Goodyear, AZ Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code Section 11-1-26(C)
- Requirement
- Paved or City Engineer-approved stabilized surface
- Owner remedies allowed
- Fencing, barricades, no-trespassing signs
- Exceptions
- Utility work, permitted construction
- Penalty
- Class 3 misdemeanor, fines up to $500
Summary
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 required to fence, barricade, or post the lot against unauthorized vehicle use, with exceptions for utility work and permitted construction.
Parking and traffic restrictions on vacant lots or unpaved surfaces. It is unlawful for the owner of a vacant lot to allow the lot to be used for vehicle parking or vehicle use unless the vacant lot has been paved, or otherwise stabilized in a manner approved by the City Engineer, or his or her designee, to minimize the generation of dust or particulate matter. The owner of any vacant lot may be required to take reasonable measures, such as installing post and cable fencing along the street, barricades at driveway openings or posting of no trespassing signs, to prevent the use of said lot by unauthorized persons. This restriction shall not apply to the temporary use of a vacant lot by public service and utility providers or during construction activity for which a permit has been obtained.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-1648, passed April 27, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 11-1-26(C), part of the City's fugitive dust control ordinance, targets a specific and common problem: bare-dirt lots used for informal vehicle parking that kick up dust across a neighborhood. It states it is "unlawful for the owner of a vacant lot to allow the lot to be used for vehicle parking or vehicle use unless the vacant lot has been paved, or otherwise stabilized in a manner approved by the City Engineer" to control dust generation. Beyond banning the unpaved use itself, the City can order the owner to take preventive steps, including "installing post and cable fencing along the street, barricades at driveway openings or posting of no trespassing signs," to stop unauthorized parking from occurring in the first place.
The rule carves out two exceptions: temporary use by public service and utility providers, and construction activity for which a permit has already been obtained. Owners and operators of vehicles on such lots must also separately comply with Section 11-1-24, which bars operating any vehicle on private or public property not held open to public use without the property owner's written, signed permission specifying the person, address, interest in the property, and time period allowed. Violating the fugitive dust article overall is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Violations & Fines
A violation of Section 11-1-26 is a Class 3 misdemeanor, which under the section's own text "includes fines up to $500 plus surcharges and fees, probation up to one year, and imprisonment up to 30 days," citing A.R.S. Sections 13-802(C), 13-902(A)(7), and 13-707(A)(3). Fugitive dust from an unpaved, unauthorized parking use is separately deemed a public nuisance subject to abatement at the violator's expense.
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