Mesa, AZ Trash & Recycling: Valet Trash Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- Mesa City Code Title 7, Ch. 2, § 7-2-1
- Applies to
- Group R-2 (apartment) occupancies
- Source standard
- 2024 IFC Appendix O
- Effective
- Public record Dec. 1, 2025 (Res. 12444)
- Enacted by
- Ordinance No. 5978, § 3 (12-8-25)
- Enforcement
- Mesa Fire and Medical Department
- Appeal
- Building Board of Appeals, 30 days
Summary
Mesa's Fire Code adopts the 2024 International Fire Code's Appendix O by reference, making valet trash and recycling collection in Group R-2 apartment buildings subject to that appendix as binding City law. The adoption took effect as a public record on December 1, 2025, under Resolution No. 12444 and Ordinance No. 5978.
The following publications, which were made a public record on December 1, 2025, by Resolution No. 12444, of the City of Mesa, Arizona, one paper copy and one electronic copy of which are on file and available for public use and inspection with the City Clerk, are hereby adopted by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set forth in this Mesa City Code Section 7-2-1: 2024 International Fire Code and the following appendices to the 2024 International Fire Code: ... Appendix O - Valet Trash and Recycling Collection in Group R-2 Occupancies
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 22).
Full Breakdown
Mesa City Code Title 7, Chapter 2, "Fire Code," adopts the 2024 International Fire Code and a specific list of its appendices by reference under Section 7-2-1, folding them into Mesa's own code "as if fully set forth" in that section. Among the appendices adopted is Appendix O, "Valet Trash and Recycling Collection in Group R-2 Occupancies". Group R-2 being the building-code classification for apartment buildings and other multifamily residential occupancies with more than two dwelling units. The adoption was made a public record on December 1, 2025 by City Resolution No.
12444, and the underlying amendment was enacted by Ordinance No. 5978, § 3, adopted December 8, 2025, alongside other appendices covering fire-flow requirements, hydrant distribution, hazard categories and ranking, fire protection system deficiencies, firefighter air replacement systems, and indoor trade shows. 1. 6, cross-referenced to the Mesa Administrative Code (Title 4, Chapter 1). 1, with the appeal decided based on evidence presented at a hearing set as soon as practicable.
Violations & Fines
Because Appendix O is adopted as part of the Mesa Fire Code, noncompliance in a Group R-2 apartment building is enforced the same as any other Fire Code violation: the fire code official, through the Mesa Fire and Medical Department, may issue orders or determinations, which can be appealed to the Building Board of Appeals within 30 days under Section 112.1 before further code-enforcement action proceeds.
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