Parking Rules in Arizona (2026)

Phoenix City Code Sec. 36-140 prohibits parking any trailer, semi-trailer, tractor-trailer, or vehicle with a rated…

Chandler bars parking a recreational vehicle, bus, boat, utility trailer, portable camping trailer, off-road/highway…

Maricopa bars parking an RV, trailer or boat on the street or in a driveway in most residential and commercial areas…

Parking an RV over 21 feet, a boat, or a trailer on any Tempe street between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. is banned under Section…

In Avondale's residential zoning districts, recreational vehicles, boats and trailers may not sit in the front yard at…

Buckeye's Development Code allows residential outdoor storage of vehicles, boats, trailers, campers, and unoccupied…

Coconino County bars parking or storing a Motor Vehicle, camper shell, trailer, or motor bike in the required Front or…

Gilbert's Land Development Code bars parking a motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, boat or trailer in the front or…

Glendale allows up to two recreational vehicles, boats or personal watercraft on a residential lot, but they must sit…

Goodyear lets residents park a motor home, camping trailer, truck camper, or boat trailer in a residential area for…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, RVs, boats, travel trailers, and motor homes stored outside a garage or carport must…

Mesa bans storing watercraft, utility trailers and truck campers in front yards, limits driveway or street RV/boat…

An RV, travel trailer, boat or utility trailer can sit in a Peoria driveway or side yard indefinitely once it is…

Unincorporated Pima County limits residents to one unused trailer, RV or boat trailer per lot, kept behind the house…

In unincorporated Pinal County, RVs and boats (both count as recreational vehicles) may be stored on residential lots…

Queen Creek limits recreational vehicles, boats, utility trailers, camping trailers, and ATV/UTV haulers parked on a…

Sahuarita allows one recreational vehicle by right on any rural or residential lot under STC § 18.09.020(B), but it…

Scottsdale's zoning ordinance, Section 7.200(I), caps parking and driveway area in a single-family front yard at the…

Sedona's vehicle storage rule, SCC 10.20.170(B), requires that any vehicle kept on a residential lot, an RV, trailer or…

Surprise limits RV, utility trailer, and boat trailer parking under City Code Sec. 54-114. Street parking is capped at…

Tucson Code § 20-263 makes it unlawful to park a recreational vehicle or commercial vehicle on the same block of any…

Yavapai County lets a resident park any number of personally owned RVs, travel trailers and boats outside on…

Yuma City Code § 212-11 caps how long a recreational vehicle, trailer, motor home, bus, or any truck rated Class 3 GVWR…

In residentially zoned Avondale, vehicles can only be parked in the front or side yard on the driveway itself, not on…

Buckeye's Property Maintenance Code bars parking any vehicle on a lot's front or visible yard unless it sits on an…

Chandler City Code § 30-19(G) confines residential front- and side-yard parking to the driveway or a zoning-approved…

Gilbert requires all vehicle parking on improved surfaces. Approved areas are the garage, driveway, and adjacent…

Glendale requires every residential driveway to be a dustproof surface at least 3 inches thick, and caps how much of…

Goodyear bans parking or driving vehicles on a vacant lot that has not been paved or otherwise stabilized to control…

Maricopa's zoning code requires driveways and required parking areas to be paved with asphalt, concrete, paving stone…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, home driveways and parking areas must be paved, decomposed granite, or ABC material…

Mesa requires front- and side-yard parking at single-residence properties to sit on an improved, dustproof surface…

Peoria bans parking on bare dirt at a house. City Code Section 17-3(b) requires a dustproof surface at least three…

Phoenix City Code Sec. 36-145 prohibits parking any motor vehicle on a lot or area that is not 'dust-free' (paved, or…

Pinal County lets residents park operable, registered vehicles on their own residential lot, but vehicles must not…

Queen Creek requires every residential vehicle to park on a dustproof surface, either the legal driveway itself or an…

Every residential lot in Sedona must have a dust-free driveway, made of concrete, pavers, asphalt, or bordered crushed…

Surprise requires residential parking spaces and driveways to sit on a dust-proof surface, and caps driveway entrances…

Tempe bans parking a camper, vehicle or trailer in the front or side yard, visible from the street, unless it sits on…

Tucson's Unified Development Code requires every vehicular use area, driveways, parking lots, and aisles, to be paved…

In unincorporated Yavapai County, any number of operable, currently licensed personal vehicles may sit in a driveway or…

Yuma caps front-yard parking at 60% of the front setback area under City Code § 154-16.04(B), requires driveways and…

Coconino County exempts single-family homes from the pavement standard it applies to every other off-street parking…

Phoenix City Code Sec. 36-140 prohibits standing or parking any vehicle with a rated chassis capacity over…

Avondale City Code Section 23-62(a) bans parking an oversized vehicle, meaning over 10,000 pounds GVWR and beyond a…

Buckeye bars commercial vehicles from residential streets except for local deliveries or service calls, and bans…

Chandler prohibits parking any vehicle over 14,500 pounds gross weight, or any vehicle or trailer customized for…

Glendale bans storing commercial vehicles on residential property and caps parking to two total, sorted by weight…

Goodyear bans parking or storing a commercial motor vehicle, one taller than 7 feet, wider than 7.5 feet, longer than…

Maricopa bans parking oversized vehicles (84+ inches wide, 22+ feet long, or 8,000+ lb GVWR) and trailers on…

Maricopa County bans parking trucks, trailers, buses, and RVs over 10,000 pounds on posted residential streets in…

Peoria bans parking a tractor, semi-trailer, trailer or bus in a residential zone except while loading or unloading…

Yuma caps how long a heavy truck, tractor-trailer, bus, motor home or RV can sit on a residential street at five…

Coconino County bars parking, storing, or servicing any Commercial Vehicle over 26,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight…

Code of Gilbert § 62-69 bars parking any vehicle rated over one ton, or any tractor, semitrailer, trailer, bus, or RV…

Mesa limits RV and watercraft parking on residential driveways and streets to 48 hours for loading, unloading or…

Trucks and trailers over 20,000 pounds GVWR can't park on county right-of-way next to homes in unincorporated Pima…

Oversized vehicles in unincorporated Pinal County are governed by county zoning. Heavy trucks (19,500 lbs GVWR or more)…

Queen Creek limits heavy commercial vehicles, over 16,000 pounds GVWR, along with backhoes, tractors, and business-use…

Scottsdale Code Section 17-113 bars parking or storing a commercially registered vehicle with a chassis rated over one…

Sedona bans storing any commercial motor vehicle on a residential property outright and caps how many can even park…

Surprise bars parking a truck (18,000+ lbs, or a combination over 26,000 lbs) or trailer on any city street beyond one…

Tempe bans parking a commercial vehicle or trailer over one ton capacity or longer than 21 feet in a residential…

Tucson bans parking a recreational vehicle or commercial vehicle on the same block of any street for any part of two…

A Yavapai County residential property owner may park one commercial vehicle up to 5-ton GVW outside as of right under…

Avondale bars stopping, standing or parking within 20 feet of an intersection, in front of any driveway, on a sidewalk…

Buckeye bans parking within five feet of any driveway or alley, in intersections, or against the flow of traffic…

Chandler bars parking any vehicle on a street so that less than 10 feet of roadway width remains for traffic under City…

Gilbert regulates on-street parking through traffic ordinances. Vehicles must not obstruct traffic or emergency access…

Glendale bans parking in front of driveways, on sidewalks, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, or within an intersection…

Goodyear bans stopping or parking within 20 feet of an intersection, in front of driveways, within 15 feet of a fire…

Maricopa's on-street parking rules run through the 24-item list at City Code Section 10.20.030. The section bars…

Mesa regulates on-street parking under Title 10 (Traffic) of the City Code. Vehicles must be parked on improved…

Arizona sets no statewide street-parking time limit, so on rural county roads the main rules are A.R.S. §28-871's…

Town Code Title 7 prohibits parking within 15 ft of hydrants and 20 ft of crosswalks. Vehicles must leave 20 ft of…

Peoria regulates on-street parking through posted signs and time limits. Vehicles may not be parked on city streets for…

Phoenix City Code Sec. 36-142 requires vehicles to park parallel to the curb, headed with traffic, within 18 inches of…

Parking is illegal on any county street the engineer has designated and posted with signs, anywhere in unincorporated…

Pinal County bans parking on county streets, paved or unpaved, wherever it would block a driveway, traffic lane…

Queen Creek bars stopping, standing, or parking within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, in fire lanes, crosswalks…

Sahuarita requires vehicles parked at a curb to sit parallel and within 18 inches of it under Town Code § 10.15.010…

Scottsdale regulates street parking under Revised Code Chapter 17, Article V (Stopping, Standing and Parking)…

Sedona bars parking that leaves less than 20 feet of a street open for traffic and bars a parked vehicle from…

Surprise enforces street parking regulations including time limits on public streets. Vehicles may not be parked on…

Tempe regulates on-street parking through posted signs and citywide rules. Vehicles may not park on unpaved surfaces or…

Tucson Code § 20-277 bars parking in front of, or within five feet of, any driveway, and within ten feet of an…

Arizona law, adopted into Yuma's own traffic code at § 212-09, bars stopping, parking or leaving a vehicle on the paved…

Marana does not have metered or time-limited street parking in most residential areas. Vehicles must not block travel…

Unincorporated Maricopa County has minimal street parking regulation on county-maintained roads. No timed parking zones…

Avondale City Code Section 23-62(c) bars parking any vehicle overnight on a public street, alley, or right-of-way for…

Buckeye bars leaving any vehicle parked in one spot on a city street for more than 48 consecutive hours; once that…

Chandler bars storing a vehicle on any street, road or public thoroughfare for more than 48 consecutive hours without…

Unincorporated Coconino County has no general overnight street-parking ban, but the City of Flagstaff does: its winter…

A vehicle cannot sit on any Glendale street, alley, or roadway for more than 48 hours straight. The rule sits inside a…

Maricopa bans parking any vehicle on a public street or public property for 72 or more consecutive hours; moving it…

Mesa prohibits leaving any vehicle on a street or highway for more than seventy-two consecutive hours, under City Code…

Peoria has no blanket curfew banning overnight street parking, but a vehicle left unattended in the right-of-way for…

On county streets in residential areas denser than two dwelling units per acre, Pinal County caps how long an RV, boat…

Scottsdale Code Section 17-129 bars storing any vehicle, trailer, or watercraft on a street, highway or other public…

Sedona has no clock-hours overnight parking ban, but it does cap how long a vehicle can sit unattended on a city…

Tempe has no blanket overnight parking curfew, but Section 19-137 bars leaving any vehicle, including a disabled one…

Tucson Code § 20-261 bans leaving any vehicle parked or unattended on a street, roadway, or right-of-way for more than…

Code of Gilbert § 62-74 lets the town prohibit overnight parking on town property and bans parking a vehicle overnight…

Queen Creek does not impose a blanket overnight parking ban; instead the Town may prohibit overnight parking on its own…

Yuma has no blanket overnight parking ban. Instead, City Code § 212-16 lets officials post signs limiting how long any…

Phoenix has no general ordinance banning overnight parking on public streets, and metered spaces are free overnight (10…

New, expanded or reconstructed parking areas in Avondale must include electric vehicle charging infrastructure under…

New multi-family or nonresidential projects in Buckeye needing 20+ off-street parking spaces must set aside 5% for…

Chandler's zoning design standards require electric vehicle charging (EVC) spaces, charging equipment and any related…

Glendale's Unified Development Code allows an Automotive Charging Station as an accessory use in every non-residential…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance requires new electric vehicle charging installations to keep customer-facing chargers…

Parking facilities with 20 or more spaces serving multi-unit dwellings, offices, hotels, motels or large-scale resorts…

Mesa's Energy Code requires new one- and two-family homes and townhouses with a garage or on-site private parking to…

Downtown Phoenix development lets EV charging spaces count toward required minimum parking, but never toward the…

Scottsdale's Green Construction Code requires new hotels, apartments, condos and most commercial buildings to dedicate…

Sedona requires new commercial and multifamily buildings with more than 9 parking spaces to make 5 percent of those…

Tempe City Code Section 19-101 bars parking in a marked electric vehicle charging space unless a vehicle is actually…

Tucson requires new multifamily and group-dwelling projects to provision electric-vehicle charging under UDC § 7.4.11…

Queen Creek prohibits standing or parking in an electric vehicle charging space for any purpose other than actively…

Maricopa County doesn't require EV charging spaces in parking lots. Instead, the Travel Reduction Program lets major…

Arizona Revised Statutes Title 28 establishes uniform statewide procedures for abandoned vehicle reporting, towing…

Buckeye's Property Maintenance Code bans keeping any inoperative or unlicensed vehicle on a property, and bars…

Vehicles left on public streets over 72 hours or inoperable on private property visible from public view are subject to…

Surprise prohibits abandoned, inoperable, or junk vehicles on public streets and visible on private property. Vehicles…

Avondale bans storing abandoned or inoperable vehicles, including cars being repaired, if visible from a public street…

Chandler City Code § 30-19 bars leaving an abandoned or inoperable vehicle on any public street, alleyway, parking lot…

Arizona law, not a Coconino County ordinance, defines and prohibits vehicle abandonment across the unincorporated…

Glendale bans leaving an abandoned or inoperable vehicle on any public street, alleyway, parking lot or other city…

Gilbert enforces abandoned and inoperable vehicle regulations. All vehicles on residential property must be operational…

Goodyear treats an unlicensed, inoperable, stripped, junked or wrecked vehicle left unsheltered on private property for…

Marana code enforcement addresses abandoned and inoperable vehicles on public streets and private property per…

An abandoned or junked vehicle left unsheltered on private property for 15 days or more is a declared public nuisance…

Unincorporated Maricopa County caps unregistered or inoperable vehicle storage at three per lot in rural and…

Mesa prohibits unregistered, inoperable, or abandoned vehicles on residential property under Title 8, Chapter 6…

Abandoning a vehicle on a Peoria street, on any public land or on private property is a civil violation under City Code…

Phoenix City Code Sec. 36-7 lets the Police Department remove and impound any unoccupied vehicle found violating…

Queen Creek bars abandoning a vehicle on any street, right-of-way or private property, and treats a vehicle left…

Scottsdale bans abandoning a vehicle on any street, highway, road or public property, and treats a vehicle left unmoved…

Sedona bans abandoning a vehicle on any street, highway, public land or private property, and the police chief can…

Inoperable and abandoned vehicles are code enforcement violations in Tempe. ARS §28-871+ governs on public property.

Tucson Code §20-261 prohibits leaving any vehicle on a public street unattended for more than 7 calendar days…

Yavapai County caps disabled, inoperable or junk vehicles at two per residential parcel under Zoning Ordinance Section…

Yuma enforces abandoned vehicle regulations under ARS §28-871. Vehicles on public streets for 72+ hours may be…

Painting a curb, sidewalk or any street surface anywhere in Tempe is flatly illegal unless the City Council itself…

Tucson defines a red-marked curb as a no-parking zone under § 20-1(18), and § 20-277(5) makes stopping, standing, or…

Painting or defacing a curb, sidewalk, street, highway, or freeway anywhere in Glendale is unlawful unless the city…

Goodyear's fire code lets the Fire Code Official mark a fire apparatus access lane by painting the curb red instead of…

Parking is banned at all times next to any curb painted red in Maricopa, per the city engineer's curb-marking authority…

Mesa gives its City Traffic Engineer sole authority to paint curbs as a parking-control device under City Code §…

Phoenix's City Traffic Engineer designates restricted parking zones with painted curbs: red bans parking at all times…

Queen Creek requires fire apparatus access roads to have curbs painted red on the top and face for the full length of…

Sahuarita's prohibited-parking ordinance, Town Code § 10.15.020(A)(20), bars parking within the area of a painted red…

Scottsdale Code Section 17-106(1) bars stopping, standing, or parking wherever the curb is painted red or an official…

Sedona makes it a civil traffic violation to stop, stand or park across lines or markings painted on a city curb…

Yuma's curb-painting code assigns each color a specific meaning: a red-painted curb bars stopping or parking outright…

Buckeye's Development Code makes large apartment projects build a dedicated loading space, and sets minimum dimensions…

Chandler bans parking in alleys citywide except while actively loading or unloading merchandise, passengers or repair…

Coconino County's zoning ordinance requires every commercial site to provide loading spaces built to the specifications…

Gilbert's Land Development Code requires off-street loading spaces for commercial, office and employment uses with…

Glendale limits passenger curb loading zones to 3 minutes of stopping for loading or unloading passengers, extended to…

Any commercial or industrial building in Goodyear with 15,000 square feet or more of floor area that receives…

Yellow-painted curbs in Maricopa are reserved for loading and unloading freight during posted hours; red curbs bar…

Unincorporated Maricopa County requires one loading and unloading space, at least 10 by 20 feet, for every 25,000…

Mesa's City Traffic Engineer marks passenger and freight curb loading zones by sign, and City Code § 10-3-23 caps how…

Any Peoria office, hotel, restaurant, retail, industrial or storage building with 5,000 square feet or more of gross…

Phoenix caps the share of Sky Harbor's terminal curb that ride-hailing companies get, phasing the TNC allocation up to…

Unincorporated Pima County requires off-street loading spaces sized 45 by 12 feet with 14-foot clearance, sited within…

Any warehouse, retail store, hotel, hospital, laundry, or similar commercial use in unincorporated Pinal County must…

Queen Creek requires every commercial and industrial building to provide its own off-street loading and maneuvering…

Sahuarita requires businesses with 5,000 square feet or more of floor area to build dedicated off-street loading docks…

Scottsdale Code Section 17-119 lets the city post passenger and freight curb loading zones with signed hours, and…

Non-residential buildings in Surprise must provide off-street loading space sized to the building's floor area, and…

Tempe curb loading zones exist only for the expeditious loading, unloading, pickup or delivery of goods or passengers…

Tucson's transportation director can designate freight curb loading zones inside any parking meter zone and move or…

Any unincorporated Yavapai County building erected or enlarged for a use that receives or ships goods by motor truck…

Yuma marks freight and passenger loading zones with signs or a yellow-painted curb designated by the Chief of Police or…

Sedona has no chapter creating marked loading zones with set hours; instead the loading privilege is written as an…

Tucson's Neighborhood Parking Program, City Code § 20-255, lets Park Tucson restrict curb parking on high-demand…

Code of Gilbert § 62-76 lets the town manager designate all or part of any publicly owned parking lot or garage as a…

Phoenix's Resident Permit Parking Program, established in 1987, lets the City Council designate 'resident only' permit…

Scottsdale Code Section 17-117 lets the city designate permit parking zones with signs or markings, and bars anyone…

Sedona's city council can designate residential streets as permit-only after the city engineer finds nonresident…

Tempe creates residential-only parking blocks under City Code Sections 19-111 and 19-112 when the Traffic Engineer…

Arizona sets no statewide cap on what a private towing company can charge to remove a vehicle from private property…

Tucson prints no towing price list of its own. Section 7-525 pins every private-property tow to the maximum allowable…