Yuma, AZ Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Yuma folds its property-blight rules into the amended 2024 International Property Maintenance Code adopted at § 150-090 and modified at § 150-091, rather than a stand-alone junk or nuisance ordinance. 4 Weeds to require every premises and exterior property to stay free from weeds or uncontrolled plant growth. Both amendments apply citywide, unlike Chapter 138's rental-only inspection program, because they amend the general Property Maintenance Code the Department of Community Development, Building Safety Division enforces on any property. Enforcement runs through the amended IPMC violation process: § 150-091(E) makes failing to comply with a notice of violation served under IPMC Section 107 a class 1 misdemeanor, and § 150-091(F) confirms that any violation of the code, or failure to comply with its requirements, is prosecuted within the limits state or local law allows, with each day a cited violation continues after notice counted as a separate offense.

2 as amended by § 150-091(I) additionally lets the city post a stop-work or compliance order conspicuously on-site when no one is present, and the Appendix A boarding standard the city substituted lets it require windows and doors on a vacant or unsafe structure to be boarded with polycarbonate panels to keep out unauthorized entry.