Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Arizona (2026)

Avondale's Property Maintenance Ordinance puts sidewalk repair squarely on the property owner or occupant, not the…

In Chandler, the person in control of land abutting a sidewalk, alley or street must maintain it, not the City. City…

In the Town of Gilbert, the property owner or occupant, not the town's public works department, is responsible for…

When the Glendale city council orders a street or sidewalk built or repaired under A.R.S. § 9-243, it is the abutting…

City Code § 8.10.015 puts the burden on property owners: whoever owns or controls land next to a sidewalk or alley must…

In Peoria, the owner or lessee of any lot abutting a public sidewalk must keep it in good repair for safe pedestrian…

Phoenix law puts the burden on abutting owners: keep the sidewalk in front of your lot in repair or the City fixes it…

Owners and occupants of Queen Creek property must keep the abutting sidewalk and the parkway strip between sidewalk and…

Scottsdale places the sidewalk squarely on the adjacent property owner's maintenance list. Sec. 47-47(f) names the…

The city of Sedona, not the abutting homeowner, is responsible for maintaining public sidewalks along city streets…

Surprise puts sidewalk and landscape-strip repair on the abutting property owner under Section 107-2.2: if code…

Tempe puts the duty to keep sidewalks in good repair on the adjacent property owner, not the City. Section 29-2…

Tucson property owners bear legal responsibility for keeping the public sidewalk in front of their land in good, safe…

Yuma places sidewalk-cleaning duty squarely on property owners and their tenants, not the city. Section 210-02 requires…

Chandler bars anyone from placing a sign, booth, furniture or other obstruction on a public sidewalk, street or…

Gilbert bars placing or maintaining anything on public property, including sidewalks, that blocks free passage or…

Occupying, blocking, or working in a Maricopa County right-of-way, including the sidewalk area, without a Right-of-Way…

Peoria makes it unlawful to obstruct any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public property under City Code…

Avondale City Code Section 21-2(a) makes it unlawful to obstruct any street, alley, sidewalk, or public property in the…

Buckeye bans obstructing any public street, alley, sidewalk, or park in ways that interfere with the public's free use…

Real estate open house signs in unincorporated Coconino County cannot block a sidewalk or multi-purpose path. Section…

It's unlawful in Glendale to place personal property, materials, goods, wares or merchandise on any public street…

Goodyear's public nuisance ordinance, City Code Section 11-1-13(B), makes it unlawful to unlawfully obstruct the free…

Standing, sitting, or leaving property on a sidewalk, street, alley, or crosswalk that blocks passersby is unlawful in…

Mesa's Title 9, Chapter 2 makes it unlawful to obstruct any street, alley, or public right-of-way with personal…

Phoenix bans leaving building material on sidewalks and streets, and bars unauthorized minor encroachments into the…

Queen Creek bars property owners and occupants from letting garbage, debris, decomposed granite, landscape material…

Blocking a public sidewalk, alley or street in Sahuarita is a declared public nuisance under Town Code § 8.35.010. The…

Scottsdale bars placing or maintaining anything in the public right-of-way, which by code includes the sidewalk…

Sedona makes it unlawful to place construction activity, trash, debris or personal property, an “encroachment,” in any…

Surprise makes it unlawful to obstruct any public street, alley, sidewalk, park or other public ground, whether by an…

Blocking a Tempe street, alley, or sidewalk with anything that hinders its free use is illegal under City Code Section…

Tucson bans blocking public sidewalks at any hour, but Sec. 25-51 carves out a narrow overnight exception for small…

Yuma bans obstructing any street, sidewalk, curb, gutter or alley 'in any manner or by any material whatsoever' unless…

Avondale City Code Section 21-48 lets the city engineer issue revocable right-of-way permits for minor encroachments…

Buckeye requires an encroachment permit before placing any booth, stand, furniture, awning, sign, or fixture on a…

Placing any structure, object, or grading work in a Gilbert public right-of-way requires an encroachment permit from…

Anyone wanting to place a minor encroachment, like a small underground line or a removable surface feature, in a Peoria…

Phoenix requires a right-of-way use permit before placing a fence, awning, sign, planter, or other minor encroachment…

Anyone working in a Queen Creek street or roadway easement must comply with Article 11-3's right-of-way rules, and…

Tempe requires a City Engineer permit or license before anyone builds, places, or maintains anything in a public…

Yavapai County requires a written permit from the County Engineer before anyone places an obstruction, sign…

Any private work touching a Yuma street, alley, sidewalk or park, from excavating and utility installation to sidewalk…

Anyone who wants to place a structure, sign, furniture or fixture in a Chandler street, sidewalk or other public…

Any sign placed in a Coconino County road right-of-way or public easement needs an encroachment permit first. Section…

Depositing or maintaining construction materials, protective fencing or excavation debris on a Glendale public street…

Attaching a banner or sign to a streetlight, traffic signal, or utility pole in Goodyear's right-of-way requires an…

In Maricopa's TOD Overlay District, buildings that shade a sidewalk with awnings, arcades, or canopies may extend those…

Occupying, using, or performing work in unincorporated Maricopa County's road right-of-way, driveways, utility lines…

Building a wall, fence, foundation, post, or other structure into a Mesa public right-of-way requires a written…

Digging, curb work, paving or landscaping in a county right-of-way in unincorporated Pima County requires a written…

In unincorporated Pinal County, no one may build a driveway, sidewalk, curb, gutter or pavement, or install pipelines…

Anyone building or encroaching into a dedicated Sahuarita right-of-way, including sidewalk areas, needs a right-of-way…

Scottsdale requires a permit for private improvements in the right-of-way (PIR) before anyone builds or installs…

Anyone building, installing or maintaining something in a Sedona public right-of-way, from a driveway apron to a…

Digging, tunneling, or excavating in any Surprise street, alley, sidewalk or other public place, including for utility…

Placing flower pots, tree pots, planters or other beautification objects on a Tucson public sidewalk requires a license…