Maricopa, AZ Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)

“Litter” means any rubbish, trash, weeds, filth or debris which constitute a hazard to public health and safety and shall include all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes including garbage, trash, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial waste; any deposit, accumulation, pile or heap of brush, grass, debris, weeds, cans, cloth, paper, wood, rubbish or other unsightly or unsanitary matter of any kind whatsoever; and any growth of weeds, brush, grass or other vegetable growth to an unreasonable height or in unreasonable amount. Any debris created during any construction shall be considered litter for purposes of this section, as will any handbills, posters or other similar advertising material posted within the city and not removed within 72 hours after the time of event. “Minor” means any person under 18 years of age. “Nuisance” shall mean anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent, or offensive to the senses of a reasonable person, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable and reasonable enjoyment of life or property by an entire community or neighborhood, or by any person, or which unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any public park, square, alley, sidewalk, street or highway. “Parent” means a person who is a natural parent, adoptive parent or stepparent of another person.