Public Health Rules in Arizona (2026)

Avondale bans letting insects, rodents or other vermin infest any private property. Sec. 14-190(m) requires every…

Buckeye's amended Property Maintenance Code requires every structure and property in the city to be kept free of…

Chandler City Code § 30-20(L) prohibits letting any private lot, building or structure harbor a vector, vermin or…

Gilbert's property maintenance code requires every premises in town to stay free of insect and rodent infestation and…

Glendale's general nuisance ordinance names conditions that lead to rodent infestations, alongside pigeon feeding, as…

Goodyear bans storing construction materials in the open yard for more than 14 days if the pile can breed insects or…

Maricopa requires termite soil treatment beneath every slab foundation on permitted new construction, applied by a…

Maricopa County bans rodent, roach, bedbug, and flea infestations on any property, and the Environmental Services…

Peoria property owners must keep land up to the curb and half of any bordering alley free of insect and rodent…

Phoenix requires every premises, yards, buildings, and vacant lots alike, to stay free of insect and rodent infestation…

Pima County bans rodent harborage on any property in the unincorporated county and requires owners to clear…

Town Code Section 10-3-2 makes it a public nuisance to let a property become infested with insects or rodents, naming…

Scottsdale enforces vector control, meaning rodents, flies and mosquitoes capable of spreading disease, in coordination…

Sedona code makes it unlawful to let any condition on private or public property become a breeding place for rodents…

Tempe makes it a nuisance violation to let insects or rodents, bees, wasps, mice, rats or roaches, build up on any…

Tucson owners and occupants must keep both the interior and the exterior of a building free from rodent, insect and…

Yuma City Code §134-01 makes 'vermin attractions' a public nuisance: any condition that provides harborage for flies…

Pima County can suspend the operating permit of a rental, lodging, or food establishment that harbors bedbugs, rodents…

Maricopa County's Environmental Health Code bans harboring bed bugs on any premises and requires owners to eliminate an…

Glendale bans dumping hazardous or medical waste in the city and sets a specific handling chain for sharps: needles…

Unincorporated Maricopa County has no separate curbside rule for used needles or sharps. Instead it regulates them as…

Mesa bars dangerous or hazardous waste from solid waste containers outright and singles out sharps for their own rule…

Phoenix requires lancets, syringes and hypodermic needles to go in a rigid, leak-proof, puncture-resistant, labeled…

Yuma treats used hypodermic needles and syringes as a 'prohibited substance' under Section 190-15, meaning they cannot…

Buckeye requires mobile food vendors to submit a valid Maricopa County Food Manager or Food Handlers card with their…

Any Glendale peddler or solicitor whose business includes handling unpackaged meat, fish, produce, or other food…

Maricopa County requires every food establishment's Person in Charge to train Food Employees on foodborne disease…

Pima County Code § 8.08.050(B) requires every food establishment except temporary, seasonal and farmers market…

Scottsdale's neighborhood street vendor law, known locally as Leo's Law, requires anyone applying for a street vending…

Unincorporated Yavapai County requires every food worker at a licensed food establishment to hold a food worker…