Goodyear, AZ Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)

Section 11-1-14 of the General Code directly regulates one common way people try to use the public right-of-way for private purposes: hanging a banner or sign on public infrastructure. The section states plainly that a person must first obtain "an encroachment permit from the City Manager and owner of the pole" before placing any banner or sign on a streetlight pole, traffic signal pole, or utility pole within the City. That two-party approval structure exists because the pole itself may be owned by a utility rather than the City, so both the right-of-way authority (City Manager) and the physical asset owner (the utility or pole owner) must sign off.

The section carries forward from the Prior Code without a listed amendment date, and a note directs violators to the General Code's standard penalty article for the applicable fine. In practice, this section is the City's narrowest, clearest encroachment-permit trigger in the General Code: broader private encroachments onto the right-of-way, such as fences, landscaping, or structures, are handled instead through the City's engineering permit process and the Zoning Ordinance rather than a stand-alone General Code section, so § 11-1-14 is the operative citation specifically for pole-mounted banners and signs.