Public Conduct in Arizona (2026)

Buckeye bans aggressive-manner panhandling anywhere in public, plus all solicitation on transit vehicles and stops…

It is unlawful in Mesa for anyone to enter or remain on a street median or the traveled portion of any street or…

Peoria bans soliciting money, goods or services in an aggressive manner in any public area, inside transit vehicles or…

Phoenix bans aggressive solicitation, soliciting within 15 feet of banks or ATMs, on transit, or vocal solicitation…

Tempe bans soliciting money "in an aggressive manner" anywhere in public and sets 15-foot no-solicitation buffers…

Tucson bans aggressive panhandling under City Code § 11-33.1: no soliciting within 5 feet after a refusal, within 15…

Yuma bans aggressive solicitation in public areas, within 15 feet of transit stops or bank ATMs, and right at business…

Maricopa bans aggressive panhandling in public spaces and solicitation within 15 feet of a bank entrance, ATM, or…

Code of Gilbert § 42-146 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in public, on any public street, alley, sidewalk…

Goodyear makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to urinate or defecate anywhere the public can see, from sidewalks and parks to…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, Ordinance P-37 makes it unlawful to defecate or urinate anywhere in public that…

Sedona makes it a class one misdemeanor to urinate or defecate in a place exposed to public view, or on the floor or…

Urinating or defecating on Phoenix sidewalks, streets, buses, or visible public places is a misdemeanor unless suitable…

Buckeye bans urinating or defecating on public sidewalks, crosswalks, parks, or in public conveyances unless restrooms…

Maricopa City Code § 12.15.080 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park…

Mesa City Code makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere open to public view, folding the offense into the…

Peoria makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in a public place, or anywhere else where another person with a legal…

Pinal County's park rules make it unlawful to publicly urinate or defecate anywhere in a county park under Sec…

Urinating or defecating anywhere open to the public or exposed to public view is a class 3 misdemeanor in Queen Creek…

Scottsdale makes it a class one misdemeanor to urinate or defecate anywhere exposed to public view, unless it's in a…

Surprise makes it a class 1 misdemeanor to urinate or defecate anywhere exposed to public view unless you're using a…

Tempe City Code Sec. 22-13 bans urinating or defecating on any public or private property outside a toilet facility…

Tucson prohibits urinating or defecating in public places not designed as restrooms, treating violations as…

Glendale bans motorized skateboards outright: Section 8-52 makes it unlawful to operate one in any city park, on any…

Section 103.D of Yavapai County Ordinance 2002-2 bans operating skateboards, bicycles and motorized or non-motorized…

Avondale bans skateboards, roller skates, coasters and similar toy vehicles from any roadway except when crossing at a…

Gilbert bans motorized skateboards and motorized play vehicles from sidewalks, town parking structures and parks, wide…

Goodyear bars motorized skateboards from every sidewalk, from streets posted above 25 mph, and from public…

Phoenix treats skateboards, roller skates, and coasters as pedestrian devices, not vehicles: riders may cross a roadway…

Sahuarita bars roller-skates, skateboards, and scooters from town parks under Town Code § 12.15.040(C), unless the…

Surprise prohibits roller skates, skateboards, in-line skates, rollerblades, motorized play vehicles, non-motorized…

Tucson makes it a civil infraction to skateboard on any public street or sidewalk inside a defined downtown boundary…

Buckeye regulates motorized skateboards citywide, banning sidewalk riding, capping speeds, restricting hours to 7…

Maricopa's park code, MCC § 12.30.070, requires riders under 18 to wear a helmet on a skateboard, scooter, bicycle or…

Mesa lets the City Traffic Engineer post signs banning skateboards, motorized skateboards, and SATVs from sidewalks…

Peoria bars skateboarding, roller skating, bike riding and other personal riding devices on any city or state property…

Section 11-5-6 keeps motorized skateboards and motorized play vehicles off Queen Creek sidewalks: riders may only use a…

Scottsdale bans riding a human-powered skateboard anywhere the City has posted signs prohibiting it (Section 17-86)…

Sedona bans skateboards, roller skates, coasters and similar toy vehicles from city roadways except when crossing at a…

Chandler City Code § 31-5J bars riding skateboards, rollerblades, roller-skates or trick bikes on brickwork, ornamental…

Yuma doesn't ban skateboarding citywide, it regulates it through signage. City Code § 213-06 lets the Chief of Police…

Buckeye holds hosts liable when minors drink or anyone uses illegal drugs at a gathering on their property: first…

Gilbert bans loud, disruptive parties outright and can hold the host financially responsible. Code of Gilbert § 42-92…

Glendale treats a disruptive house party as a nuisance party under City Code Sec. 25-112, and hosts and property owners…

Goodyear treats a party or gathering of 10 or more people as an 'unruly gathering' once police find it threatens public…

Phoenix charges party hosts for police response costs when officers find a threat to public peace, health, or safety…

Scottsdale fines any responsible person who permits a nuisance party or unlawful gathering starting at $250 for a first…

Tempe City Code Sec. 5-32 lets police cite any responsible person, including a host, tenant or landlord, at a nuisance…

Tucson treats a party of five or more people that disturbs the neighborhood as an "unruly gathering." Police can post…

Chandler makes it unlawful to host or attend a gathering whose noise disturbs neighbors under City Code § 11-10.3, and…

Mesa's noise ordinance makes hosts liable for loud parties: if police can't pin down who exactly caused the…

When Peoria police respond twice or more to the same loud party, gathering or event, City Code Section 13-100 lets the…

Tucson Code § 11-52 makes it unlawful for anyone other than railroad employees to assemble, congregate, gather, or idly…

Buckeye's loitering ordinance targets business obstruction, not idle presence: it's unlawful for anyone but the owner…

Phoenix bans loafing or loitering on sidewalks that blocks pedestrians, lingering in closed parks, and staying in a…

Tempe bans blocking streets, alleys, sidewalks or parks under City Code Sec. 22-4, making it a Class 1 misdemeanor to…

Yuma's only dedicated loitering offense targets places of ill fame: anyone who frequents, loiters in, or continues in a…

Smoking, vaping or using smokeless tobacco is banned at any time in every Avondale park area under City Code Sec…

Goodyear bans smoking and vaping outright in every city park, preserve, and trail under City Code Section 11-1-35. The…

Code of Gilbert § 42-268 bans smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces town-wide, but carves out physically…

Chandler bans smoking within 25 feet of a building's main entrance and 10 feet of any secondary entrance where indoor…

Maricopa bans igniting a cigarette, cigar, pipe or other tobacco-smoking device in any city park, square, garden or…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, restaurants, cafeterias and lunchrooms must keep at least 40% of both indoor and…

Arizona's Smoke-Free Arizona Act prohibits smoking in nearly all enclosed workplaces and within 20 feet of entrances…

Peoria City Code § 17-72(b) bans smoking within 50 feet of a public-place entrance, within 50 feet of any playground…

Phoenix prohibits smoking or lighting a fire in any park or mountain preserve area where the Parks and Recreation…

Since July 2025, Scottsdale bars smoking on or within 50 feet of any playground on city property, covering lit tobacco…

Surprise requires anyone smoking outdoors to stay at least 15 feet away from any enclosed area where smoking is banned…

Tempe bans smoking outdoors in its desert preserves, like the Papago Park and South Mountain-area preserves, under City…

Tucson follows the Smoke-Free Arizona Act (ARS §36-601.01) banning indoor smoking and adds local rules barring smoking…

Sedona's smoke-free air law bans smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces, but expressly exempts outdoor patios…

Buckeye requires pedestrians to cross roadways at right angles or by the shortest route to the opposite curb outside a…

Glendale requires pedestrians to cross a roadway at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite…

Maricopa bans mid-block jaywalking under City Code Section 10.15.120. A pedestrian must use a marked crosswalk or a…

Mesa prohibits pedestrians from crossing anywhere except in a crosswalk between two adjacent intersections that both…

Outside a crosswalk, Phoenix pedestrians must cross by the shortest route straight across the roadway, not diagonally…

Queen Creek bars pedestrians from stopping or standing in a traffic lane, painted island or median not designed for…

Sahuarita bars pedestrians from crossing a roadway anywhere in the business district except in a marked crosswalk under…

Scottsdale Code Section 17-5 bars pedestrians from crossing a roadway outside a marked crosswalk within the city's…

Outside a marked crosswalk, Surprise requires pedestrians to cross a roadway by the shortest route straight across, at…

Outside Tempe's central business district, pedestrians crossing mid-block must yield to all vehicles; inside it…

Tucson bars pedestrians from crossing mid-block between signalized intersections and from crossing anywhere but a…

Outside Yuma's business districts, a pedestrian who crosses somewhere other than a marked crosswalk must yield to…

Buckeye's Development Code bans smoking marijuana in any public place or open space citywide, and separately bans…

Smoking or consuming marijuana anywhere the Town of Gilbert owns, occupies or controls, plus any open space or public…

Peoria City Code § 17-71 makes it unlawful to smoke, consume, or possess marijuana or marijuana products in any open…

In unincorporated Pinal County it is unlawful to smoke marijuana in any public place or open space, and marijuana…

Sahuarita bans smoking marijuana in any public place or open space, and bars marijuana use, sale, cultivation or…

Scottsdale prohibits smoking or consuming marijuana anywhere in public. City Code § 25-3 makes it a class one…

Sedona makes it unlawful to smoke or consume marijuana anywhere on city-owned property, in any public park, sidewalk or…

Tempe bans smoking or consuming marijuana anywhere on city-owned property, in any open space such as parks, sidewalks…

Ordinance No. 2020-3 makes it unlawful to smoke or consume marijuana or marijuana products on public property, in a…

Smoking, vaping or otherwise using marijuana anywhere in a public place, sports facility or open space in Yuma is a…

Consuming marijuana or marijuana products anywhere occupied, owned, controlled or operated by the City of Chandler is…

Smoking marijuana in any public place or open space in Maricopa is unlawful under city code, covering parks, sidewalks…

Mesa makes it unlawful to possess, consume, or otherwise deal in marijuana anywhere on property the City owns and…

Phoenix prohibits smoking marijuana in any park or mountain preserve area once signs are posted banning it, under Sec…

Smoking marijuana in any Avondale public place, sports facility or open space is a petty offense under City Code Sec…

Surprise bans smoking or consuming marijuana anywhere on city-owned or city-operated property, in any 'open space' such…

Yuma bans consuming alcohol in public under City Code Section 71-02: no one may drink spirituous liquors in, upon or…

Spiritous liquor is barred from every Avondale park unless it's covered by a state or special-event liquor license, or…

Buckeye bans possessing or consuming spirituous liquor, wine, or beer in city parks and community services facilities…

Gilbert bans possessing or drinking alcohol in any town recreation facility or riparian preserve except at a short list…

Glendale bans alcohol in every city park outright, with no permit exception at all in Murphy Park and only a beer…

Mesa bans drinking or possessing spirituous liquor in a city park outright, under Title 6, Chapter 10, Section 6-10-5…

Peoria parks allow beer only, and only inside a ramada or concession area. City Code Section 7-65 bans all other…

Phoenix bans drinking or possessing liquor in city parks unless you hold a Parks and Recreation permit authorizing beer…

Queen Creek bans possessing or drinking an open container of liquor on Town property, including parks and Town…

Sahuarita bans consuming spirituous liquor in town parks and recreation areas, including parking lots and driveways…

Possessing or drinking spirituous liquor in any Tempe city park is prohibited outright under Section 23-45. Only malt…

Tucson bans consuming or possessing spirituous liquor in any public park, and separately bans open containers of liquor…

Chandler makes it a misdemeanor to consume or possess spirituous liquor in an open container in a public place…

Maricopa bars drinking alcohol in city parks without a permit, on public rights-of-way outside a licensed dining or…

Scottsdale bans drinking or possessing spirituous liquor in an open container anywhere in a city park under Code Sec…

Sedona bans open containers of alcohol at its parks and recreation facilities, and separately bars any substance that…

Surprise bans possessing or drinking beer or spirituous liquor on any city property, including parks, the community…