Property Maintenance in Arizona (2026)

Buckeye's Property Maintenance Code lets the code official placard an unsafe structure 'Condemned,' bar occupancy, and…

Chandler's Property Maintenance Ordinance (City Code Chapter 30) requires every building, structure, fence, garage and…

Owners of unsecured vacant or abandoned buildings in Glendale must permanently secure every door and window opening to…

Maricopa declares dangerous, deteriorated or partially destroyed buildings a public nuisance. Owners get up to 14 days…

Peoria condemns and abates unsafe or dangerous buildings under Building Code Section 116, cross-referenced from the…

Phoenix can order demolition or abatement of any building, structure, or excavation that is structurally unsafe, vacant…

Pinal County treats a building or structure as a public nuisance when fire, storm, decay, or faulty construction leaves…

Queen Creek code enforcement can order emergency remedial action or vacate a building that is an imminent hazard or…

Sahuarita orders owners to clear filth, debris and dilapidated structures or fix any building-code hazard on their…

Scottsdale code inspectors can designate rental housing as slum property under Sec. 18-100 after an inspection finds…

Sedona requires owners to clear rubbish, trash, weeds and dilapidated structures that endanger public health and safety…

Tempe's building official can order any structurally unsafe, unsanitary or fire-hazard building repaired or demolished…

Tucson code enforcement treats a deteriorated, damaged or dilapidated building as a public nuisance that must be…

Yavapai County's code official condemns any structure or piece of equipment found unsafe, unfit for human occupancy, or…

Avondale's Property Maintenance Ordinance (City Code Chapter 14) prohibits blighted property conditions: accumulated…

Coconino County enforces blight through its Zoning Ordinance and state nuisance law. Junk, debris, and inoperable or…

Code of Gilbert § 42-316 requires every structure's exterior, surfaces, windows, doors, fences, foundations and roofs…

Goodyear property owners, tenants and landlords must keep buildings, lots and vacant land free of garbage, weeds over…

Maricopa County's Abatement Ordinance P-11 requires owners to clear rubbish, weeds, debris, and dilapidated buildings…

Mesa's Property Maintenance chapter, Title 8 Chapter 6, treats a deteriorated building exterior, an unsound structure…

Mohave County enforces blight through the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code (adopted by Building Ordinance…

Pima County Code § 15.04.020(A)(1) adopts the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code by reference for the…

Surprise property owners, lessees or occupants must remove rubbish, trash, filth, debris or dilapidated structures that…

Yuma enforces blighted-property conditions through its 2024 International Property Maintenance Code amendments at City…

Mesa bars storing or displaying a vehicle or boat on vacant or undeveloped land under City Code § 8-6-3(J). A parcel is…

City Code Section 14-200 requires all vacant structures, premises and vacant land to be kept clean, safe, secure and…

Vacant lots in Coconino County must be kept free of dumped waste and, in the wildland-urban interface, managed for fire…

Gilbert requires every parcel, vacant or improved, to stay free of weeds, tumbleweeds and tall grass under Code of…

Owners of vacant buildings or vacant property in Glendale cannot let grass or weeds grow over six inches or let…

Goodyear bans using an unpaved vacant lot for vehicle parking unless the surface is paved or otherwise stabilized to…

Maricopa caps weeds and plant growth at 6 inches on every lot, vacant or occupied, under the city's adopted Property…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, letting weeds, rubbish, trash, or debris pile up on a vacant lot triggers a written…

Vacant desert parcels in Mohave County must be kept free of dumped waste and overgrown weeds. The county adopted a…

A vacant lot left disturbed and undeveloped for more than 15 days in Peoria's non-attainment area must be revegetated…

Phoenix requires every vacant lot to stay free of debris, blight and dumping, and lots hit by repeat dumping must be…

The Town of Queen Creek makes it a violation to throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private lot, whether the…

Sahuarita requires owners, lessees and occupants to clear weeds, rubbish and dilapidated structures from vacant and…

Scottsdale requires owners of vacant lots used for off-road driving or parking to stop it: Sec. 18-9.2 makes the owner…

Sedona bans dumping litter or parking abandoned or junk vehicles on any open or vacant private lot, whether or not the…

Tempe requires every owner of vacant land to control dust by stabilizing unpaved ground or installing City-approved…

City Code § 150-091(L) amends the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code so every premises and exterior property…

This is high country, and snow removal is a real duty here. Flagstaff requires property owners and occupants to clear…