Goodyear, AZ

Goodyear bans parking or storing a commercial motor vehicle, one taller than 7 feet, wider than 7.5 feet, longer than 20 feet, or over 10,000 pounds GVWR, on any public or private…

Goodyear lets residents park a motor home, camping trailer, truck camper, or boat trailer in a residential area for less than 72 hours. Beyond that window the vehicle falls under the…

Goodyear's fire code lets the Fire Code Official mark a fire apparatus access lane by painting the curb red instead of, or alongside, posted signage. City Code § 5-2-1, amending 2024…

Goodyear bans parking or driving vehicles on a vacant lot that has not been paved or otherwise stabilized to control dust, under City Code Section 11-1-26(C). Owners can also be…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance requires new electric vehicle charging installations to keep customer-facing chargers visible while screening the support equipment behind them…

Any commercial or industrial building in Goodyear with 15,000 square feet or more of floor area that receives deliveries by trucks 36 feet or longer must provide at least one…

Goodyear bans stopping or parking within 20 feet of an intersection, in front of driveways, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, in marked crosswalks, or facing the wrong way against…

Goodyear treats an unlicensed, inoperable, stripped, junked or wrecked vehicle left unsheltered on private property for 15 days or more as a public nuisance dangerous to public safety…

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…

Goodyear makes it unlawful to harbor or keep an animal or fowl that disturbs the peace with loud noise at any time of day or night, under City Code § 7-1-3. The rule applies around the…

Goodyear requires leaf blowers to be operated only on a stabilized surface and bans blowing landscape debris into a public roadway, under City Code Section 11-1-26(D). A separate noise…

Goodyear requires a permit from the Chief of Police before anyone can operate a sound truck, loudspeaker or sound amplifier mounted on a vehicle, under City Code § 11-1-8(B). Without…

Goodyear limits when construction, landscaping and repair work can run near homes. City Code § 11-1-8 bars work within a residential zoning district, or within 500 feet of one, before…

Goodyear bans loud car stereos and mounted loudspeakers before you even get to a decibel meter. City Code § 11-1-8 makes it unlawful to run a sound truck or vehicle-mounted amplifier…

Goodyear's noise ordinance sets no fixed nighttime schedule; instead City Code § 11-1-8 makes it unlawful at any hour for a business or a person to play music, a radio, television or…

Aircraft noise is federally preempted. Goodyear is near Phoenix Sky Harbor and Goodyear Airport (GYR). No local aircraft noise ordinance.

Unincorporated Maricopa County's IND-2 general industrial zoning district only permits manufacturing and processing uses that don't produce objectionable noise, vibration, smoke, or…

Goodyear bans keeping horses, cattle, goats, swine, pigeons or poultry within city limits unless a zoning permit allows it, under City Code § 7-1-4. Household pets are capped at four…

Goodyear does not license cats the way it licenses dogs, but any impounded cat must be held at the pound at least 72 hours before it can be sold or disposed of, and owners can reclaim…

Goodyear's City Code makes it unlawful to keep pigeons or poultry anywhere inside city limits unless a zoning permit allows it. The same section caps household pets at four per…

Goodyear City Code Section 7-1-4 limits keepable pets to dogs, cats, potbellied pigs and service animals, which effectively bars keeping lions, primates, and other exotic animals as…

Goodyear requires every dog off its owner's property to be on a leash, chain, rope or cord no longer than six feet, or confined to a suitable enclosure. City Code § 7-2-9 also requires…

Goodyear confines veterinary clinics and emergency animal hospitals to fully enclosed, soundproof buildings and keeps outdoor exercise yards at least 100 feet from homes. Overnight…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, keeping five or more dogs on one property makes it a 'kennel' under Ordinance P-13, triggering a mandatory $75 annual permit from the Board of…

Maricopa County does not require pet owners in unincorporated areas to spay or neuter their dogs. Instead, the county's Rabies/Animal Control Ordinance lets the Board of Supervisors…

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…

Goodyear property owners must keep weeds and plant growth under six inches under the city's adopted International Property Maintenance Code. Noxious weeds are banned outright, and if…

Goodyear City Code Section 10-4-4(D) makes every property owner, tenant, or manager responsible for trimming trees, shrubs, hedges, and ground cover so growth never blocks safe use of…

Goodyear bans wasting water on landscaping through broken sprinkler heads, misdirected emitters, or overflowing irrigation basins. Section 14-5-7 defines waste as spray or ditch water…

Goodyear's zoning code pushes new development toward desert-adapted landscaping: a natural desert theme with native vegetation and inorganic groundcover is "highly encouraged"…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance exempts single-family residential lots from its turf development standards, but every other property must curb, slope-limit and functionally justify any…

Goodyear has no heritage tree ordinance. The Zoning Administrator may authorize tree removal for safety reasons. Property owners can generally remove trees on private lots. HOAs may…

Unincorporated Maricopa County doesn't require a permit for a backyard compost bin, but the Environmental Health Code does require one the moment composting rises to an 'establishment'…

Goodyear bans barbed wire and electric fences everywhere in the city unless zoning specifically allows them, under City Code § 11-1-6. Any fence that does not fit the narrow zoning…

Goodyear caps residential fences and walls at three feet in the required front yard and six feet in side and rear yards, measured from the interior finished grade. Corner lots must…

Every retaining wall in Goodyear needs a building permit, regardless of height. The city deleted the International Building Code's standard exemption for walls under four feet, so even…

Goodyear requires a building permit before installing any fence or freestanding wall over six feet tall. Fences and walls at or under six feet are exempt from that Zoning Ordinance…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance keeps fences on the builder's own property unless the adjoining owner agrees in writing to a fence on the shared line. If a taller wall is set back within…

Every Goodyear short-term rental must show proof of an Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax license before the City will issue its STR license, and the owner must keep paying the City's…

Goodyear fines short-term rental owners on an escalating scale for each verified violation tied to the same STR within a 12-month span: $500 for the first, $1,000 for the second, and…

Goodyear does not set a specific per-bedroom guest cap for STRs. Occupancy is governed by building code capacity and fire safety standards. The 2022 state amendments enhanced city…

Goodyear requires all short-term rental operators to obtain an STR license at $250 per year. Under Arizona law (ARS 9-500.39), the city cannot ban STRs but can require licensing and…

Every short-term rental in Goodyear must comply with the City's noise and nuisance rules at all times, per City Code § 8-2-3. Arizona's preemption statute, A.R.S. § 9-500.39(B)(2)…

Goodyear does not suspend a short-term rental's license just because it racked up parking tickets. City Code § 8-2-10(B)(1) excludes aesthetic, solid-waste and vehicle-parking…

Every short-term rental in Goodyear must carry at least $500,000 in liability insurance, or book exclusively through an online marketplace that carries equal or greater coverage on the…

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…

A Goodyear home occupation can only receive patrons or clients between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., and every client vehicle has to park on the residential property or directly in front of…

Goodyear lets a resident run a home-based business by right in any residential district, but Zoning Ordinance Section 3.4.4 caps it at 25 percent of the home's living area, bars…

Goodyear treats in-home day care as a home business, requiring it stay incidental to residential use, a 5-foot masonry fence around outdoor play areas, 500-foot spacing from other home…

Goodyear bans home-based businesses from displaying any sign or other exterior evidence that a business operates on the property. Zoning Ordinance Section 3.4.4(D) requires the…

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…

Goodyear requires a permit for any accessory building or shed that will be lived in, attached to the house, larger than 200 square feet, or wired for plumbing or electricity. Detached…

Goodyear allows one attached and one detached Accessory Dwelling Unit per single-family lot, plus a second detached unit on lots of an acre or more if it's deed-restricted as…

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…

Above-ground pools must comply with ARS 36-1681 barrier requirements. Walls 5+ feet high may serve as the barrier if access is controlled. Removable ladders must be secured when…

Hot tubs require electrical permits for 240V installations. GFCI protection mandatory. Lockable safety covers may serve as barriers. Without a qualifying cover, 5-foot barrier required…

Goodyear Code Section 11-1-34 prohibits the use, discharge, or ignition of fireworks within the city except for permissible consumer fireworks (ground sparklers, snakes, smoke items)…

Maricopa County bans igniting any open outdoor fire countywide unless it falls under one of Rule 314's permitted categories, agricultural burning, firefighter training, disease…

Recreational fires for cooking, warmth, or enjoyment using clean dry wood or charcoal do not require a permit in Maricopa County. Propane and natural gas fire pits are allowed without…

Goodyear bans camping, sleeping or storing belongings on any public property under City Code § 11-1-40, including streets, sidewalks, parks, washes and City buildings, and bars camps…

Goodyear only delivers reclaimed effluent to non-potable customers through a Council-approved contract, and the City has no duty to ever build a line or sign one. City Code §§ 12-8-1…

Goodyear's public nuisance ordinance, City Code Section 11-1-13(B), makes it unlawful to unlawfully obstruct the free passage of any public sidewalk, street, alley, or park. Blocking…

Attaching a banner or sign to a streetlight, traffic signal, or utility pole in Goodyear's right-of-way requires an encroachment permit from both the City Manager and the pole's owner…

Goodyear bans smoking and vaping outright in every city park, preserve, and trail under City Code Section 11-1-35. The ban covers bike, hiking, river, and horse trails, picnic areas…

Goodyear bars motorized skateboards from every sidewalk, from streets posted above 25 mph, and from public rights-of-way outside dusk-to-dawn hours. Riders under 14 cannot operate one…

Goodyear treats a party or gathering of 10 or more people as an 'unruly gathering' once police find it threatens public peace through noise, drinking, drugs, fighting or littering…

Goodyear makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to urinate or defecate anywhere the public can see, from sidewalks and parks to parking lots and building doorways. City Code § 11-1-30 covers…

Any gathering on Goodyear parkland or City property that meets Chapter 26's 'Special Event' definition, generally an outdoor event over 250 people, a road closure, fireworks or a…

Any parade, procession, or gathering that meets Goodyear's Special Event definition needs a permit from the City Clerk before it happens. Organizers of a parade, defined as a…

Goodyear treats a neighborhood block party as a Special Event under City Code Section 26-1-2, so organizers must get a Special Event Permit from the City Clerk before closing a street…

An outdoor street fair or festival in Goodyear is a Special Event under City Code Section 26-1-2(S) once it draws more than 250 people, closes a street, or uses vendors, requiring a…

Restaurants and bars in Goodyear may add outdoor dining and seating areas on private property under Zoning Ordinance Section 3.12.8, but the space must stay off the public…

Goodyear's fire code amendments control the locking hardware that guards emergency access doors: multi-tenant buildings need one fire department key box for every four tenant suites…

Goodyear requires automatic sprinklers throughout every Group R building, including Build-for-Rent multifamily projects, under City Code § 5-2-1 amending IFC § 903.2.8. One- and…

Goodyear adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code by reference to govern plumbing installation, alteration and repair citywide, with local amendments trimming fixture-count…

Goodyear requires all electrical construction and installation to comply with the 2023 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code, which the Mayor and Council adopted by reference along with its…

Goodyear requires a building permit before anyone builds, alters, repairs, moves, or demolishes a structure, or installs an electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing system covered by…

Before final sign-off, Maricopa County requires a floor/stemwall/foundation inspection ahead of the final building inspection, plus a separate final drainage clearance inspection…

Unincorporated Maricopa County has adopted the International Green Construction Code, but only as a voluntary standard: the Local Additions and Addenda make clear no builder has to…

Goodyear bans storing construction materials in the open yard for more than 14 days if the pile can breed insects or give shelter to rodents. City Code Section 11-1-13(C)(3) treats…

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…

Goodyear requires a fire code permit for every solar photovoltaic system under City Code § 5-2-1 (IFC § 1205.1.1), except systems under 3 kW AC nameplate rating. Permitted systems must…

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…

Goodyear requires e-bike and e-scooter riders to use a marked bicycle lane whenever one is present on the roadway, unless the lane is too narrow, blocked by hazards, or the rider is…

Goodyear sorts electric bicycles into three state-defined classes and sets a minimum rider age for each: 16 for Class 3 e-bikes, 14 for Class 1 and 2 e-bikes, and 12 for stand-up…

Any company that wants to operate shared electric scooters or e-bikes on Goodyear streets must first obtain an annual shared mobility device program license from the City Manager…

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…

Goodyear bans using an unpaved vacant lot for vehicle parking unless the surface is paved or otherwise stabilized to control dust, under the city's fugitive dust ordinance. Owners can…

Goodyear property owners, tenants and landlords must keep buildings, lots and vacant land free of garbage, weeds over six inches and accumulated debris, and must remove dilapidated…

Goodyear's public parks close to the public between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. under City Code Section 11-1-19. Permitted special events and city-sanctioned league games get a limited…

Goodyear bars minors under 16 from being out in public away from home between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., and minors 16 or older between midnight and 5 a.m., under City Code § 11-1-7. Parents…

Goodyear's fireplace and woodstove ordinance does not regulate outdoor cooking at all: cookstoves, barbecue grills, firepits and other outdoor fireplaces are expressly carved out of…

Goodyear requires commercial refuse haulers to place roll-off containers and dumpsters so they never block vehicular or pedestrian traffic, and to keep every container in sanitary…

Dumping trash, debris or recyclables anywhere in Goodyear, public or private property, is a class 1 misdemeanor under City Code § 10-4-1. The only defense is holding a valid sanitation…

Goodyear residential customers get free bulk pickup for green waste like tree limbs, branches, palm fronds and grass clippings, capped at four feet in length and five cubic yards per…

Goodyear requires every single-family sanitation customer to accept the City's recycling container along with the trash cart under City Code § 10-2-3(B). Only accounts in the area…

Goodyear requires every sanitation customer to accept both a refuse container and a recycling container, and the city's code spells out exactly what counts as recyclable, clean paper…

Goodyear does not let anyone opt out of trash service. City Code § 10-2-1 requires every property owner, tenant or occupant to open and maintain a sanitation account the moment they…

Goodyear tells residents exactly where and when refuse and recycling carts can sit curbside. Containers go at the curb in front of the home, or the side street on a corner lot, need…

Goodyear includes bulk pickup free with residential sanitation service, but caps each collection at five cubic yards and bans a long list of items outright. Piles must be neatly…

Goodyear's City Code spells out exactly how trash must be packaged before the City will collect it. Sharp materials like broken glass or cacti must be bagged to cover every edge, pet…

Goodyear lets the Historic Preservation Commission name a building or site a landmark under City Code Section 23-1-8, adding it to the Goodyear Historic Property Register and imposing…

Goodyear City Code Section 27-1-3 requires street trees planted in the public right-of-way to be low-water-use species, and Section 27-1-4 bans eucalyptus, elm, willow, cottonwood…

Anyone soliciting door-to-door in Goodyear for profit must first get a peddler permit from the Chief of Police under City Code § 8-1-2. The permit is limited in duration and purpose…

Any construction or development inside a Goodyear special flood hazard area needs a development permit from the Floodplain Administrator before work begins, per City Code § 16-4-1…

Goodyear requires every subdivision's retention basins, channels and drainage facilities to be built to post-construction sediment and erosion control standards set in the City's…

Goodyear defines its regulatory flood elevation as one foot of freeboard above the base flood elevation, and City Code § 16-5-1(C) requires new or substantially improved homes in the…

Goodyear bans discharging anything but stormwater into its municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). City Code § 16-7-3 prohibits all non-stormwater discharges unless the discharger…

Goodyear's idling limit isn't citywide, it targets Transfer Company/Trucking Terminal facilities specifically. Zoning Ordinance Section 3.11.38 bars trucks from idling overnight at…

Goodyear caps the noise stationary equipment like HVAC units and generators can send across a property line at 55 dBA by day and 45 dBA at night for residential and other…

Goodyear restricts backup generators tied to a data center to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. testing, unless the generator sits over 1,000 feet from residential zoning, caps testing at 20 days a…

Goodyear declares it a public nuisance for any restaurant, hotel, dance hall, or place of public amusement or entertainment to play music so loud it offends the senses or disturbs the…

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…

Goodyear lets a garage sale run as a tax-free casual sale for up to 14 days a year before it counts as a business needing a City license. Cross the 14-day mark in a calendar year and…

Goodyear will not let a business simply put up a big sign facing I-10: a freeway pylon sign needs a discretionary Use Permit approved by the City Council, not just a building permit…

A Goodyear storefront cannot wrap its entire window in signage: window signs, whether permanent or temporary, are capped at 30 percent of each ground-floor window's area, and they are…

Goodyear regulates political yard signs the same way it regulates every other temporary residential yard sign: one per property, capped at 6 square feet and 6 feet tall, no…

Goodyear bans billboards and off-site advertising signs outright citywide, while allowing only one on-site electronic message display per monument sign side under strict technical…

Goodyear's home occupation rules flatly exclude on-site vehicle repair from qualifying as a home-based business. Running a repair shop out of a residential garage isn't a permitted…

Goodyear treats tattoo parlors and body piercing studios as regulated uses that need Zoning Administrator sign-off and a Zoning Permit before opening. A proposed studio cannot sit…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance keeps adult bookstores, adult theaters, live-entertainment establishments and erotic dance studios at least 1,000 feet from each other and 500 feet from…

Maricopa County does not license ordinary massage businesses; only massage establishments offering "adult service" under Ordinance P-10 must obtain an Adult Oriented Business License…

No one may run a pawnshop in Maricopa County without a license issued by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. State law sets the licensing process, background checks, and fees the…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance exempts holiday and seasonal yard decorations from the sign code entirely, so an inflatable Santa, string lights or a lawn nativity scene needs no sign…

Every mobile food vendor operating in Goodyear needs a City business license under Zoning Ordinance Section 3.14.1 before setting up, even though the City will not require any…

Goodyear's traffic code bars anyone from setting up a pushcart, stand, or vehicle on any public road, right-of-way, or other public property to sell goods, food, or merchandise unless…

Zoning Ordinance Section 3.14.1(C) tells Goodyear food trucks exactly where they can park: private property with the owner's written permission for up to 96 hours in one spot, a legal…

Under Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance, every subdivision must form a Property Owners' Association and board of directors to administer and enforce the covenants, conditions, and…

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 heavily regulates HOA governance: A.R.S. § 33-1804 requires open board and member meetings (with limited executive sessions) and lets members record them, A.R.S. § 33-1812…

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. §…

Goodyear allows data centers as a principal use only in Industrial Districts, subject to site plan review, utility and water documentation, and a 300-foot setback from residential…

Goodyear folds its citywide noise-threshold table into data center review: mitigation must be built into approved site and building plans before a permit issues, capping noise at a…

Cryptocurrency mining rigs and server farms fall under Maricopa County's 'Data Center' zoning definition, restricting them to industrial-zoned parcels in unincorporated county land…

Goodyear requires a Zoning Permit before any medical marijuana dispensary opens, and the Zoning Administrator must approve the application first. Dispensaries are capped at 2,500…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance keeps medical marijuana dispensaries far from sensitive uses: 500 feet from any residential property line, 1,000 feet from schools, day cares, parks…

Under Proposition 207, adults 21+ may grow up to 6 cannabis plants at home, or 12 for households with 2+ adults. Plants must be in an enclosed, locked area out of public view. Goodyear…

Goodyear's Outdoor Lighting article makes property owners responsible for keeping installed lighting from crossing onto a neighbor's land, backed by a perimeter illuminance cap near…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance bans mercury vapor lighting citywide and requires nearly every other outdoor fixture to be shielded under Section 4.5.5. Searchlights and strobe or flashing…

Unincorporated Maricopa County limits offsite sign (billboard) lighting to four fully shielded luminaires per sign face at no more than 40,000 lumens each, lit top-down to stop glare…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by district in Table 2.2.3. Front setbacks run from 20 feet in AG and AU down to 5 feet in R1-C, side…

Goodyear caps residential building height at 30 feet in every agricultural and single-family district (AG, AU, R1-10, R1-7, R1-6, R1-4, R1-A and R1-C) under Table 2.2.3 of the Zoning…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance sets maximum building coverage by residential district: 20% in the AG and AU agricultural districts, 40% in R1-10, 45% in R1-7, 60% in both R1-6 and R1-4…

Unincorporated Maricopa County's Rural zoning districts exist specifically to conserve farmland and prevent conflicts between agricultural and urban uses, with farms permitted by right.

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

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…

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…

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…