

Chandler's Fire Code requires an operational permit for any open fire on public or private ground, but Section 105.5.36 carves out one exception: recreational fires. A typical backyard…

Consumer fireworks (ground-based only) are legal in Chandler during designated periods under ARS §36-1606. Aerial fireworks remain illegal. Use is prohibited on public property and…

Outdoor burning is heavily restricted in Chandler under Maricopa County Air Quality Department rules. Wood-burning fire pits, chimineas, and yard waste burning are prohibited on…

Every Chandler pool must be enclosed by a 6-to-7-foot masonry, concrete, or decorative metal barrier with no gaps a 4-inch sphere could pass through, and cannot sit in a front yard…

Chandler only requires a building permit for a prefabricated pool once it holds water 18 inches deep or more. A shallow kiddie or wading pool under that depth is exempt from the permit…

Arizona HB 2720 (effective January 2025) allows ADUs by right on single-family lots in Chandler. Up to 2 ADUs per lot (1 attached, 1 detached). Maximum 1,000 sq ft or 75% of main…

Chandler allows one attached and one detached accessory dwelling unit by right on any lot where a single-family dwelling is the principal use. Each ADU is capped at 75 percent of the…

A detached one-story shed in Chandler skips a building permit only if it stays at or under 120 square feet and 7 feet tall (up to 9 feet if setback is increased 2 feet for every extra…

Maricopa County does not require an owner to live on the property when adding an accessory dwelling unit. ADUs may be rented long-term independently, with no familial or employment tie…

An accessory dwelling unit in unincorporated Maricopa County can be rented long-term with no family or employment tie to the main house, but only one ADU per lot may ever be used as a…

Under ARS 9-461.18, every Arizona municipality with more than 75,000 residents must permit at least one attached and one detached accessory dwelling unit on any lot zoned for a…

Chandler limits customer traffic at home occupations to one appointment at a time between 8 AM and 7 PM. The business must not generate traffic that disrupts the residential character…

Chandler permits home occupations in residential zones if conducted entirely within the dwelling by a household member. Recent amendments allow one customer and one employee at a time…

Chandler requires a City Council-approved use permit before anyone runs residential child care for five to ten children in a house in any residential zone, including PAD. Sec…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, a home occupation's sign is capped at four square feet and must otherwise meet the county's general sign standards under MCZO Article 1102.1.

Unincorporated Maricopa County lets food establishments serve or sell food made in a private home under Arizona's cottage food law, but only if the customer gets a copy of the required…

Arizona has no home restaurant permit. There is no microenterprise home kitchen operation licence, no meal count allowance, and nothing in A.R.S. § 36-136(I)(4) that exempts a home…

A Chandler restaurant or cafe that wants tables, chairs or umbrellas on the public sidewalk needs a Class 2 sidewalk furniture encroachment permit under City Code § 46-4, and it is…

Chandler City Code § 32-6 requires a temporary sales and promotional event permit, filed 60 days ahead with owner authorization and an indemnification covenant, for street-fair-style…

Groups of 50 or more people, tents, bounce houses, generators or overnight parking in a Chandler park all require a permit from the Community Services Director under City Code § 31-7…

Chandler City Code Chapter 32 defines a parade as a regulated "special event" and bars holding one on public property without a permit, requiring an application at least 60 days ahead…

Chandler lets residents close a neighborhood street for a block party free of charge under City Code § 46-3.3, but only after every property owner on the block signs the closure form…

Chandler's City Center District, the historic downtown blocks around A.J. Chandler Park, flatly prohibits body-piercing and tattoo parlors under its permitted-uses list for personal…

Chandler requires a City permit before anyone may operate an adult bookstore, adult service business, or adult video facility, plus separate permits for every manager and adult service…

Chandler requires secondhand dealers, junk dealers, antique dealers, and auction houses to hold an annual City permit, report every purchase to Police within 24 hours, and hold…

Chandler pawnbrokers must hold an annual City permit, electronically report every pledge or purchase to Police within 24 hours, and hold items 20 calendar days before resale. A…

Chandler requires a current massage establishment permit before anyone may operate a massage business in the city. The Management Services Director issues permits after a Police…

Running an auto repair business from a home in unincorporated Maricopa County is boxed in tight: no power tools or mechanical work outdoors, no toxic or flammable fluids stored on…

Arizona legalized recreational cannabis through Proposition 207 (Smart and Safe Arizona Act) in 2020. Adults 21 and older may cultivate up to 6 marijuana plants per person, with a…

Chandler keeps medical marijuana facilities and cultivation sites at least 1,320 feet from schools, parks, day cares, churches, libraries, hospitals, and residential zoning boundaries…

Chandler confines medical marijuana cultivation sites to its C-2 and C-3 commercial districts, and confines standalone marijuana facilities and infusion food establishments to the I-1…

Chandler's City Center District (CCD) covers the historic downtown blocks around A.J. Chandler Park. San Marcos Place, Arizona Place, Buffalo Street, Boston Street and Arizona Avenue…

A density bonus exists only in the Highway 74 Scenic Corridor overlay, letting developers double base density if they leave part of a parcel undeveloped.

In unincorporated Maricopa County, no parcel inside a Planned Area Development (PAD) overlay can be built on until the county approves a Specific Development Plan for it. The plan must…

Chandler City Code § 30-20(L) prohibits letting any private lot, building or structure harbor a vector, vermin or noxious pest infestation, naming insects, bees, wasps, pigeons, rats…

Maricopa County requires every food establishment's Person in Charge to train Food Employees on foodborne disease prevention within 30 days of starting food-handling work, and to keep…

Maricopa County's Environmental Health Code bans harboring bed bugs on any premises and requires owners to eliminate an infestation once Environmental Services orders it, with permit…

Unincorporated Maricopa County has no separate curbside rule for used needles or sharps. Instead it regulates them as biohazardous medical waste under Chapter II, Section 10 of the…

Chandler's AG-1 Agricultural District, Article IV of the Zoning Code, is a standalone zoning designation created to protect farmland within and next to the city's urban growth. Sec…

Arizona's Right to Farm Act in ARS 3-112 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance suits when surrounding land use changes.

Chandler exempts residents from secondhand-dealer licensing only if they hold no more than three garage or yard sales per year, with each sale capped at three consecutive days. Exceed…

Chandler fines anyone who obstructs the public right-of-way and closes a bike lane, sidewalk or shared-use path without following the City's Traffic Barricade Manual, at $300 per day…

Chandler's shared mobility ordinance bars operating a rented scooter, e-bike or similar shared mobility device in city parking structures, off the roadway in parks, on roads with four…

Arizona runs two separate low-speed classes and gives neither one a local street-designation scheme. A neighborhood electric vehicle, the state's version of a federal low-speed…

Chandler's landscaping code caps how much of a new development's landscaped area can be grass: zero percent in any street right-of-way, 10 percent for commercial, office, institutional…

Maricopa County requires reclaimed wastewater lines to be built and separated from drinking water and sewer lines to strict engineering standards before Environmental Services will…

Chandler designates historic properties, districts, landmarks and heritage sites under Zoning Code Article XXXIV. A property qualifies if it's on the Arizona or National Register, tied…

Chandler's Sign Code lets businesses paint or post signs on window glass without a permit, but coverage can't exceed 25 percent of the total window area on any one side of the…

Chandler regulates inflatable figures, balloon sculptures and air-dancers as 'air-activated signs.' Nonresidential properties are capped at two at a time per street frontage, 14 feet…

Political signs in Chandler are protected under Arizona law (ARS 16-1019), which limits municipal authority to regulate political signage. Signs may be displayed on private property…

Chandler's Sign Code lets businesses run digital or electronic message signs, but only with automatic light-sensor dimming, a hard 0.3-footcandle brightness cap over ambient light at…

Chandler lets a single-family lot post a small yard sign, up to six square feet and four feet tall, advertising a garage or yard sale without any permit. Up to ten signs total are…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, freeway-facing pylon signs are limited to C-S and C-2 zoning districts, capped at 65 feet (80 feet with cellular antennas), and must sit back at…

Chandler does not collect trash for businesses - Section 44-8 requires business establishments to provide their own container of at least three-fourths of a cubic yard, collected twice…

Chandler runs a dedicated Christmas tree collection window from the first business day after December 25 through the last regular recycling collection day of the second full week of…

Chandler residents must keep only genuine recyclable materials in their City recycling container and can't bag them, § 44-2.4 prohibits plastic-bagging recyclables and puts refuse or…

Every covered residence in Chandler gets a City-issued recycling container as part of basic solid waste service, and § 44-5.1.A requires residents to use it. City Code bars residents…

Chandler requires curbside refuse and recycling carts to be set out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before collection and rolled to the curb before 6:00 a.m. on collection day…

Chandler covered residences get free scheduled bulk-item pickup as part of basic service, but § 44-6.3 caps the load to what fits in a four-foot-deep, sixteen-foot-wide, four-foot-high…

Chandler caps refuse and recycling carts at 200 pounds for curbside service and 600 pounds for alley containers, bars unacceptable waste like hazardous materials and tires, and makes…

Dumping rubbish, trash, filth or debris on property you don't own or control is a Class 1 misdemeanor in Chandler under City Code § 11-4.3. The violator is also personally liable for…

Chandler doesn't let residents opt out of trash service, § 44-4.1 requires every covered residence's solid waste to be collected by the City, and § 44-4.2 charges a monthly fee for…

Chandler City Code § 40-5 states flatly that City Hall will not enforce a subdivision's CC&Rs: that's the Homeowners' Association's job and the individual property owners'. The City's…

Chandler's subdivision code requires every Homeowners' Association tied to a development approval to be formed before the first lot closes, with the developer appointing (or ensuring…

Under A.R.S. § 33-1807, unpaid assessments in an Arizona planned community become an automatic lien on the lot, and the association may charge late fees and interest if the declaration…

Arizona does not give homeowners a general right to xeriscape, gravel, or desert landscaping over an HOA's objection; that stays governed entirely by each community's own declaration…

Arizona law bars homeowners associations from banning outdoor display of eight protected flags, including the American, Arizona state, POW/MIA, Gadsden and first responder flags. Under…

Arizona law caps how much a homeowners association can fine a member and forces the board to give notice and a hearing first. A.R.S. § 33-1803 limits late charges on an unpaid penalty…

Arizona bars an association from foreclosing an assessment lien until the owner passes a dollar figure or a time period, and the trigger is not the same in every community. In a…

Arizona homeowners associations cannot block a member's right to rent unless the declaration itself prohibits it or limits rental time periods. Once a unit is rented, A.R.S. §…

Chandler caps single-family homes at 25 feet at the required building setback line under City Code §§ 35-403(1) and 35-703(1), the height rule that SF-8.5 and other single-family…

In Chandler's City Center District, buildings can cover up to 100 percent of the lot: there's no percentage limit at all, unlike Chandler's standard residential and commercial…

Chandler sets yard setbacks separately for each zoning district; its C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District requires a 50-foot front setback on arterial streets, 30 feet on other…

Chandler adopted the 2023 National Electrical Code and requires a permit for electrical work under the amended Building Code, but Section 29-2.11 carves out a narrow exemption…

Chandler exempts a straight re-roof from a building permit on Group R-3 or U occupancies (houses and accessory buildings) as long as the new roof covering's fire classification is…

When Chandler's building official finds a structure, premises, vehicle or outdoor area out of compliance with an adopted building code, the official may issue a written notice of…

Chandler enforces the 2024 International Plumbing Code and requires a permit for plumbing work, but Section 29-2.11 exempts a short list of like-for-like swaps on single-family homes…

Chandler has no separate green-building ordinance; its energy-efficiency mandate is the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code, adopted by reference in Chapter 29 with local…

Chandler's amended Building Code requires automatic fire sprinklers throughout every Group R occupancy, apartments, condos, group homes, hotels, with one carve-out: detached one- and…

Recreational drone use in Chandler is governed by FAA regulations. Arizona does not have extensive state-level drone restrictions beyond privacy protections under ARS 13-3729. Drones…

Drone operations within 2 miles of Chandler Municipal Airport (CHD) require FAA airspace authorization via LAANC because CHD sits inside Class D controlled airspace from the surface to…

Unincorporated Maricopa County treats a commercial drone or autonomous-vehicle fleet operation as an industrial land use, not a home or retail one. The Zoning Ordinance's use table…

Chandler makes it unlawful to host or attend a gathering whose noise disturbs neighbors under City Code § 11-10.3, and a police officer may order everyone but the owners or tenants to…

Chandler makes it a misdemeanor to consume or possess spirituous liquor in an open container in a public place, thoroughfare, or gathering. City Code § 11-3 carves out malt beverages…

Consuming marijuana or marijuana products anywhere occupied, owned, controlled or operated by the City of Chandler is unlawful under City Code § 11-17.2, covering city parks…

Chandler City Code § 31-5J bars riding skateboards, rollerblades, roller-skates or trick bikes on brickwork, ornamental surfaces, courts, benches, fountains or wherever posted…

Chandler bans smoking within 25 feet of a building's main entrance and 10 feet of any secondary entrance where indoor smoking is already prohibited, except in designated outdoor patios…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, Ordinance P-37 makes it unlawful to defecate or urinate anywhere in public that isn't specifically marked for that purpose, naming sidewalks, parks…

Chandler bars motorized mobile food units from its sidewalks outright. Only a non-motorized mobile conveyance unit, one that moves briskly from stop to stop and completes a sale in 15…

Chandler confines stationary mobile food units to four location types: a dust-free lot with the owner's permission, a legal right-of-way parking space, a permitted special event, or…

Operating a food truck, trailer, or cart in Chandler without a license is unlawful. Section 21-3 ties the City's licensing requirement directly to Arizona's statewide mobile food…

Chandler's Property Maintenance Ordinance bars any exterior lighting on a property from casting rays onto a neighboring lot, public or private. Code Enforcement treats spillover glare…

Chandler's sign code flatly prohibits billboards citywide, so there is no permit path for a lit or unlit off-premise advertising display. Any billboard illumination question is moot…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, most exterior lighting must be fully or partially shielded to control glare and light trespass, and unshielded building, landscape, or sign lighting…

Chandler requires new development to submit a stormwater retention plan and adopts Maricopa County drainage standards by reference. Retention basins must limit water depth to 3 feet in…

Chandler subdivision developers must provide proper and adequate stormwater drainage for both graded private lots and public streets before a plat is approved. The City Engineer or…

Chandler doesn't run its own floodplain permitting desk. City Code § 43-5.1 hands floodplain management for flood-hazard zones inside city limits to the Maricopa County Flood Control…

Unincorporated Maricopa County requires livable buildings to elevate finished floors at least one foot above the highest grade within ten feet of the foundation, with higher elevations…

Diesel trucks over 14,000 pounds are barred from idling more than five consecutive minutes anywhere in Maricopa County, with $100 first-offense and $300 repeat civil penalties under…

Anyone who wants to place a structure, sign, furniture or fixture in a Chandler street, sidewalk or other public right-of-way needs an encroachment permit under City Code § 46-2 before…

Chandler bars anyone from placing a sign, booth, furniture or other obstruction on a public sidewalk, street or right-of-way without a City encroachment permit. Rendering a sidewalk…

In Chandler, the person in control of land abutting a sidewalk, alley or street must maintain it, not the City. City Code § 30-18(L) puts sidewalk, curb-to-property-line and half-width…

Chandler has no cryptocurrency-mining-specific ordinance. A commercial crypto-mining facility housing networked computer systems fits the city's data center definition, so it is…

Chandler has not enacted a formal moratorium or numeric cap on data centers. Its 2022 zoning amendment instead acts as a de-facto restriction: new data centers require discretionary…

Data centers may operate in Chandler only if explicitly approved within a Planned Area Development (PAD) zoning district. A 2022 amendment, Ordinance 5033, removed by-right siting in…

Chandler sets no fixed decibel cap for data centers; instead a data center's sound may not exceed the ambient baseline noise levels measured before construction, verified by…

Chandler requires anyone who peddles, solicits, or canvasses house to house within City limits to hold a transient merchant permit before knocking on a single door. Section 20-2 of the…

A posted 'No Peddlers,' 'No Canvassers,' or 'No Solicitors' sign is legally enforceable in Chandler: Section 20-12(J) makes it unlawful for any peddler, solicitor, canvasser, or…

Chandler zoning treats rooftop and ground-mounted solar as an accessory use, not a use-permit item, in agricultural, single-family and multi-family districts under City Code § 35-2210…

Arizona law bars homeowners associations from banning solar energy devices outright. A.R.S. § 33-1816 lets an association adopt only reasonable placement rules, and only if those rules…

Chandler makes it unlawful to camp on any public property, building or right-of-way, and bars camping within 500 feet of a school, childcare facility, shelter or city park under City…

Chandler taxes business activity under its Transaction Privilege and Use Tax code, Chapter 62, Article IV, by sorting every taxable activity into a separate classification…

New Chandler developments must fully landscape the front yard and street right-of-way strip between the building and the public sidewalk or curb, and within a standard 20-foot setback…

Chandler's Property Maintenance Ordinance (City Code Chapter 30) requires every building, structure, fence, garage and storage structure to stay structurally sound, blight-free and in…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, letting weeds, rubbish, trash, or debris pile up on a vacant lot triggers a written abatement notice, and the county can remove it and lien the…

Chandler bars minors under 16 from public places away from home between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., and minors 16-17 between midnight and 5:00 a.m. Parents who knowingly permit a…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, it's illegal to run a bar or nightclub's radio, loudspeaker, or sound amplification equipment so loudly it can be heard inside a closed home within…

Maricopa County's noise ordinance bans generator noise reaching neighboring homes: if generator sound is audible from inside a closed residential structure within 500 feet of your…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, noise from heating and cooling equipment and pool pumps is exempt from the county noise ordinance if it operates per manufacturer specs and can't be…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, amplified music and bass-heavy stereo or speaker noise is illegal once it can be heard inside a closed residential structure within 500 feet of the…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, a car alarm or other warning device is exempt from Ordinance P-23's noise ban only if it doesn't sound continuously for more than thirty minutes per…

Grills, ovens and smokers used exclusively for cooking are exempt from Maricopa County's residential burning ban, but any solid-fuel cooking fire must still follow Air Quality Rule…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, anyone can report rubbish, weeds, filth, debris, or a dilapidated building on a property to the Planning and Development abatement officer, who must…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, building or using land without a permit or against zoning rules is a class 2 misdemeanor and a declared public nuisance, with each day of continued…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, the Abatement Officer must inspect a property after any weeds, rubbish, or dilapidated-building complaint, then give the owner at least 30 days to…

Arizona preempts most local paid leave mandates, while requiring statewide earned paid sick time under Proposition 206 and ARS 23-371.

Arizona allows permitless concealed carry for adults 21 and older, while still issuing optional CCW permits that enable reciprocity with other states.

Arizona broadly preempts cities, towns, and counties from regulating firearms, ammunition, components, and related accessories beyond state law.

Arizona permits open carry of firearms by adults 18 and older without a license in most public spaces, subject to limited location restrictions.

Arizona lets a nonprofit with federal 501(c) tax-exempt status run a raffle without a gambling license under A.R.S. Section 13-3302(B), so long as it has operated in-state for a full…

Arizona law defines "social gambling" in ARS § 13-3301(9) and excludes it from criminal liability under § 13-3302(A)(2). A private game qualifies only if no player collects more than…

Arizona legalized event wagering, commonly called sports betting, in 2021 under Arizona Revised Statutes Title 5, Chapter 11. The Department of Gaming may issue no more than ten event…

Arizona has no DUI checkpoint statute at all. The words "checkpoint" and "roadblock" appear nowhere in the Arizona Revised Statutes, so nothing in state law authorizes sobriety…

Arizona's only statute aimed at filming police, A.R.S. § 13-3732, has never taken effect. It would have made it a class 3 misdemeanor to keep video recording law enforcement activity…

Arizona does have a stop-and-identify statute, but it is a narrow one. A.R.S. § 13-2412 compels you to state your true full name only after a peace officer has lawfully detained you on…

Arizona is one of the few states whose legalisation act says in terms that lawful adult conduct "may not constitute the basis for detention, search or arrest." A.R.S. § 36-2852(A)…

Under A.R.S. § 33-1368, Arizona landlords must give a 5-day written notice for nonpayment of rent and a 10-day notice to cure for other material lease violations before filing…

A.R.S. § 33-1324 requires Arizona landlords to keep rentals fit and habitable: meeting building codes, maintaining electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling systems, and supplying…

The Arizona Residential Landlord-Tenant Act preempts the field of residential eviction grounds and procedures, preventing cities from imposing just-cause eviction requirements beyond…

Under A.R.S. § 33-1343, an Arizona landlord must give at least two days' notice of intent to enter and may enter only at reasonable times for legitimate purposes such as inspections…

A.R.S. § 33-1375 requires 30 days' written notice to end a month-to-month tenancy (10 days week-to-week). Breaking a fixed-term lease early can incur damages, though landlords must…

Arizona prohibits local rent control. State law makes rent regulation on private residential property a matter of statewide concern and preempts the field, so cities, charter cities…

Arizona has no statutory cap on how much a landlord may raise rent and no dedicated rent-increase notice statute. For a month-to-month tenancy, a rent change is implemented by serving…

Arizona caps security deposits at one and one-half month's rent. After the tenancy ends and the tenant requests it, a landlord has 14 days (excluding weekends and legal holidays) to…

Arizona's adverse possession periods are tiered: 2 years by right of possession alone (A.R.S. § 12-522), 3 years under color of title (§ 12-523), 5 years under a recorded deed with…

Arizona prohibits cities, towns, and counties from regulating or banning auxiliary containers like plastic bags, cups, and bottles under ARS 9-500.38.

Arizona preempts local bans and fees on polystyrene foam food containers as auxiliary containers under ARS 9-500.38 and ARS 11-269.16.

Arizona bans the sale or furnishing of tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products to anyone under 21 under A.R.S. 13-3622. The state raised its own minimum age from 18 to 21 in…

Arizona allows a vehicle four kinds of extra forward lighting and puts a mounting-height band on each: one spot lamp, two fog lamps mounted 12 to 30 inches off the ground, two…

Arizona is one of the few states whose code names dash cam recording and permits it in so many words. A.R.S. section 28-963(A)(3) forbids recording or broadcasting video on a device…

Arizona still prohibits lane splitting as most riders picture it, but A.R.S. § 28-903(F) opens a narrow lane-filtering exception. A two-wheeled motorcycle may move between lanes to…

Arizona bans any plate cover, spray, electronic device or electrochromatic film that obscures the numbers, characters, year tabs or issuing state name "from any angle", under A.R.S. §…

A radar detector is legal in a private vehicle anywhere in Arizona. The state's vehicle equipment article, A.R.S. sections 28-921 through 28-966, names no radar detector, laser jammer…

Arizona lets you run metal studded tires anywhere in the state from October 1 to May 1, and bans them for the other five months. A.R.S. § 28-958(B)(3) also caps the hardware itself…

Arizona lets the front side windows carry film with a light transmission of thirty-three percent plus or minus three percent, so a front window measuring down to 30 percent still…