Tempe, AZ Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

" While subsections (a) and (b) require paved or otherwise stabilized parking, maneuvering, ingress and egress areas at developments (any non-residential use, and residential buildings of four or fewer units once vehicle areas reach 3,000 square feet), subsection (c) applies specifically to vacant land: owners must control dust emissions either by stabilizing any unpaved area or by installing and maintaining City-approved physical barriers that keep vehicles out entirely. The Public Works Director or designee administers the article generally, while enforcement of Section 13A-54 specifically runs through the Community Development Director under Chapter 21, Article III, the same nuisance-enforcement track used for weed and junk violations elsewhere in the Code.

§ 49-513 and Maricopa County Air Pollution Control Regulations § 300, giving the City authority to inspect vacant parcels, issue a written notice of violation giving the owner ten working days to submit a correction plan, and, for continuing or recurring dust violations, refer the matter to the county attorney for penalties under state law. Any dust condition in violation of the article is separately declared a nuisance that the City may abate at the owner's expense.